2 h. ago Labour accused of breaking ANOTHER manifesto pledge as small hospitality firms face £318million business rates bombshell

Hospitality chiefs have accused Labour of breaching its manifesto after hammering firms with a huge increase in their business rates bill that will result in closures and job losses.

Economics

3 h. ago Labour accused of 'abandoning' women by departing human rights commission chief

Baroness Falkner of Margravine, who stepped down as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, accused Labour of abandoning founding principles.

Events

29 h. ago US health department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI technology

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has outlined a new strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence

Science

36 h. ago Number 10 rejects ‘dictator’ claims amid row over mayoral election delay

Critics have accused Labour of ‘cancelling democracy’ after the Government suggested four votes could be pushed back to 2028.

Politics

39 h. ago Millions of people to see elections delayed until at least 2028

The decision has sparked a furious backlash, with the Conservatives, Reform UK, the Liberal Democrats and local figures accusing Labour of 'cancelling democracy'

Politics

62 h. ago Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’

The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but its farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse and ecological harmJulia Cárcamo López’s house faces the sea, near enough to hear the gulls calling through the salt-encrusted windows. She lives in the small town of Maullín, on the edge of Chile’s Patagonia, an area where almost everyone works in the fishing industry.Outside, it is drizzling and the sky is darkening as she recalls 1 May 2019, one of the worst days of her life. “Two men knocked on my door and told me they had bad news: my husband had had an accident while working at sea,” she says. Since then, she has discovered that the accident seems to have been caused by negligence. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago NHS emergency care crisis laid bare: 2025 set to be worst year on record damning figures show, as Labour is accused of being in 'total denial'

Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to October after medics decided they were so sick they needed to be admitted to a ward.

Events

4 d. ago Starmer insists there was ‘no misleading’ after claims Reeves lied in run

Keir Starmer forced to publicly defend chancellor over accusations she lied about country’s finances - as Labour MPs voice discontent

Politics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax hikes

Calls for investigation into accusation Labour chancellor misled the public

Economics

5 d. ago Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harmsThe federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.Former federal oversight officials have sounded the alarm at the rapid dismantling of guardrails against human rights failures – at the same time as the government pushes aggressive immigration enforcement operations.Border Patrol agents in Arizona forcibly removed a detained man from a cell, handcuffed him and then injected him with ketamine to sedate him in 2023, according to a CRCL document confirming the watchdog’s investigation into the allegation. A Guardian reporter had saved that document just weeks before it was scrubbed from the DHS’s website.Guards at a priv...

Events

6 d. ago Two Labour ministers try to torpedo solar farm in Red Ed's back yard as Party is accused of 'astonishing hypocrisy'

The sprawling Whitestone Solar Farm would be the largest in the UK and carpet almost 5,000 acres of Green Belt land between Doncaster and Rotherham in South Yorkshire with solar panels

Politics

7 d. ago Starmer facing fury of left again as he is accused of breaching another Labour manifesto promise by ditching Rayner's day one rights for workers

Sir Keir Starmer is once more at war with the left after ditching a key part of Angela Rayner 's workers' rights bonanza.

Economics

7 d. ago What is Labour’s Employment Rights Bill – and how has it changed?

Labour has been accused of breaching a manifesto commitment over the change

Politics

7 d. ago Rachel Reeves’ uncle blasts Budget as 'worst I’ve ever heard'

His comments come as the Chancellor is accused of breaking a Labour manifesto pledge amid £26billion of tax rises

Politics

7 d. ago Starmer accused of ‘complete betrayal’ by Labour backbenchers after workers’ rights U

The government has found itself in a stand off with Labour backbenchers who have accused ministers of breaking a manifesto pledge

Politics

7 d. ago Starmer faces Labour revolt over axing ‘day one’ workers’ rights reforms in manifesto breach

Fury among Labour backbenchersas announcement comes day after Government accused of another manifesto breach over Budget tax rises for working people

Politics

8 d. ago Starmer accused of 'misleading' public over Labour's big tax plans in car

Keir Starmer was repeatedly challenged over whether he deserved the 'trust' of the British people in a bruising interview after the Budget .

Politics

8 d. ago Watch: Reeves stumbles as she’s confronted over broken Labour manifesto promises

Susanna Reid left Rachel Reeves flustered after questioning her on accusations she broke Labour’s manifesto promises in the Budget.

Politics

1 week ago Labour accused of treating oil and gas workers 'like the miners in the 1980s'

EXCLUSIVE: Louise Gilmour of GMB Scotland claimed the abandonment of the energy workers is akin to forty years ago.

Politics