More parents will be denied first choice school under Labour's reforms
More students are set to miss out on their first choice school under Labour's new education reforms, the government has ...
RMT and Nautilus unions end Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute with plea for better resourced UK armed forces
The most significant aspect of the dispute was the refusal of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union leadership, long ...
Starmer tells ministers to push ‘further and faster’ for growth after grim economic forecasts
At the end of a week which saw the Bank of England halve its growth forecasts for 2025 and the populist Reform UK party overtake Labour in a YouGov poll, Starmer’s allies said the prime minister had ...
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Labour is wilfully ignoring that the climate crisis is at a crunch point
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer appear happy to pursue growth at any cost – including the destruction of the planet ...
Child sex abuse survivors demand ring-fenced funding
They are urging MPs to work together to ensure a much-delayed plan to tackle grooming gangs is put into action.
More parents will be denied their first choice school under Labour's education reforms, government admits
More students are set to miss out on their first choice school under Labour's new education reforms, the government has ...
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U.K. money managers praise Labour’s regulatory pivot to growth
With economic growth stagnating, U.K. leaders have pledged to cut regulatory burdens and do more to support businesses.
Labour and Tory vote collapses in Nigel Farage's seaside seat as Reform surges
Mr Farage represents the seaside town of Clacton in the House of Commons, where support for the two main parties seems to have slumped ...
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MPs demand ‘decisive action’ on Grangemouth closure
Scotland’s only oil refinery is due to close in May, in what Unite general secretary Sharon Graham branded a “needless act of industrial vandalism” this week, despite years of campaigning from the ...
‘Labour reported me for racial hatred after Southport – a court cleared me in less than 20 minutes’
Former Royal Marine says he felt betrayed after being charged over Facebook video in which he ‘voiced opinions’ about illegal ...
Lib Dems call for probe into serious failings in Newcastle's council housing
Newcastle City Council was told by the Regulator of Social Housing last month that it needed to make significant improvements ...
Trump and Reform: Is US-style populism set to sweep the UK?
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