43 h. ago Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gigTell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band themselves.Bassist Alvin Gibbs shared details of the incident with local UK news website Dorset Eye on Thursday, which comes amid widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US, including a French scientist who said he was barred because of anti-Donald Trump comments he had made. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Labour gives British punk band a slice of £1.6m of taxpayer cash to fund their career

Critics said it 'beggars belief' that Labour agreed to hand two-piece Lambrini Girls a share of £1.6 million to go on tour around the world and promote their songs which 'denigrate' England.

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64 h. ago So much for Labour's war on quangos! Boss of Ed Miliband's Great British Energy to scoop £525,000 pay packet (and WFH two days a week)

A job advert for the chief executive role at the publicly-owned company has revealed the eye-watering pay packet on offer for the successful candidate.

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4 d. ago Former Labour MSP publishes 'lied' statement as he quits party over £5bn welfare benefits cut

Neil Findlay says the Labour Party ‘lied to the British public’ at last year’s general election.

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5 d. ago Tory green group rejects Badenoch’s claim that net zero by 2050 is ‘impossible’

The Conservative Party leader is expected to say that her party will ‘confront the real problems’.

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5 d. ago Hairdressers call for tax reform in ‘save our salons’ Westminster protest

The British Hair Consortium wants VAT on labour costs to be cut from 20% to 10% in the Spring Statement.

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9 d. ago UK households missing out on £65million from cost of living scheme

The cost of living help comes from the Household Support Fund scheme, which has given local councils pots of cash to support struggling households in their area

Economics

1 week ago British Gas boss Chris O'Shea comes out in support of Labour's workers' rights reforms

Centrica chief executive Chris O'Shea has echoed his support for workplace shake-ups despite other business leaders claiming it will be “highly damaging”

Economics

1 week ago ‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights

Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fearSpain’s leftwing deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, has a message for Labour politicians as the UK government’s employment rights bill takes its next step to becoming law this week: take heart from our success.With business groups in the UK issuing dire warnings about the impact of the workers’ rights package, Díaz, the minister of labour and social economy, remembers her own government’s battle when it thrashed out radical labour laws that came into force in 2022. “We went through nine months of hell, literally. We had the press against it, academia, research centres – everybody was saying this was going to contribute to unemployment and not eradicate it,” she recalls. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing star JB Gill hits out at Labour's inheritance tax raid on British farmers as he claims Government 'doesn't understand just how impactful the industry is'

EXCLUSIVE: The JLS singer, who owns a £1.5million `farm in Kent, accused the government of failing to understand that the new tax will be 'hugely impactful' on the sector.

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2 w. ago ‘I ate acid for two months straight. It was the best time of my life’: Americana anarcho

She’s the finger-picking blueswoman whose life was changed by the punk band Crass – and went viral for busking while homeless. She talks about ghosts, her ‘smelly’ childhood and fighting the far rightSunny War is calling via video from her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The house belonged to her grandma, then her father; he died during the making of her last album. After War and her brother moved in, she became convinced the house was haunted. She would see people and hear noises at night. “It sounded like someone was walking around, to the point that I would jump out with a machete in my hand, thinking someone had broke into the house,” she says. “It was happening all the time. I thought I was going insane in here.” It was confusing, “because I have been crazy before. And I was also drinking a lot and sometimes that makes me hallucinate.”But the apparitions weren’t ghosts, or the result of a mental health crisis, or indeed a drinking binge: “I didn’t have any money, so I couldn’t ...

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2 w. ago Edwyn Collins: ‘Could an Orange Juice reunion ever be on the cards? No!’

The singer-songwriter on breaking up his band, recovering from a stroke, being too old to be a punk, and the chaos of recording with Mark E Smith In these deeply troubled, fractured, febrile times, why did you call the new record Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation? smileywombatIt was Grace’s choice [Grace Maxwell, his wife and musical collaborator]. Up in Helmsdale [in the Scottish Highlands], in my studio, I have an art deco radiogram speaker which has a sort of sunburst thing with that phrase written on it. For £60 on eBay – pristine! It was the BBC World Service motto. When we were casting about for a title for the new record, it seemed like a great expression. Grace said, if you’re going to call it that you have to write a song with that title. So I did.I very much enjoyed the new song Knowledge and the video, shot in Helmsdale. Do you like to travel much these days or are you pretty much happy at home? nogs09I like Helmsdale, and Grace loves it. When I was seven, eight years old, I...

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2 w. ago Labour MPs urge British banks and fund managers to no longer class defence investments as 'unethical' as they bid to boost support for Ukraine

In an open letter, the group of parliamentarians demanded a 'rethink' of environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks for investing.

Economics

2 w. ago Glastonbury 2025: the 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo to headline

Charli xcx, the Prodigy and Loyle Carner will headline the Other stage, with first-time sets from Alanis Morissette, Doechii and En VogueThis year’s Glastonbury set will feature two first-time headliners in the British pop-rock group the 1975 and the US pop-punk songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.The band, led by Matty Healy, will top the Friday night billing on the Pyramid stage. Rodrigo will perform on Sunday. In 2022, the Drivers License singer performed on the Other stage, a set that boasted a guest spot from Lily Allen and an excoriation of the US supreme court following the overturning of Roe v Wade a day earlier. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Households struggling with energy costs can get free £147 payment from DWP scheme

The help is from the government's Household Support Fund scheme which gives local councils pots of cash, which they then use to provide support to those struggling with the cost of living

Economics

2 w. ago Zelenskyy says minerals deal is ready to be signed as he seeks to move conversation on from White House spat – live

Keir Starmer announces additional £1.6bn package for Ukraine, allowing it ‘to buy more than 5,000 air defence missiles’Kemi Badenoch said she does not agree that the Oval Office clash was part of an orchestrated “ambush”, as some had suggested, as both Kyiv and Washington were representing their “respective national interests”.The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says there is no difference between Labour and Conservative in terms of British support for Ukraine. When asked about the furious exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, the Conservative party leader said her “heart went out” to the Ukrainian president while she was watching it.I couldn’t believe what was happening. He was being humiliated. I don’t think we should conduct these sort of difficult conservations in front of the cameras and we have to remember that President Zelenskyy is a hero.He is the person who represents that strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people and whatever difference a...

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2 w. ago ‘We are all determined to take action for strong, lasting peace,’ says Macron – live

Keir Starmer announces additional £1.6bn package for Ukraine, allowing it ‘to buy more than 5,000 air defence missiles’Kemi Badenoch said she does not agree that the Oval Office clash was part of an orchestrated “ambush”, as some had suggested, as both Kyiv and Washington were representing their “respective national interests”.The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says there is no difference between Labour and Conservative in terms of British support for Ukraine. When asked about the furious exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, the Conservative party leader said her “heart went out” to the Ukrainian president while she was watching it.I couldn’t believe what was happening. He was being humiliated. I don’t think we should conduct these sort of difficult conservations in front of the cameras and we have to remember that President Zelenskyy is a hero.He is the person who represents that strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people and whatever difference a...

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer says ‘we are at a crossroads in history’ as he announces additional £1.6bn package for Ukraine – live

Keir Starmer opened the summit by saying a good outcome for Ukraine is vital for the security of every nation represented hereKemi Badenoch said she does not agree that the Oval Office clash was part of an orchestrated “ambush”, as some had suggested, as both Kyiv and Washington were representing their “respective national interests”.The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says there is no difference between Labour and Conservative in terms of British support for Ukraine. When asked about the furious exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, the Conservative party leader said her “heart went out” to the Ukrainian president while she was watching it.I couldn’t believe what was happening. He was being humiliated. I don’t think we should conduct these sort of difficult conservations in front of the cameras and we have to remember that President Zelenskyy is a hero.He is the person who represents that strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people and whatever diffe...

Economics

2 w. ago Starmer announces £1.6bn package for Ukraine for air missiles – live

Keir Starmer opened the summit by saying a good outcome for Ukraine is vital for the security of every nation represented hereKemi Badenoch said she does not agree that the Oval Office clash was part of an orchestrated “ambush”, as some had suggested, as both Kyiv and Washington were representing their “respective national interests”.The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says there is no difference between Labour and Conservative in terms of British support for Ukraine. When asked about the furious exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, the Conservative party leader said her “heart went out” to the Ukrainian president while she was watching it.I couldn’t believe what was happening. He was being humiliated. I don’t think we should conduct these sort of difficult conservations in front of the cameras and we have to remember that President Zelenskyy is a hero.He is the person who represents that strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people and whatever diffe...

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2 w. ago Europe faces ‘once in a generation’ moment for its security, Starmer says – live

The prime minister opened the summit by saying a good outcome for Ukraine is vital for the security of every nation represented here Kemi Badenoch said she does not agree that the Oval Office clash was part of an orchestrated “ambush”, as some had suggested, as both Kyiv and Washington were representing their “respective national interests”.The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, says there is no difference between Labour and Conservative in terms of British support for Ukraine. When asked about the furious exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House, the Conservative party leader said her “heart went out” to the Ukrainian president while she was watching it.I couldn’t believe what was happening. He was being humiliated. I don’t think we should conduct these sort of difficult conservations in front of the cameras and we have to remember that President Zelenskyy is a hero.He is the person who represents that strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people and whateve...

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