Rachel Reeves to replace No 11 paintings with art of or by women.H
State room artworks will be ‘of or by women’ as Reeves celebrates becoming first female chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced plans to replace every painting in the lavish state room at No 11 Downing Street with artworks of or by…
Labour will lean into hope at first conference in power for 15 years.H
Don’t expect Obama 2008 levels, say sources, but ministers know Starmer’s party have much to celebrate in Liverpool When Ellie Reeves opens Labour conference, she will be the first Labour minister to do so since Harriet Harman walked off the stage…
British MPs and international organisations hacked on X_P
World Health Organization and Great British Menu among accounts that posted ‘this is a hacked account’ MPs including Shabana Mahmood posted on X: ‘INTRODUCING HACKED ON SOLANA.’ Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images British politicians and international organisations have had their accounts on X hacked…
UK urged to promote speaking of Irish and Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland_P
Council of Europe also calls for more support for Cornish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Manx Gaelic An Irish and English street sign in west Belfast. Photograph: Paul McErlane/EPA The UK is being urged by Europe’s leading human rights organisation to…
Teachers in England offered lie-ins to make job more appealing_P
Other perks including nine-day fortnight and more planning time at home offered to attract recruits Teachers at a state secondary school in west London say having a double period off one morning a week has changed their lives. Photograph: Panther Media…
‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows_P
Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British waters The sun rising over mudflats at Sandyhills Bay on the Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Photograph: Mark Hamblin/The Wildlife Trusts Seabed…
Campaigners call for unlimited ‘climate card’ UK rail pass_P
Research says flat-fee train travel would bring economic and health benefits as well as simplifying ticket fares A flat fare would help season ticket holders and less frequent travellers who take a variety of journeys. Photograph: Colin Underhill/Alamy Renationalising the railways…
New home planning approvals in England fall to lowest level in a decade_P
Exclusive: Housebuilders blame decline on former government’s decision to end binding targets for local authorities Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, at a housing development in Basingstoke. Labour has pledged to build 1.5m homes over the parliament. Photograph: Ian Vogler/Reuters Planning…
UK weather: Met Office warns heavy rain and floods at weekend after ‘summer’s last hurrah’! B
The Met Office has told Brits winter weather is coming and the UK is in ‘summer’s last hurrah’ before heavy ran and floods hit this weekend September has been mild with 49.5mm of rainfall and not much sunshine. (Image: PA Wire/PA…
Keir Starmer accused of appointing a dozen cronies to civil service! B
Shadow leader of Commons calls for investigation after compiling list of ‘politically aligned’ handed Civil Service roles Ian Corfield arrives at 10 Downing Street ahead of a reception of business leaders in July Tayfun Salci The appointment of 12 Labour “cronies”…