12 minutes ago Humiliation for Starmer as Scottish Labour vows to force vote on reinstating winter fuel allowance for pensioners

Scottish Labour is campaigning to widen the scope of the payments that were axed for millions of pensioners following the election .

Politics

20 minutes ago Man behind viral petition demanding Keir Starmer calls another general election speaks out

The pub landlord has complained that Labour has ‘put the fear of God into people’

Politics

24 minutes ago Blaming people for poor mental health not part of Labour’s jobs plan, says minister – UK politics live

Alison McGovern says UK was unusual in not seeing employment rise after the pandemicAlison McGovern, the employment minister, said this morning she still has not decided who she will vote on teh assisted dying private member’s bill on Friday. MPs have a free vote.Explaining her dilemma, McGovern said:I haven’t decided how I’m going to vote. I’ve listened to my constituents who have been so kind and so generous to share with me their experiences, and I want to listen to my colleagues in the debate in full and decide how to vote.”I think it’s so important that people are able to have a good death and that families feel that their loved one was able to die in the most peaceful way possible in accordance with their views, but I haven’t decided on this issue.McGovern said it was good that pe...

Politics

27 minutes ago UK politics live: Minister says some benefit claimants ‘stealing from the state’ as Labour unveils crackdown

Government set to announce measures to get more than two million Britons back into work

Politics

46 minutes ago Labour's big new 'back to work' threat to strip youngsters of their benefits if they are unwilling to graft or train already happens, admits minister

Alison McGovern was grilled over the drive to 'get Britain working again' and achieve an 'ambitious' target of getting another 2 million people into jobs.

Politics

61 minutes ago ITV Good Morning Britain paused by Ranvir Singh for 'breaking news' announcement

Ranvir Singh interrupted the programme to bring fans the latest news with regards to 2025 Glastonbury goers - confirming the first person to be taking to the iconic stage

Politics

61 minutes ago There's FOUR hideous viruses this winter that can turn deadly. Here doctors reveal what you must know to protect your family from the quad

We are all too familiar with the term 'pandemic', but experts fear Britain could be facing a 'quad-demic' this winter - with a surge in cases of four winter bugs...

Events

75 minutes ago Luxury hotel shaves thousands off its energy bills by recruiting industry experts

A firm that specialises in reducing energy bills for businesses has brought huge benefits to a thriving four-star hotel

Science

81 minutes ago Levi’s and Jack Daniel’s ‘on tariff hit list’ if Trump targets Britain

PM urged to ‘Trump-proof’ Britain if president-elect imposes levies on UK imports to the US

Events

85 minutes ago Keir Starmer’s jobs plan won’t work because Labour are ducking tough welfare decisions, Tories claim – UK politics live

PM set to unveil what government calls 'biggest employment reforms in generation’ as Tories say he is not making tough calls on sickness and benefitsGood morning. Today the government is unveiling what it is calling, in the headline on its overnight press release, the “biggest employment reforms in a generation”. The reforms are intended to tackle the fact that Britain is the only major economy where the employment rate has fallen over the last five years, largely because more people are out of work due to long-term ill health. A white paper called Get Britain Working is being published later, and Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, is due to make a statement in the Commons later.In its overnight briefing, the Department for Work and Pensions has already flagged up numerous in...

Politics