PM says budget stabilised the economy, while mortgage rates are ‘individual decisions for the banks’ Keir Starmer has conceded he was disappointed in the UK growth figures last week, but denied that his government’s budget was responsible for a recent rise in mortgage rates. The prime minister told journalists travelling […]
US president arrived for photograph with other world leaders – but found they had gone ahead without him Joe Biden headed for a photo with fellow G20 leaders in Rio de Janeiro at his final summit as US president on Monday – only to find they had already taken the […]
Exclusive: Projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research finds A government policy to create 100,000 new nursery places using spare capacity in English primary schools is “unlikely to work”, according to research. The research blames a geographical mismatch between capacity and demand, […]
Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growth Keir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, promising to turn the page on UK-China relations by building […]
Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s side Joe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory by permitting them to be used against Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region. […]
PM ‘absolutely confident’ that ‘vast majority’ of farms will be exempt as union prepares protests in London Keir Starmer has vehemently defended the imposition of inheritance tax on farms, as a new analysis suggested farmers are being increasingly squeezed out of the market for agricultural land by wealthy investors. Amid […]
Government says wide-ranging reforms will end ‘neglect’ in system that leaves young people behind Labour ready to show it is serious about changing children’s social care Excessive profiteering by unscrupulous private companies charging sky-high fees for substandard placements for vulnerable children will be clamped down on as part of a […]
NHS centres join search for patients who have lived much longer than expected, in hope of developing new therapies Doctors have launched a major study to understand why a small percentage of cancer patients beat the odds and survive long after being diagnosed with some of the most aggressive forms […]
Rising number of vulnerable youngsters are being forced into unsuitable accommodation including Airbnbs, bedsits and caravans A shocking increase in the number of vulnerable children deprived of their liberty by the state is leaving more youngsters in illegal accommodation, at eye-watering costs to the taxpayer, a government-backed assessment has warned. […]
Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has […]