96 m. ago Visas for foreign care workers: What the latest figures show

Indian nationals accounted for about one in five of care worker visas granted in 2023-24.

Economics

2 h. ago Care homes will close thanks to Starmer’s immigration crackdown, providers warn

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced the closure of the care worker visa for overseas recruitment as part of the government's immigration reforms

Events

6 h. ago Labour's immigration white paper: Key points explained — from faster deportations to axing care worker visas

Prime Minister unveils plans to make it harder for foreigners to permanently settle in the UK

Economics

7 h. ago Labour's immigration crackdown: key points explained — from faster deportations to axing care worker visas

The Prime Minister will unveil plans to make it harder for foreigners to permanently settle in the UK

Economics

23 h. ago Industry and union attack plans to ban overseas care worker recruitment

Care England has labelled the change a ‘crushing blow to an already fragile sector’.

Events

27 h. ago Care homes face ban on recruiting workers from abroad in huge visa crackdown

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government will close the care worker visa route to end the reliance on overseas staff in a crackdown on immigration unveiled on Monday

Economics

28 h. ago 'Absolute folly': John Swinney slams plans to overhaul immigration and axe care worker visas

The Labour UK government is to set out its plans on immigration, including ending care worker visas and reducing low-skilled visas.

Economics

28 h. ago UK care homes face ban on recruiting from overseas in bid to slash migration to ‘significantly’ below 500,000

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to set out sweeping measures as Labour attempts to deal with growing threat from Nigel Farage and his Reform party

Politics

28 h. ago Government to close care worker visa for overseas recruitment, says Cooper

Ministers are due to publish their Immigration White Paper on Monday.

Politics

43 h. ago Celtic big guns don't miss as Brendan Rodgers prepares to unleash different weapons on Aberdeen

Hoops couldn't handle the normal calibre of Celtic starters but Rodgers has a different plan of attack for midweek

Events

2 d. ago Fury over 'Crooked' pub still waiting to be saved after arson attack and 'insulting' plan

The owners of a pub which burnt down just two weeks after its sale, are still yet to rebuild the site despite court orders, due to an appeal which has the local community tearing its hair out

Events

3 d. ago Keir Starmer warned disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support' by over 40 Labour MPs

In a letter the group of 42 MPs said the planned cuts to disability benefits represent the 'biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity'

Events

4 d. ago Callous care worker stole thousands from nursing home resident

Zoe Davidson was convicted of theft at Ayr Sheriff Court in November last year - after stealing the money from a service user at Hillcrest Care Home, in McConnell Square, Girvan.

Politics

4 d. ago Report: Arrested Iranian nationals were planning attack on Israeli Embassy in London

Report: Arrested Iranian nationals were planning attack on Israeli Embassy in London  The Times of Israel

Events

4 d. ago Arrest raids in Britain: 'Iranian terror cell planned attack on Israeli embassy in London'

Arrest raids in Britain: 'Iranian terror cell planned attack on Israeli embassy in London'  Ynetnews

Events

5 d. ago The Trump administration is defending abortion pill access in court. What?

It may seem a victory to some, but experts worry a win will allow the government to be coy about future attacksThe Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that takes aim at the abortion pill mifepristone – a move that stunned many observers for what seemed a defense of the drug by a president who has overseen the most dramatic rollback of abortion rights in modern US history.At first blush, it may seem a victory for abortion access – but experts worry that, in reality, the move preserves the administration’s ability to play coy about any future plans to attack abortion rights. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Young woman posted idyllic photos from dream holiday to Greece

The cause of death for care worker Melissa Cross, 23, was recorded as having taken her own life just days after her idyllic holiday to Greece, an inquest in Pontypridd, South Wales, heard

Culture

6 d. ago ‘Social care will collapse’: Independent readers react to family visa crackdown

Readers weigh in on the impact of new care worker visa rules – from fears of a collapsing sector and rising costs to calls for better wages and homegrown training to fill the gap

Politics

6 d. ago Britain 'secretly preparing for attack by Russia' as decades

British officials have been asked to update a 20-year-old contingency plan in case of threats of an attack, reports say

Events

6 d. ago Shocking identity of 'terrorist who tried to attack Lady Gaga concert' is revealed

Two terror suspects had planned to attack children and members of the LGBTQ+ community at a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil while a third had plans of murdering a child as part of a Satanic ritual.

Events