5 h. ago Five hundred civil servants being axed from Cabinet Office are set for payoffs averaging £50,000 each as government struggles to cut costs

Mandarins from the department revealed the scale of the bill as they gave evidence to MPs this week.

Economics

6 h. ago Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst

Ifthikhar Alam, 25, is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

Politics

8 h. ago Scotland sees hottest day of the year but Scots can 'say goodbye' to heat this weekend

Scots have been out enjoying the sunny weather but the Met Office warned that is all set to change

Politics

14 h. ago Met Office delivers 'hottest day' prediction as UK set for 30C heatwave today

The UK could face the warmest start to May on record, with the Met Office saying it could reach 29C or even 30C - but an official heatwave has been ruled out

Society

29 h. ago Five UK areas set to see highest temperatures as 28C hottest day of the year forecast

The Met Office has forecast that temperatures are set to reach 28C or even 29C in parts of the country this week

Politics

30 h. ago Frozen tax thresholds will drag MORE people into child benefit tax trap

Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt raised the threshold at which the government starts to claw back child benefit from £50,000 to £60,000, last year.

Politics

30 h. ago Post Office confirms delay to opening of replacement branch in Motherwell

Early in the New Year, the Post Office set out that it had appointed an operator to run a new service in Motherwell and with the intention of the branch opening in spring.

Politics

61 h. ago UK weather maps turn red as Britain to be hotter than parts of Greece and Spain

The Met Office have revealed that the UK is set to see the mercury soar up to 29C (84.2F) as a mini-heatwave this week will see our hottest day for far this year

Politics

3 d. ago Arsenal urged to make complaint to Uefa about PSG ticket allocation row

Club given 2,000 tickets for Paris semi-final second legSupporters’ Trust request Arsenal join them in appealArsenal have been urged by their supporters’ trust to make an official complaint to Uefa as a row about ticket allocations for the Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain escalates.It is understood the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust plans to lodge a complaint with European football’s governing body after they were given only 2,000 tickets for next week’s second leg in France. That is 500 below the 5% away teams are entitled to by Uefa in European competitions, although PSG were given special dispensation to reduce that to 4.1% before the start of the season owing to a request from local police. Continue reading...

Sport

3 d. ago Moment 'XL Bully' is fatally Tasered by police after it was 'set on officers by owner' during arrests over 'men with machetes' in park

*GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING* Officers were called to Nutsford Vale Park in Levenshulme, Greater Manchester on Friday evening following reports of men being seen with machetes.

Events

3 d. ago Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit

Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcementUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a broader attack on the department’s civil rights division.The moves come less than a month after Trump ally Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed to lead the civil rights division, created in 1957 and referred to as the “crown jewel” of the justice department. In an unusual move, Dhillon sent out new “mission statements” to the department’s sections that made it clear the civil rights division was shifting its focus from protecting the civil rights of marginalized people to supporting Trump’s priorities. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Government training more than 4,000 people to deal with 'the next Covid'

A new academy has been launched to train 4,000 people in the public and private sectors

Politics

3 d. ago Transgender civil servants WILL be banned from toilets and changing rooms meant for the opposite sex

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means people should use facilities aligned with their biological not chosen sex.

Events

4 d. ago Trans civil servants WILL be banned from using wrong loos after gender court judgement

Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden confirmed that the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means they should use facilities aligned with their birth sex.

Events

5 d. ago Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra to make MMA debut and calls out Luis Suarez

He has officially confirmed he is set to fight in Paris next month

Politics

6 d. ago Met Office forecast predicts which UK areas are set to reach 27C next week

Sunshine is set to grace the UK with temperatures reaching 26C in parts

Politics

6 d. ago UK heatwave on cards as weather forecasters reveal exact days Brits will see 27C

The UK could be set for a new hottest day of 2025 next week as temperatures are set to fly to 27C - potentially even bringing our first official heatwave of the year

Society

6 d. ago Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal

Defense chief had line set up to bypass official security protocols and use Signal app on personal computer, AP saysPete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, had an unsecured internet connection set up in his Pentagon office so that he could bypass government security protocols and use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told the Associated Press.ABC News also reported that Hegseth had what is known as a “dirty line” – what IT professionals call a commercial internet line that is used to connect to websites blocked by the Pentagon’s unclassified and classified lines. Defense department computers connect to the internet through two different systems: SiprNet – or secure internet protocol router network, which is the Pentagon’s network for classified information – and NiprNet – the non-classified internet protocol router network, which handles unclassified information. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago The Latest: Hegseth had an unsecured internet line in his office for Signal, AP sources say

Two people familiar with the case have told AP that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer

Politics

6 d. ago Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer

Politics