Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector
Teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants are among those covered by the proposals....
Category : Politics
Farage recruits tycoon Nick Candy as Reform UK treasurer
Billionaire former Tory donor is aiming to raise big money to help put Nigel Farage in No 10....
Reeves vows to cut ‘waste’ in spending review
The chancellor says “efficiency savings” will ensure enough funding for key public services....
Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements
The Northern Ireland Assembly spent six hours debating controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements....
Reeves says assisted dying unlikely to hit public finances
The Chancellor voted with hundreds of MPs to pass the first stage of Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill....
Government department spends £1,200 on two folders
It comes as Chancellor Rachel Reeves asks departments to highlight savings they can make in the next few years....
MP calls for first-cousin marriage to be banned
Tory former minister Richard Holden says the children of first cousins are at greater risk of birth defects....
Nurseries warn of rising fees ahead of childcare expansion
Bosses in the early years sector say the government’s uplift in funding will not cover rising costs....
Germany to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal
The Joint Action Plan sees Germany commit to making it easier to prosecute those facilitating people-smuggling to the UK....
UK ‘keeping close eye’ on British jihadists in Syria
Home Office minister Angela Eagle tells the BBC that UK intelligence services are monitoring the situation....