NGOs behind report suggest minimal savings for Home Office if Bibby Stockholm barge used in place of £5.6m-a-day hotels Controversial plans to house asylum seekers on a barge to reduce reliance on expensive hotels will save less than £10 a person a day, according to a report. The report, Bibby […]
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Children’s charities call for a ‘baby and toddler guarantee’ to help parents struggling with cost of living during summer holidays Celebrities including the tennis player Andy Murray, the actor David Harewood and the singer-songwriter Rita Ora have joined children’s charities and childhood development experts to call for a national “baby […]
Lawyer for young person denies mother’s allegations to the Sun, saying ‘nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place’ The young person at the centre of a scandal over a BBC presenter reportedly paying for explicit pictures has issued a statement in which they claimed the key allegations are “rubbish”. A […]
MPs take no further action as Partygate parliamentary proceedings conclude Boris Johnson’s allies have avoided being punished over the parliamentary Partygate inquiry after MPs endorsed a report that found they sought to interfere in the process but an attempt to make them face further action failed. Penny Mordaunt, the House […]
Unison says some workers given substandard accommodation and 80-hour weeks and forced to repay recruitment fees Care operators have been accused of “shocking abuse” of migrant workers who are allegedly being forced to pay back thousands of pounds in recruitment fees, housed in substandard accommodation and asked to work 80-hour […]
Exclusive: MPs found to hold ‘in effect secret’ stock in listed firms from banks to housebuilders Wife of Tory MP who criticised windfall tax on oil firms has £50,000 in BP shares Attorney general and close family hold £130,000 in shares in six FTSE 100 firms Which UK MPs own […]
Metropolitan police name Nuria Sajjad, eight, as second victim of impact in south-west London on Thursday A second child has died after a Land Rover crashed through a school fence in south-west London on Thursday. The Metropolitan police named the girl as eight-year-old Nuria Sajjad. Continue reading…
Unnamed star, who allegedly gave young person £35,000 which they spent on drug habit, has also been reported to police Police officers are due to meet with the BBC on Monday, after a prominent male television presenter was suspended by the broadcaster over allegations that he paid a teenager for […]
António Guterres decries conflict’s ‘utter disregard’ for human rights law as clashes reported in multiple states Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations has warned, after an airstrike on a residential area killed about two dozen civilians. The […]
Chancellor expected to reveal ‘compact’ agreement with some of UK’s largest investment firms in Mansion House speech The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will reveal plans to release billions of pounds from British pensions to help fund fast-growing companies, as part of wider government efforts to boost growth and attract more business […]