Category: UK
Keir Starmer delivers speech on ‘rooting out years of rot’ left by Conservatives – UK politics live
in a concerted drive to cut public spending. With some of these measures seen as middle-class subsidies, ministers have already ordered cuts to flood defence [more…]
Rachel Reeves to extend support fund to help poorest households
Rachel Reeves is set to extend the household support fund, which is due to end next month and helps tens of thousands of households at [more…]
NHS referrals for anxiety in children more than double pre-Covid levels
More than 500 children a day in England are being referred to NHS mental health services for anxiety, more than double the rate of before [more…]
Ministers urged to step in to save UK firms struggling with high energy costs
Ministers have been urged to intervene to prevent businesses struggling with gas and electricity costs from going bust, as bills are forecast to be 70% [more…]
People in mental health crisis in England can now call NHS 111
Millions of patients who experience a mental health crisis will be able to access help via NHS 111, making England one of the world’s first [more…]
World’s oldest man, from Merseyside, celebrates 112th birthday
The world’s oldest living man has turned 112 at his care home in Merseyside. John Alfred Tinniswood, who lives in Southport, put his long life [more…]
London fire: hundreds of firefighters attend Dagenham blaze at block of flats
More than 100 people have been evacuated and two taken to hospital as a fire engulfed a building in Dagenham, east London, with “known” safety [more…]
First-time buyers made up 48% of house hunters in London this year, data shows
Almost half of house hunters in London at the beginning of this year were first-time buyers as cheaper mortgage deals slowed the exodus from the [more…]
Search to begin for remains of Capt Robert Nairac, murdered by IRA in 1977
A search is to begin for the remains of a British army captain and undercover officer who was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the [more…]
Urgent protections needed for asylum seekers in hotels, say refugee groups
More than 50 refugee organisations have written to the home secretary calling for urgent protections to be put in place for asylum seekers living in [more…]
