New research reveals a 15% pay gap that widens dramatically after women have children Women “work for free for nearly two months” a year, according to fresh analysis which reveals a 15% gender pay gap that widens “dramatically” after women have children. Women in paid employment earn on average £29,684 […]
Exclusive: Claimants will have only 20 days to respond or face rejection Plans to cut the asylum backlog by sending questionnaires to refugees instead of conducting official interviews will demand that claimants reply in English within 20 working days or risk refusal, a leaked document shows. The Home Office will […]
Picture was taken from the jet as the balloon entered US airspace earlier this month, before it was shot down over the Atlantic The Pentagon has released a selfie photograph snapped by the pilot of a U2 spy plane that was hurtling through the skies above the Chinese spy balloon […]
UN general assembly debates motion calling for unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine on anniversary of war UN secretary general António Guterres has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an “affront to our collective conscience” as the 193-member General assembly meets ahead of a vote that the US said […]
Peers rejected letting police exercise stop and search without suspicion and sanction people without conviction Proposed legislation aimed at curbing tactics used by protest groups has suffered eight defeats in the House of Lords. Peers rejected key measures of the controversial public order bill, including ditching a measure to let […]
Health secretary, Steve Barclay, to take part in talks on pay, conditions and ‘productivity-enhancing reforms’ Ministers and nurses’ leaders will hold “intensive talks” on Wednesday in an unexpected move that has raised hopes that they will thrash out a deal to end the long-running pay dispute. Both sides made clear […]
Prime minister and EU press ahead on protocol agreement before momentum slips Rishi Sunak is preparing to face down his Brexit critics and press ahead with a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol if he can secure one in the coming days, government sources have said. The prime minister was […]
Authorities believe Constance Marten and Mark Godon have been sleeping rough and travelling around the UK by taxi for six weeks Police have released new CCTV footage of an aristocrat who disappeared more than six weeks ago with her boyfriend, a registered sex offender in the US, and their newborn […]
Poll reveals west more united but gulf growing with countries such as India that do not subscribe to post-cold war view Almost a year after Russia’s war against Ukraine started, it has united the west, according to a 15-country survey – but exposed a widening gulf with the rest of […]
Statement read by police after ‘worst fears’ confirmed, critical of press and members of public who accused partner of wrongdoing The family of Nicola Bulley have said they would never comprehend “what Nikki had gone through in her last moments”, but excoriated the media and members of the public for […]