1 hour ago Keir Starmer signals the introduction of further 'nanny state measures' to prevent ill health

Sir Keir Starmer has signalled that he will bring in further 'nanny state' measures to help prevent ill health.

Science

3 hours ago Labour MP labels Keir Starmer’s reparations refusal 'embarrassing colonial mindset'

Calls grow louder for reparations as Keir Starmer meets with Commonwealth leaders at a summit in Samoa after King Charles was confronted in Australia over Britain's role in colonialism

Politics

4 hours ago Fury as Angela Rayner claims workers' rights overhaul will boost the economy after the government's own analysis suggests it could cost business £5BILLION a year and lead to price rises and job cuts

The Deputy Prime Minister was harangued by Tories in the Commons today as she insisted the Employments Rights Bill would have a 'positive impact on growth'.

Economics

5 hours ago Keir Starmer defends King Charles for work during ‘health challenges’ after Lidia Thorpe outburst

Prime minister asked if Australian senator’s protest was ‘disgraceful’

Politics

5 hours ago Starmer backs King’s ‘fantastic’ public service after Australian senator protest

The Prime Minister was speaking at an east London health facility in the wake of the outburst directed at Charles in Canberra.

Events

5 hours ago Forty North Lanarkshire groups secure National Lottery Community Fund grants totalling nearly £1.3m

Many of these projects will deliver activities that enhance the local environment for future generations - one of the Fund’s key missions.

Economics

5 hours ago Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ rightIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an individual department finalises its settlements, o...

Economics

5 hours ago VIPs will demand Taylor Swift levels of police protection, Cleverly claims

Shadow home secretary says Labour have set a precedent by giving the US singer a police escort during concerts in London earlier this year.

Events

8 hours ago Starmer remains opposed to apology for slavery at major Commonwealth summit

The Prime Minister’s spokesman insisted talks of reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade are ‘not on the agenda’.

Politics