5 d. ago No more £100million bat tunnels! Environment Secretary vows to slash 'green tape' and quangos blocking infrastructure projects

Steve Reed warned green quangos to stop burdening key infrastructure and building projects with massive costs that can lead them to be delayed or even abandoned.

Economics

1 week ago Scotland's Justice Secretary vows death in custody families guaranteed free legal aid

The families of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown met with Angela Constance.

Society

1 week ago UK politics live: Business secretary calls for ‘cool heads’ after Reeves vows not to ‘escalate US trade wars’

A 25 per cent tariff on vehicles imported to the US will come into effect on 2 April, the US president announced

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Ukraine is weak without unity,’ says opposition leader Petro Poroshenko

Former president hits out at sanctions against him but admits his criticism of Zelenskyy comes at a delicate timeIn the corner of Petro Poroshenko’s Kyiv office, a large poster shows him shaking hands with Donald Trump, back in the US president’s first term when Poroshenko was his Ukrainian counterpart.Those were happier times for Kyiv when it came to Trump: on the wall behind Poroshenko’s desk hangs a certificate, signed by Trump’s then secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, in 2018, vowing that the US will not recognise the annexation of Crimea. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Trump to ‘deal with’ TikTok ahead of April deadline, Commerce Secretary vows

ByteDance has until April 5 to either divest from TikTok or see its platform banned from American app stores. It’s hazy if Trump will extend the deadline

Politics

3 w. ago Labour MPs handed plea to 'take a stand' against welfare cuts as backlash grows

Every Labour MP has been sent a letter by the Green Party urging them to rebel against plans to slash around £6billion from the welfare bill ahead of an announcement next week

Economics

4 w. ago Lake Windermere: Government vows to clean up England’s largest lake

Environment secretary Steve Reed has vowed to ensure ‘only rainwater’ enters England’s largest lake

Politics

4 w. ago Government vows to clean up Lake Windermere after beauty spot ‘choked’ by pollution

Environment secretary Steve Reed has vowed to ensure ‘only rainwater’ enters England’s largest lake

Politics

4 w. ago UK foreign secretary vows to unlock £2.3bn of frozen funds from Chelsea sale

Proceeds of deal by Roman Abramovich have been sitting in a fund for more than two years

Economics