4 h. ago Youth Music launches Rescue the Roots campaign to save grassroots projects: ‘The time for action is now’

New campaign launches as Ed Sheeran calls for urgent government funding of music education in the UK

Events

9 h. ago Scots Lib Dem leader criticised for praising grandee who turned “blind eye” to child abuse claims

Alex Cole-Hamilton is under fire for saying it was a "great honour" to join Sir David Steel.

Politics

20 h. ago Government urged to seek new funding models for London’s public transport

Government urged to seek new funding models for London’s public transport  ianVisits

Politics

33 h. ago Labour government must look urgently at energy prices and do the decent thing

Record View says John Swinney's administration has at least offered a solution.

Politics

38 h. ago Government urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ on social media’s impact on young men

Jake Richards, Labour MP for Rother Valley, described the increase in male suicides as ‘part of a wider storm we face with worsening mental health’.

Politics

60 h. ago Benefits claimants receive free electric vehicle chargers under taxpayer

Campaigners have urged the Government to crack down on the Motability scheme to end spiralling costs, as concerns grow that the scheme is being abused.

Economics

62 h. ago ‘Corridor care’ has become an endemic problem in Wales, survey finds

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called on the Welsh government to prevent corridor care, calling it ‘dangerous, degrading, dehumanising’.

Politics

62 h. ago Every hospital emergency department in Wales is caring for patients in corridors

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has demanded action saying the findings of its latest survey into 'corridor care' should 'shock and shame' Welsh Government.

Science

67 h. ago Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms

Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cutKeir Starmer has been warned against “appeasing” Donald Trump as he considers reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs.His chancellor, Rachel Reeves, confirmed on Sunday that there were “ongoing” discussions about the UK’s £1bn-a-year digital services tax that affects companies from Meta to Amazon. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Davey: ‘Disdainful’ Badenoch thinks fixing church roofs is beneath her

Her comments reveal the Tories’ ‘disdainful thinking’, the Lib Dem leader will say in a speech to his party’s spring conference.

Politics

3 d. ago Ed Davey makes biscuits with young carers and says they deserve ‘better’ support

The Lib Dem leader met young carers at Jenny’s Tea Room in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where the group made and decorated biscuits together.

Politics

3 d. ago Heathrow airport live: Government orders urgent investigation into fire as flight delay chaos continues

Heathrow Airport is back in business after a fire at a London electricity substation

Events

3 d. ago Government orders 'urgent investigation' into Heathrow Airport power outage

It comes after power has been restored to the airport and the surrounding areas

Politics

4 d. ago Lib Dems determined to drive change on domestic abuse law, says MP at conference

Josh Babarinde has spoken in the past about how his mother and he were subject to abuse from her ex-partner when he was a child.

Events

4 d. ago I was dismissed by a physician associate when I complained of a chest infection and told I just had a 'runny nose'

A woman left with lifelong lung damage after a medic missed the signs of a chest infection is calling on the Government to take urgent action to protect patients.

Politics

4 d. ago I was dismissed by a physician associate when I complained of a chest infection

A woman left with lifelong lung damage after a medic missed the signs of a chest infection is calling on the Government to take urgent action to protect patients.

Politics

4 d. ago Lib Dems to urge Government to ‘end corridor care’ by 2029 at spring conference

Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman Helen Morgan will call for a £1.5 billion fund to safeguard hospitals over the colder months.

Politics

4 d. ago Lib Dem enforcer faces call to apologise for telling off dog who crossed the floor for hugs

Lib Dem activists have jokingly demanded chief whip Wendy Chamberlain apologises for telling off Guide Dog Jennie after she was seen brazenly crossing the Commons chamber

Politics

5 d. ago Dental MAYHEM: A quarter of Brits who can't get a dentist appointment resort to 'using pliers' or 'Turkey teeth', shock report finds

Health leaders urged the Government to 'pick up pace and keep its promises' on NHS dentistry, to avoid patients 'reaching for pliers or cheap flights'.

Events

5 d. ago People ‘reaching for pliers’ amid dental appointment difficulties

Experts have urged the Government to ‘pick up pace and keep its promises’ on dentistry

Politics