Baroness faces suspension over offensive racial remark
Baroness Meyer called a fellow peer of Indian origin “Lord Poppadom,” an investigation finds....
Category : Politics
Housing plans not war on rural England, says minister
Matthew Pennycook says development will be focused on areas where housing is least affordable....
Council to ask government for up to £52m extra
The authority will ask government for exceptional financial support of up to £52m over two years....
Starmer and Badenoch’s lunchtime sandwich split
The Conservative leader says sandwiches are “not real food” while the PM says they are a British institution....
Starmer’s plan to solve housing crisis faces first big test
Keir Starmer has vowed to beat building “blockers” but can he override stiff local resistance?...
UK government to review internal market act
The legislation has been long opposed by Holyrood ministers, who branded it a Westminster “power grab”....
Police refer Westminster ‘honeytrap’ to prosecutors
The Crown Prosecution Service is looking at evidence after string of MPs reported receiving flirtatious messages....
Improve productivity for more pay, public sector told
Downing Street tells unions angry at 2.8% pay proposals that workers must become more productive....
Miliband unveils new powers to approve large wind farms
The change is part of the government’s new action plan for meeting its 2030 clean power target....
Savings targets could cost 10,000 civil service jobs
A government source tells the BBC the increasing size of the civil service cannot continue....