Category: UK
Starmer faces radio grilling as criticism of spring statement plans escalates – UK politics live
8.27am.) a news release: From mid-April, local authorities in England will start to receive their share of the government’s record £1.6bn highway maintenance funding, including [more…]
Visual analysis: How the markets boxed in Rachel Reeves
How the marketsboxed in Rachel Reeves Before the spring statement, this visual analysis shows how the chancellor lacks room to manoeuvre Alex Clark and Richard [more…]
Ministers may siphon off stalled £950m fund for motorway chargers
Ministers are considering diverting money from a £950m scheme to install rapid chargers for electric cars on the UK’s motorways, announced five years ago, after [more…]
Pioneering project by Welsh National Opera suggests music can alleviate chronic pain
Wales is famed as the land of song, the music of the valleys and mountains providing a source of pride, joy and a sense of [more…]
MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry
British MPs believe they may have been targeted by a “disinformation” campaign aimed at discrediting the man leading efforts to trace funds allegedly laundered from [more…]
Civil service to be told to slash more than £2bn a year from budget by 2030
The civil service will be told to slash more than £2bn a year from its budget by the end of the decade as part of [more…]
Heavy showers, hail and thunder forecast to hit UK
Heavy showers, hail and thunder are forecast to hit the UK days after the warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years. There was torrential [more…]
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Living standards for all UK families are set to fall by 2030, with those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and [more…]
Energy secretary orders investigation into Heathrow disruption – as it happened
Heathrow closure. In a statement posted online, he said: The loss of power to the Heathrow area has caused major disruption to thousands of people [more…]
‘Wake-up call’: ministers launch urgent investigation into Heathrow shutdown
The government has launched an urgent investigation into the power shutdown that crippled Heathrow airport, with experts warning it was a “wake-up call” about vulnerabilities [more…]
