Category: UK
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…]
Two arrested after two children killed in Basildon car collision
Two people have been arrested after two children died in a car collision in Essex, police have said. Officers were called to Walthams Place in [more…]
AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown
Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images, amid warnings from [more…]
Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
Rachel Reeves was facing criticism on Saturday night as it was confirmed that a report she cited as evidence that a third runway at Heathrow [more…]
UK betting giants under fire for ads targeting at-risk gamblers
Gambling companies in Britain could be forced to overhaul their advertising practices after a betting firm was ruled to have unlawfully targeted a problem gambler [more…]
Stop shielding UK royals from parliamentary scrutiny, says Labour peer
Rules banning scrutiny of the royal family in parliament must be changed in light of the continuing scandals about Prince Andrew, a Labour peer has [more…]
