9 h. ago Welsh Government 'objects' to UK Government deciding how to spend money in Wales

Labour backbenchers wrote to the Prime Minister accusing him of rolling back on devolution and MSs from across the chamber agreed

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14 h. ago I want my sons to know masculinity can be kind – and my daughter to live without fear | David Lammy

Violence against women is a national emergency. As a minister, but also as a father, I see Labour’s new strategy as a matter of the highest priorityDavid Lammy MP is the deputy prime minister, lord chancellor and secretary of state for justiceIn the year leading up to March 2025, one in eight women in England and Wales had been a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Almost 200 rapes are recorded every day. And on average, three women are killed by men in the UK every single week. Just pause and consider that.There has been plenty of tough talk on violence against women and girls over the past decade – but too little action. We will deploy the full power of the state in the largest crackdown on violence perpetrated against women and girls in British history. This violence is a national emergency. And as a dad to a daughter, it terrifies me. But as a dad to two sons, it drives home that we can’t keep doing things the same way.David Lammy MP is the deputy prime ministe...

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15 h. ago 'I have been targeted by Warm Home Discount scammers', says Labour energy minister

Energy minister Martin McCluskey said he had received a text telling him he was eligible for the Warm Home Discount and urging him to click a link.

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25 h. ago Starmer faces threat of rebellion from Labour MPs over jury trial plans

Thirty-nine Labour MPs have put their name to an open letter which brands the proposals ‘an ineffective way of dealing with the crippling backlog’.

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27 h. ago Is your area a winner or loser from new council funding formula? Ministers divert money to Labour heartlands while London and South East face being battered with higher tax

A new funding formula will see central cash diverted to the most 'deprived' areas, heaping pressure on better-off authorities that have managed to keep bills under control.

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30 h. ago London and South East face being battered with higher council tax as ministers slash funding to 'wealthy' areas

A new funding formula will see central cash diverted to the most 'deprived' areas, heaping pressure on better-off authorities that have managed to keep bills under control.

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32 h. ago Minister ‘convinced’ of path to sustainability at Grangemouth plant

Government funding of £120 million will be topped up by £30 million from the plant’s owners Ineos.

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44 h. ago Arts Council is blasted over 'tick box exercises' as report by Baroness Hodge finds it is 'sidelining artistic excellence to try to change society'

The watchdog, which hands out more than £450million a year in public funding, came under fire in a report by Baroness Hodge, the former Labour culture minister.

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47 h. ago Labour’s workers’ rights bill to become law after Lords battle

The ‘historic’ bill has been praised by trade unions and MPs who pushed to get it through the House of Lords

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48 h. ago Starmer hails Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill after climbdown by peers means it is set to become law

Business secretary Peter Kyle praised the ‘landmark legislation’ that will ‘drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century’

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51 h. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears final hurdle

Employment rights bill heads for statute book after House of Lords backs down

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52 h. ago Labour FINALLY gets its workers' rights laws through Parliament as peers end their long battle over Bill

Peers on Tuesday dropped their extended opposition to the controversial Employment Rights Bill, which is now poised to become law.

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52 h. ago UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears House of Lords

Landmark Employment Rights bill heads for statute books

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54 h. ago Minister urges Labour donor Dale Vince to apologise for Bondi attack social media post

The founder of Ecotricity and previous Labour donor faced criticism for his social media posts in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack

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56 h. ago Angela Rayner stokes war with House of Lords over Labour workers' rights laws: Ex

The former deputy prime minister lashed out at hereditary peers in the House of Lords for 'blocking' the Government's flagship legislation.

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60 h. ago Labour ministers turn on millionaire donor Dale Vince over post blaming Israel for anti

The Green energy tycoon was told by two government ministers to apologise for social media comments he made online after 15 people were murdered at a Hannukah event.

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60 h. ago Labour is braced for free speech row as ministers finalise details to axe Islamophobia definition in favour of 'anti

British ministers are circulating a draft form of words that has been put forward by a working group for consultation.

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64 h. ago 'We are being killed': Labour minister heckled at Hanukkah event in London

'We are being killed': Labour minister heckled at Hanukkah event in London  Yahoo

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3 d. ago Business groups urge peers to PASS Labour's workers' rights law

In a joint letter to Business Secretary Peter Kyle, six organisations said that 'now is the time' for Parliament to pass the Employment Rights Bill.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer faces open Labour revolt as minister condemns botched reshuffle saying he still has no clue what the PM was thinking

Ian Murray complained he still does not know why the PM demoted him out of the Cabinet in a chaotic reshuffle in September.

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