Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’
Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities…
Girlguiding redesigns uniforms to put focus on ‘self-expression and confidence’
Girlguiding has fully redesigned its uniform across all groups for the first time in more than 30 years, with a focus on “self-expression, belonging and confidence”. The new range, launched…
Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage
Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire. Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31;…
Our exclusive behind-the-scenes access at No 10 as Andy Burnham became PM
Our exclusive behind-the-scenes access at No 10 as Andy Burnham became PM “You can clap now,” a Downing Street official with a clipboard instructed the staff eagerly lining the halls…
NHS ‘will collapse’ without social care reform, PM tells BBC
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergPublished3 minutes agoAndy Burnham has told the BBC “the NHS will collapse” if social care is not reformed but he said he could not put a timeline…
Burnham urged to award £2.4bn military satellite contract to Airbus over US rival
One of the Labour party’s biggest union backers has called for Andy Burnham to award a £2.4bn military satellite contract to the European manufacturer Airbus rather than a US rival,…
Four men killed as car hits lamppost in Huyton
Four men in their 20s have died after a car crashed into a lamppost in Huyton in the early hours of Friday, Merseyside Police said. More follows on this breaking…
Firefighting helicopter brought in to tackle Isle of Wight blaze
A helicopter has been brought in as firefighters continue to fight a large heathland blaze on the Isle of Wight. The gorse fire was first reported at Headon Warren, in…
British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation
A British-born man who has lived in the US since he was nine years old has been held in an ICE detention facility for more than a month and a…
Four people dead after car crashes into lamp-post
Four people have died after a car hit a lamp-post on Merseyside, police have said. The car left the road and crashed on Liverpool Road, Huyton, just before 02:00 BST.…