Transport secretary Louise Haigh says a major breakthrough has been reached in the ongoing rail disputes as ASLEF union bosses agree to recommend a new pay proposal to their members. However, just 48 hours later ASLEF announced a fresh round of strike action, separate to the proposed deal, raising concernsContinue Reading
Foreign secretary David Lammy has said now is the time for a ceasefire agreement in Israel and Gaza, following a meeting with Israeli officials amid rising tensions in the Middle East. He called for hostages to be returned, aid to be allowed into Gaza “in the quantities that are necessary”Continue Reading
The hearings and sentencing of those involved or caught up in the far-right riots are making their way through the courts at breakneck speed. More than 1,100 people have been arrested following the nationwide unrest – and almost 650 will face court, according to police. And it’s not just theContinue Reading
The train drivers’ union could return to the negotiating table to demand further pay hikes in as little as six months after Labour made a pay offer in a bid to head off strikes. Mick Whelan, Aslef’s general secretary, said he believes train drivers will back the new deal, potentiallyContinue Reading
Private schools at risk of closure as the government imposes 20 per cent VAT are already facing “big budget shortfalls”, education secretary Bridget Phillipson said. Labour has pledged to end the VAT exemption for private schools to raise an estimated £1.6bn, which the party said would be used to hireContinue Reading
The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades is up on last year, national figures show, but the inequality in results between independent schools and comprehensives in England has widened. Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results on Thursday morning, with more than a quarter (27.8 per cent)Continue Reading
Labour’s education secretary has confirmed that the government does not plan to lift visa restrictions imposed on international students by the previous Conservative administration. The restrictions, introduced in January, bar most overseas students from bringing family members to the UK. Bridget Phillipson was asked in an interview with Sky NewsContinue Reading
Former Conservative minister Thérèse Coffey, a close ally of former prime minister Liz Truss, applied for a senior job in the Treasury after being defeated in her constituency at the general election. Ms Coffey, who served as Ms Truss’s deputy prime minister, tried to become the UK director at theContinue Reading
The vast majority of Labour voters support Keir Starmer moving the country to a shorter working week, according to a new poll. Nearly three-quarters, 72 per cent, back the idea, pollsters Survation found. Tory voters were less keen, with less than half, just 43 per cent, in favour. But, perhapsContinue Reading
Jess Phillips has said she “could have phrased” a tweet shared after gangs of men in balaclavas turned out in Birmingham “better”. The Home Office minister wrote that “rumours have been spread that a far right group were coming and it was done entirely to get Muslim people out onContinue Reading
