Spending Review: Where key money is being spent… in 99 seconds
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spending Review, setting out budgets for government departments....
Category : Politics
Ban on ‘no ball games’ signs suggested to get kids off screens
Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change....
Lammy holds Gibraltar talks ahead of potential EU deal
The foreign secretary will meet Spanish and Brussels counterparts later to try and finalise a deal....
TV presenter David Bull named new Reform chairman
The TalkTV host replaces Zia Yusuf, who quit last week after clashing with Reform UK colleagues....
Watch: Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin defends call for burka ban
Watch: Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin defends call for burka ban...
MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales
Women would never be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy under proposed new laws....
PM denies bowing to political pressure over winter fuel
Sir Keir Starmer says his decision to give more pensioners the payment was the result of an improving economy....
Reeves’s spending priorities leave little wiggle room
The chancellor’s focus on the NHS and defence will mean a spending squeeze elsewhere, writes the BBC’s political editor....
Family visa income threshold should be lower, review says
An increase to minimum salary requirements would risk breaching international law, an advisory body warns....
Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say
A report says dads should be paid 80% of earnings and allowed six weeks off work when they have a child....