Category: News
Thames Water seeks high court approval for £3bn debt lifeline
Thames Water will seek court approval for up to £3bn in emergency funding, which could stave off temporary nationalisation, at a court hearing in London. [more…]
Ofsted’s new school report card worse than old system, say headteachers
Moves to overhaul the way schools are inspected in England have been criticised by headteachers and teaching unions as “demoralising” and worse than the system [more…]
Ukrainian refugees face losing jobs and homes due to UK visa extension uncertainty
Ukrainian refugees face losing their jobs and homes due to uncertainty over the Home Office’s visa extension process which will leave some with an eight-week [more…]
DWP ‘blocked whistleblower giving evidence to carer’s allowance review’
The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of blocking a whistleblower who repeatedly raised the alarm about carer’s allowance from giving evidence to [more…]
More than 500,000 in England waited at least two months for vital cancer care
More than half a million people in England have had to wait longer than two months for essential cancer treatment, analysis of latest NHS figures [more…]
Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ as Mexico, Canada and China retaliate
Donald Trump has threatened to widen the scope of his trade tariffs, repeating his warning that the European Union – and potentially the UK – [more…]
Toronto Raptors fans boo US national anthem after Donald Trump tariffs
Fans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada. Fans of [more…]
Wall Street Journal editorial calls Trump tariffs ‘dumbest trade war in history’
US business leaders are offering a mixed reaction to the steep trade tariffs that Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on Canada, Mexico and China, as [more…]
Pressure grows on EU to freeze minerals deal with Rwanda over DRC fighting
The EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been blamed for fuelling the conflict in the east [more…]
Trump aid spending freeze halts leading malaria vaccine programme
A flagship programme to create malaria vaccines has been halted by the Trump administration, in just one example of a rippling disruption to health research [more…]
