Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots
Child trust fund providers are being put under the spotlight to check they are treating savers fairly and doing all they can to reunite young people with lost accounts. The…
John Healey invites October budget ideas from Treasury staff of all levels
John Healey has asked junior Treasury staff – including IT workers and apprentices – to send him ideas for his October budget, saying he will listen to all suggestions regardless…
British family plead with French authorities to release body of relative who died in the Channel
A British family is pleading with French authorities to release the body of a relative that officials have held for five months after he died in the Channel in April.…
Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says
Children need a better education in sniffing aromas, a leading historian of smells has said, noting it may improve their wellbeing and help them understand the world around them. Dr…
Can Reform UK recover from its summer horribilis?
Senior Reform UK figures like to boast that the summer time – and parliament’s longest recess – is when the party makes hay. Supposedly, it’s when Nigel Farage and co…
Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up
Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it more teeth to abolishing it outright. The move comes amid concerns that the…
Mel Stride replaced as shadow chancellor as Conservatives reshuffle cabinet
Sir Mel Stride has been replaced as shadow chancellor as part of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle. He is being replaced by Andrew Griffith, the party announced. Claire Coutinho, previously…
Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems
Andy Burnham should call a cross-party meeting to discuss the UK’s response to worsening extreme weather, including the forthcoming ‘super El Niño’, the Liberal Democrats have said. The prime minister…
The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole
From the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block in the heart of London’s financial district. Located about half a mile from Tower…
Child in ‘stable condition’ as police continue murder investigation
An eight-year-old girl is in a stable condition in hospital and a 16-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder following an incident at a house in…