Landslide election cost £52m in staff turnover payments
Parliamentary standards body says the last election saw an “almost-unprecedented” staff turnover....
Category : Politics
Campaigners dismiss loan charge review as ‘sham’
The charge aimed to close a tax loophole and recover backdated taxes, but has left many facing big bills....
Rachel Reeves to soften non-dom tax changes
It comes after critics warned the plans could prompt wealthy people to leave the UK....
What are Parliament’s bars really like?
Westminster’s drinking culture is in the spotlight after a bar was closed over an alleged spiking incident....
Miliband: I won’t quit over Heathrow expansion
The net zero secretary is a longstanding opponent of a third runway, which the government is now expected to back....
Outline plans for massive data centre win approval
The team behind DC01UK says the centre in Hertfordshire could create almost 14,000 indirect jobs....
PM vows to curb ‘Nimby’ legal blocks on infrastructure
No 10 says it is targeting “cynical” appeals against new nuclear power stations, roads, rail lines and wind farms....
Banks raise concerns over benefit debt recovery powers
The biggest group representing UK banks says the measures could conflict with customer protections....
UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship seen near British waters
John Healey says the vessel is used to gather intelligence and map the UK’s underwater infrastrcuture....
Closing bars could risk MPs’ safety, says minister
Commons leader Lucy Powell says she is open to debate about bars in Parliament but they serve a purpose....