S ir Keir Starmer said “we don’t want to diverge” from EU rules as he spoke at a conference of centre-left leaders in Canada. The more the UK and Brussels “share a future together” the less friction there will be between the two, he can be seen suggesting in footageContinue Reading
J unior doctors across England are continuing their strike action as the row with the Government over pay continues. Junior medics – who make up around half of the medical workforce – will continue to strike on Thursday and Friday after holding the first-ever joint strike with consultants on Wednesday.Continue Reading
F ewer school leavers in the UK have been accepted onto a higher education course this year – and the number of disadvantaged 18-year-olds going to university has fallen, figures show. A total of 270,350 British 18-year-olds had been accepted onto a course some 28 days after students received theirContinue Reading
F ormer US vice president and climate change activist Al Gore said Rishi Sunak “is doing the wrong thing” by curbing green policies. The British Prime Minister is expected to water down environmental commitments in an apparent bid to create dividing lines with Labour ahead of a likely general electionContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak appears set to water down key green commitments as ministers warned that net zero policies must not mean “bankrupting” citizens. With an eye on a general election expected next year, the Prime Minister risks triggering a bitter Tory row with the move, which has dismayed the environmentalContinue Reading
T he Culture Secretary has pledged that “new ways of consuming TV should not come at the expense of those who still enjoy terrestrial television” amid an increase in viewers turning to streaming platforms. Lucy Frazer will deliver a keynote speech on the future of TV at the Royal TelevisionContinue Reading
L abour’s hopes for a general election victory have been given a shot in the arm by a study which has found nine of ten Brits want new leadership. The Conservative Party has been in power for 13 years, since David Cameron entered a power-sharing coalition with Nick Clegg’s LiberalContinue Reading
T housands of NHS consultants are on strike across England in a dispute over pay as the health service braces itself for another wave of industrial action. Consultants will also walk out on Wednesday, when they will be joined by junior doctors in the first joint strike in the history ofContinue Reading
T he UK constitution is in urgent need of reform after a tumultuous period in politics exposed weaknesses that have damaged both public trust and the country’s international reputation, a major review has found. A joint report by the Institute for Government and Cambridge University’s Bennett Institute for Public PolicyContinue Reading
A British-born environmentalist who was jailed in Iran has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange brokered between the US and Tehran. Morad Tahbaz, a British-American conservationist of Iranian descent, was one of five US detainees who flew out of the Iranian capital and into Doha, Qatar, on MondayContinue Reading
