6 h. ago Angela Rayner's plans for workers' rights will force firms to slash jobs and put up prices, retail bosses warn

A poll of HR directors by the British Retail Consortium found 52% will reduce staff numbers as a result of the incoming workers' rights bill.

Economics

22 h. ago Beni Baningime wants Hearts playoff panic nipped in the bud as pressure excuse gets the short shrift with two exceptions

Neil Critchley paid the price for Dundee defeat with his job and Baningime is refusing to indulge creeping relegation fears right now

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50 h. ago Angela Rayner 'repeatedly threatened to resign from the Cabinet over the 'impossible' target of building 1.5 million homes in the next five years'

Lord Ashcroft writes in Red Flag it was only a call from Tony Blair that prevented the Deputy Prime Minister from quitting.

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3 d. ago Rangers takeover is already here with 4 missing first team stars forcing a new era to start right away

The Light Blues have five final games of this season on the park as takeover talk off it ramps up the gears

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3 d. ago I sold my house in the UK to travel around Europe with my children after years spent juggling two jobs, I now live in paradise for a fraction of the price

Josh and Steph, and their two children Isaac and Amaia, sold their house in Lancashire in November 2024 - and packed up their entire lives into two suitcases.

Society

4 d. ago Russia warns it 'reserves the right to nuclear weapons' against the west and warns a peacekeeping force in Ukraine will 'lead to World War Three'

Putin hawk Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the powerful Russian security council and ex-defence minister, said Russia rejected Western boots on the ground in the war-torn country.

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5 d. ago Ministers move to axe early public consultation phase for infrastructure schemes

Ministers insist that forthcoming amendments to flagship planning reforms will protect community input and boost the economy.

Politics

6 d. ago Rogue police officers who are suspected criminals will be sacked as 'absurd' High Court ruling is addressed

An 'absurd' High Court ruling that stopped forces from removing rogue officers due to their human rights. But now a new law means police suspected as being criminals could be sacked from their roles

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6 d. ago Action needed: social housing providers must be made accountable for the treatment of their tenants | Steve Bundred

Angela Rayner’s renters’ rights bill is admirable, but it won’t help those living in substandard accommodationSteve Bundred is a former Audit Commission chief executiveOn the tree-lined north London street where I live, scaffolders arrived seven years ago. Metal poles were erected around a housing association property next door to me, owned by the social housing provider Peabody, to allow for external refurbishment work to be carried out. But today, that scaffolding still stands – and those repair works have never been carried out.“This is yet another example of Peabody’s casual neglect of their residents. They do not respond to emails from me or senior council officers and have also ignored an enforcement notice served on them by planning officers,” the chair of Islington council’s planning committee, Martin Klute, recently told the Islington Tribune. Peabody owns more than 5% of Islington’s nearly 112,000 properties. And it has well below average performance on every key indicator...

Economics

8 d. ago Reform on course to win most seats if election were held now, poll suggests

Labour could lose 246 seats, including 10 Cabinet ministers, according to a More in Common survey.

Politics

9 d. ago Voters tip Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to succeed Keir Starmer

Mr Burnham, who has opposed the Government's welfare cuts, has nearly three times the support of his nearest rival, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

Politics

1 week ago Musk’s Tesla settles lawsuit with Black worker who claimed employees were told ‘welcome to the plantation’

Employee Raina Pierce also says she was disciplined for behaviors her non-Black coworkers were not at Elon Musk’s Tesla plant in Fremont, California

Society

1 week ago Talks aimed at settling Birmingham bin strike adjourned without agreement

Members of Unite walked out on March 11 in a dispute over pay and jobs, leading to rubbish piling up in the streets.

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1 week ago Militant union baron inflicting bin strike misery on Birmingham residents from miles away slams Angela Rayner for failing to 'offer her lads a good deal'

Unite regional secretary Annmarie Kilcline, 61, lives in a clean and litter-free leafy street 50 miles away from Britain's rat-invested second city.

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1 week ago Angela Rayner under fresh fire over plans to hand more powers to unions after she failed to stand up to striking barons in Birmingham

After workers voted to prolong the crippling strikes, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told the Mail it was clear 'unions now run our country'.

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1 week ago Halfords appoints new boss as ‘very challenging’ retail market unlikely to ease

The group hailed rising sales last year, but added that it has been forced to mitigate £23 million in rising costs and taxes from the October budget.

Economics

2 w. ago Keir Starmer's team releases tax bill and it's very different to Rishi Sunak's

Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner have released their tax returns for the first time since the general election - with the PM paying over £50,000 in tax while leader of the opposition

Economics

2 w. ago Starmer, Rayner and Reeves release tax returns for first time since election

The tax returns cover a period of time when Labour was still in opposition, the 2023-24 tax year.

Politics

2 w. ago Government finally funds blast furnace raw materials after takeover

Ministers have agreed payment to fund coal and iron ore deliveries to keep Britain's last blast furnaces running 48 hours after taking control of the site from its Chinese owners in Parliamentary vote.

Politics

2 w. ago Recycling plant worker crushed to death after colleague makes terrible mistake

Mechanic Soner Altun, 26, from Turkey, died after he was crushed to death in a horror work place accident at a recycling plant last week. Tributes have since poured in for the engineer

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