Labour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan
He attempted to wind up one of his businesses before settling one of two bounceback loans he took out, reports suggest A Labour MP has been suspended as he faces…
Reform deputy leader accused of being ‘completely out of touch’ for telling people to ‘enjoy’ climate change
‘If it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic,’ says Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of being “completely out of touch…
Young people ‘need nepotism’ to exit NEET ‘rejection loop’, says Chicken Shop Date star
Amelia Dimoldenberg, star of Chicken Shop Date, said the YouTube series wouldn’t exist without a youth club that ‘now doesn’t exist due to austerity cuts by the Conservative government’ Young…
UK job vacancies slip to five-year low in latest worrying sign for economy
The ONS said its survey found that small firms may not be recruiting because of increased labour costs and other business expenses Vacancies in the UK jobs market have fallen…
Europe’s largest ice factory battles record demand during relentless British summer heatwaves
The cooler environment of the Ico Co warehouse has been a haven for some on the hottest days over the summer Unprecedented heatwaves across Britain have driven intense demand for…
Huge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaigners
Hundreds of thousands of children would be tipped into poverty and destitution under plans unveiled by Reform UK to slash £50bn a year from the UK benefits bill, campaigners have…
The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for science – podcast
One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’ Support the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod
‘We’re not scroungers – we need it’: Furious PIP claimants hit back at Reform’s plan to axe benefits
Over half of the UK’s health benefit claimants would be stripped of their payments under the plans announced by Reform UK Angry benefit claimants have hit back at Reform UK…
Burnham scraps restrictions on disabled people’s bus passes in England
Disabled people across England will be able to use their free bus passes at any time of day from next April, as Andy Burnham expands a policy he introduced as…
Burnham urged to intervene over ‘zero-hours’ custody officers in private prison
Andy Burnham is under pressure to intervene in a privately run prison that is seeking to recruit custody officers on zero-hours contracts for the first time across England and Wales’…