22 h. ago MPs and peers could sit over Christmas break to pass workers' rights overhaul after Starmer's latest humiliating defeat in the Lords

Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.

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23 h. ago Unions demand MPs and peers sit over CHRISTMAS to pass workers' rights overhaul after Starmer's latest humiliating defeat in the Lords

Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.

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24 h. ago Brits distracted by tech at the Christmas dinner table and dread lunchtime chats

Plenty of Brits are dreading swapping stories over the table when they sit down for Christmas dinner, and Gen Z admit that they are often distracted by tech

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26 h. ago Starmer defeated in the Lords AGAIN over workers' rights overhaul

Furious peers voted down a last-minute change to the Employment Rights Bill that could open the door to unlimited unfair dismissal payouts.

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42 h. ago Keir Starmer joins 26 European countries in demanding right to sign Rwanda

A total of 27 nations, including the UK, delivered a joint statement to a Council of Europe meeting on Wednesday to demand reform of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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63 h. ago MPs back EU customs union demand in surprise vote as Brexit campaign dubbed 'dishonest'

A Bill put forward by the Lib Dems demanding the UK forms a customs union with the EU passed a Commons hurdle in a surprise vote - but No10 has ruled out backing it

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3 d. ago Pity Keir Starmer – he’s the fall guy for a Labour right that’s ready to cast him aside | Owen Jones

The PM is the face of failure, but he is not solely responsible. As the Blairite ideologues mass behind Wes Streeting, we should hold them to account tooThere have been far too few defences of Keir Starmer in the British press of late. Time for a modest redress. As the last rites are muttered over his premiership, his colleagues want you to know that this is all his fault. The humiliation is complete: even Labour Together – the outfit that quietly plotted Starmer’s leadership bid – is now sharpening its knives. It is polling members on who should replace him, indulging the comforting fantasy that swapping captains will somehow stop the ship from sinking.The Tory experience of regicide should offer a caution: do not depose a king unless you have already settled on a prince who understands why the kingdom is in crisis. The Tories toppled Boris Johnson and installed Liz Truss, whose zeal to slash taxes for the wealthy detonated the markets and sealed her party’s fate. Why? Because they...

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner fuels Labour leadership frenzy as she forces Starmer to speed up workers' rights overhaul with swipe at 'wasted time'

Ministers have agreed that the Employment Rights Bill will be implemented from January 2027 instead of October that year.

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9 d. ago Prisons 'will be overwhelmed by slashing jury trials' as Labour MPs and peers vow to kill David Lammy's plan

Justice Secretary David Lammy has unveiled proposals to set up so-called 'swift courts' in England and Wales where cases will be heard by a judge alone.

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1 week ago Angela Rayner leads push to speed up workers' rights bill after Government U

MPs are furious at attempts by unelected Tory and Lib Dem peers to block the flagship Employment Rights Bill, which risks delaying vital protections for millions of workers

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1 week ago Brits say who does most of the hard work during Christmas — and it's not hugely surprising

More than half of Brits like to simply sit back and enjoy the show during the Christmas period — and, among those that don't, typically include mothers and older siblings

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1 week ago Unions split as backbenchers demand Starmer reverses workers’ rights u

Labour U-turn on key manifesto promise to protect workers from unfair dismissals from day one

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3 w. ago MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul

Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlogUK politics live – latest updatesCriminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We will not tolerate ‘covert’ interference, says minister amid China spying risk

MPs, peers and parliamentary staff have been warned by MI5 over spying threats from Chinese security services.

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3 w. ago MI5 names two people in alert to MPs and peers about Chinese espionage

Spy agency says Amanda Qui and Shirly Shen have been using LinkedIn to ‘obtain non-public and insider insights’MI5 has issued an espionage alert to MPs and peers warning that two people linked to the Chinese intelligence service are actively seeking to recruit parliamentarians.The two people, who operate as headhunters on the LinkedIn professional networking website aiming to obtain “non-public and insider insights”, MI5 said, are also targeting economists, thinktank staff and civil servants for their access to politicians. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago MI5 issues new China espionage warning after spies pose as headhunters on LinkedIn to target MPs

Security minister Dan Jarvis said the government will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ attempts by China to interfere with the UK’s sovereign affairs

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3 w. ago Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – politics live

Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliamentBack at the Reform UK press conference, Zia Yusuf, the party’s head of policy, has just finished outlining his plan to cut spending on foreignersAs he finished, Yusuf claimed this was “treachery”.Labour is making the conscious and deliberate decision to continue funding extortionate amounts to foreign nationals, to the detriment of British citizens.And I don’t know what to call that. Frankly, in my view, it’s treachery. I think it’s appalling. British people are sick and tired of it.Just a few months ago, Rachel Reeves was saying she couldn’t afford to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now it looks like becoming her latest U-turn.This isn’t because the economic circumstances have improved. Quite the opposite. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Daily Mail readers back Shabana Mahmood's migrant crackdown as 90% approve of her bid to overhaul human rights laws and the asylum system

Out of more than 18,000 votes, 88 per cent of Daily Mail readers replied 'yes' to the question: 'Do you support Shabana Mahmood's proposed asylum reforms?' and 12 per cent said 'no'.

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3 w. ago MI5 warns MPs they could be targeted by Chinese spies in new ‘espionage alert’

A new ‘espionage alert’ has been circulated to members of the houses of Commons and Lords, issued by the security services

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3 w. ago Health chiefs accused of a 'cover up' after failing to reveal data that may link Covid jabs to excess deaths

Last year, a cross-party group of 21 MPs and peers expressed alarm about 'growing public and professional concerns' over the UK's rates of excess deaths since 2020.

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