TSSA union ballots could lead to complete national shutdown by time of Commonwealth Games in July Managers and train drivers could join the strikes across the railway, potentially setting up a complete national shutdown by the time of the Commonwealth Games in July. The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) union, […]
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were captured while fighting in Ukrainian army Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Two British men and a Moroccan national captured while fighting in the Ukrainian army in Mariupol have been sentenced to death by pro-Russia officials after a days-long process described as a “disgusting Soviet-era show […]
Low-paid health and care workers cannot afford to fill tanks, head of Unison warns Low-paid health and care workers are calling in sick because they cannot afford to fill their cars with petrol to travel to work, the head of the UK’s largest trade union has warned. Boris Johnson said […]
Opponents condemn ‘hot air and waffle’ in planned speech amid reports that people will be able to use housing benefit to buy homes Boris Johnson will try to reset his beleaguered premiership on Thursday with a speech on housing and the cost of living that was condemned by opponents as […]
Katharine Birbalsingh says aim is to move away from fixation on small minority of rags to riches tales The new head of the Social Mobility Commission will call for a move away from the fixation with rags to riches tales of “caretaker’s daughter goes to Oxbridge and becomes a top […]
Zero-growth warning for UK as petrol prices surge and OECD says Britain will be weakest economy in G7 next year Boris Johnson’s attempt to reset his troubled premiership has received a double blow after petrol prices had their biggest daily rise in 17 years and a leading international thinktank said […]
Unscripted question appears to catch foreign minister off guard in Turkey, where he was discussing plans for a grain export corridor from Ukraine What we know on day 106 of the invasion A Ukrainian journalist took advantage of a visit to Ankara by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, to […]
Police detain man on drugs and weapons charges but say too early to link arrest directly to disappearance in Amazon of Dom Phillips Authorities in the Amazon investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous advocate have yet to find any evidence of a crime three days after […]
Workers to strike on 21, 23 and 25 June over possible job cuts at Transport for London and national rail network Rail workers are to strike for three days in late June, in a move that is likely to halt much of the national rail network across Britain for a […]
High-profile MPs back demand from Adam Smith Institute to reduce tax burden and ease cost of living crisis Senior Conservatives from across the party have renewed calls for Boris Johnson to implement urgent tax cuts as Downing Street played down the prospects of a shift in policy. A string of […]