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Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves

‘Government are going to play a big role’ in the future of steelmaking in Scunthorpe, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.
17 Apr 2025
Politics

Climate breakdown could become next Me Too-style movement, Chris Packham says

The Springwatch star said that ‘patience will at a certain point run out’ among climate and biodiversity campaigners.
14 Feb 2025
Politics

Badenoch launches bid to get nine local elections rescheduled for May

Local government minister Jim McMahon laid an order earlier this week to postpone elections in several council areas.
14 Feb 2025
Politics

Badenoch faces call to apologise after party political clip filmed in Parliament

The video features a brief clip of Speaker’s Court, part of the Palace of Westminster.
13 Feb 2025
Politics

‘I will not stop shouting’ about LGBT rights, says MP in ‘gayest Parliament’

Kate Osborne said she received ‘horrific’ abuse after attempting to arrange a pride event in her Jarrow and Gateshead East constituency.
13 Feb 2025
Politics

Heathrow expansion will not deprive regions of jobs and flights, say ministers

Mike Kane, whose portfolio includes aviation, said a third runway at the country’s biggest airport will boost productivity beyond London.
13 Feb 2025
Politics

Martyn’s Law ‘might be used to curtail protests’, warns ex-Home Office minister

Lord Murray of Blidworth warned ‘there is a risk that these measures might be used to curtail protest’.
12 Feb 2025
Politics

Former Northern Ireland minister calls for judicial review after Clonoe inquest

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee described the coroner’s findings as ‘perverse’.
12 Feb 2025
Politics

MP proposes cap on political donations amid fears of ‘bidding war for influence’

Manuela Perteghella described her Political Donations Bill as one ‘that will take big money out of British politics’.
12 Feb 2025
Politics

£26 billion national insurance ‘grab’ could dent police front line, warns MP

Esther McVey accused the Government of ‘financial illiteracy’, ahead of a change to employers’ national insurance contribution rates.
11 Feb 2025
Politics

Axing Chagos deal to swerve Trump tariffs on steel a ‘hypothetical’ strategy

US import tariffs on UK steel have ‘not come as a surprise’, trade minister Douglas Alexander told the Commons.
11 Feb 2025
Politics

National Lottery £38 billion pledge for good causes ‘looks fanciful’

National Lottery operator Allwyn has committed to increasing the amount of funding for good causes from £30 million a week to £60 million a week.
10 Feb 2025
Business News

Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’

Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ‘just transition’.
6 Feb 2025
Politics

Government accused of ‘quietly and wrongly’ backing assisted dying

The Government is officially neutral on the principles behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
6 Feb 2025
Politics

Fresh calls to make drivers stop and report incidents involving cats

‘Cats are regularly hit and just scooped to the side of the road, and there’s no legal duty to report that’, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP said.
6 Feb 2025
Politics

Elections delayed in nine council areas as more town halls urged to come forward

Deputy PM Angela Rayner agreed to cancel elections because the Government is ‘not in the business of holding elections to bodies that won’t exist’.
5 Feb 2025
Politics

More police funding a ‘drop in the ocean’ for force which costs £3.8 billion

Metropolitan Police officers are ‘abstracted away’ from outer London streets to cover city centre protests, MPs heard on Wednesday.
5 Feb 2025
Politics

Minister vows to ‘shift the dial’ on cancer as MPs tell of their own heartbreak

Andrew Gwynne, who lost his parents to cancer, told the Commons tackling rarer types will be a ‘crucial part’ of the emerging national cancer plan.
4 Feb 2025
Tech

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.
2 Feb 2025
Politics

Yvette Cooper defends Sir Keir Starmer amid ‘HR manager’ claims

Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney described the PM ‘like an HR manager, not a leader’, it is claimed.
2 Feb 2025