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Labour has lost almost 200,000 members under Sir Keir Starmer, according to the party's latest accounts. Figures published ...
The Canadian Labour Congress says the Liberals have resorted to Section 107 eight times since June 2024, including to prevent a strike by WestJet mechanics, and to end strikes or lockouts at the ...
The government is reported to be considering radical changes to property taxes, inheritance tax (IHT) and lifetime gifting in its search for billions of pounds more in tax revenues. From a Labour ...
Private schools also had a much higher rate of entries achieving a ‘standard pass’, which is generally considered to be a ...
Two BBC correspondents assess what the Home Office's new data tells us about the efficacy of the government's asylum strategy ...
According to the most recent Home Office data released today, there were 32,059 asylum seekers temporarily housed in UK hotels at the end of June. This is a decline since March, when the figure stood ...
Maurice Glasman, the Labour peer, academic and the man behind “Blue Labour”, tells us what he thinks about Labour’s first year in Government ...
Fewer than half of pupils in state schools in Brighton and Hove achieved a good GCSE pass – grade 5 or above – in maths and English this year. Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Provisional GCSE ...
More than half of the councils that house asylum seekers in hotels are fully or partly controlled by Labour, according to BBC ...
Home Office figures found that 32,059 asylum seekers were housed in hotels at the end of June 2025, up 8% on the same point 12 months ago.
The U.K. government faces increased challenges in housing migrants after a court ruling blocked the use of a hotel for asylum ...
The Shadow Justice Secretary said local authorities which failed to back displays of the flag were guilty of 'pathetic disdain for Britain and its values'.