Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media’s love of a cringe momentIt sparked delight among the diehard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on the foreign secretary, but a viral…
Read MoreFormer Camden council leader’s message is clear: she’s ‘visible, committed and local’, and has been for a long timeSagal Abdi-Wali does not want to be the prime minister. She doesn’t even want to lead her party. Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pa…
Read MoreSelf-described moderates say Ed Davey’s party offers them a home as Conservatives shift further rightClimbing the party-branded stairs of the Brighton Centre with a Liberal Britain tote bag over his shoulder, Cody Butler looks quite at home at the Libe…
Read MoreUnder new workers’ rights, employers will have to ‘properly consider’ proposed shift changes and explain decisionsCompany bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights…
Read MoreExclusive: Calls from Labour grow as 105 MPs write to PM urging ‘obvious’ step to alleviate cost of living crisisAndy Burnham is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to commit to improving paternity leave in the UK in the next budget, with…
Read MoreMany mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job lossesMinisters are facing a backlash from the hospitality industry after they announced mayors in England would be given sweeping powers to levy taxes on …
Read MoreSchool staff tell focus groups they believe school system in England and Wales cannot deal with attendance crisisTeachers have so little belief in the importance of pupils’ full school attendance that they would take their own children on term time hol…
Read MoreSagal Abdi-Wali, who came from Somalia in the 1990s, likely to face Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras contestA former child refugee who became the leader of Camden council has been selected to be the Labour candidate for the byelection in Holborn…
Read MoreKey thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing LordsAndy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal social care and bringing gas and el…
Read MorePolanski says he will ‘stand up for people struggling to pay their bills’ if he becomes MP for Holborn and St PancrasUK politics live – latest updatesZack Polanski will stand as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, he has announced.The…
Read MoreParty leader in England and Wales seen as favourite to contest Holborn and St Pancras after Starmer’s resignationZack Polanski moved a step closer in his quest to become an MP on Wednesday, with local Green party members supporting him to become the pa…
Read MoreCritics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain behind bars after a critical intervention by Andy Burnham, but the move has led to warnings …
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