Shadow chancellor will highlight Labour’s plans to boost economy and say Conservatives are ‘out of touch’ ‘They’re everywhere’: Labour’s wooing of City goes into overdrive Rachel Reeves will draw the economic battle lines for the next general election on Tuesday, challenging the government’s claims that the economy is turning a […]
Defence secretary to address MPs after names and bank details of armed forces members targeted by unnamed attacker The Ministry of Defence has suffered a significant data breach and the personal information of UK military personnel has been hacked. A third-party payroll system used by the MoD, which includes names […]
Vladimir Putin responds to recent statements from David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron over Ukraine war Ukraine war – live updates Russia has threatened to strike British military facilities and ordered its military to hold battlefield nuclear weapons drills in a move the Kremlin described as a response to comments from […]
Pat McFadden says local election results give the party confidence it can win ‘blue wall’ seats that are ‘turning red’ Labour is planning to target the south of England heavily at the general election as the local election results show some “blue wall” seats are turning red, Keir Starmer’s election […]
Governments in Westminster and Edinburgh urged to engage with Petroineos to save Scotland’s sole remaining oil refinery The UK and Scottish governments have been asked to arrange urgent talks to protect the future of Scotland’s only remaining oil refinery at Grangemouth. Daniel Johnson, Scottish Labour’s economy spokesperson, has written to […]
Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about ‘privacy and dignity’ in gender-neutral facilities New restaurants, offices, schools and hospitals in England will be required to have separate male and female toilets, in a move ministers say will combat growing concerns about “privacy and dignity” in gender-neutral facilities. The law […]
Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security Israeli authorities shut down the local offices of Al Jazeera on Sunday, hours after a government vote to use new laws to close the satellite news network’s operations in the country. Critics […]
About 52,000 people are eligible under the scheme, but a government spokesperson said Kigali would accept ‘thousands’ Rwanda has admitted it cannot guarantee how many people it will take from the UK under Rishi Sunak’s deportation scheme. The east African country did not give assurances that the estimated 52,000 asylum […]
Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office After a nail-biting finale, Andy Street has become the most high-profile victim of tanking Tory support in May’s elections. With the Conservatives shedding seats across the country […]
Britain has turned out in force to vote for change. Whenever the Tories go to the country, we will be ready to provide it Rishi Sunak might have been too scared to put his name on the ballot this week, but voters sent him a clear message in the local […]