RMT rail workers vote to accept pay deals! B
Ballot backs rise of 4.5% this year from train companies and from Network Rail, reducing chance of more strikes The RMT said the ballot result meant that the long-running national rail dispute was now over. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Rail workers have…
UK weather: New heavy rain warning issued by Met Office across flood-ravaged Britain! B
The most recent weather warning comes on the back of flash floods earlier this week after some areas saw more than twice their monthly average rainfall in just 48 hours. The flooded Billing Aquadrome holiday park in Northamptonshire where 43…
Voters reveal what they really think of Starmer’s freebies row! B
Poll shows public’s opinion of politicians accepting Taylor Swift tickets and clothes Taylor Swift, performing at Wembley Stadium in a show attended by Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Scott A Garfitt/Scott A Garfitt Two-thirds of voters believe it is unacceptable…
Environment Secretary took £1,786 football tickets from bosses linked to polluting water company! B
Steve Reed criticised for being ‘wined and dined’ by industry he ‘must now take to task’ Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, attended a Crystal Palace football match at the invitation of Hutchison 3G UK Limited Yui Mok/PA The Environment Secretary accepted…
BBC antiques dealer and husband reported migrant hiding in van – and were fined £3,000! B
Couple held responsible for failing to properly secure their vehicle after discovering the stowaway on a return business trip from France Antiques dealer Jane Cave and her husband Ed Masters say they have lost faith in the police after being…
‘I have £7 in my bank account’: how the two-child benefit cap changed Britain! B
There are almost 1.6 million children in 440,000 families made poorer by the two-child limit policy (posed by models). Composite: Guardian Design; Getty Images The limit was introduced by George Osborne and has pushed whole households into poverty. Why isn’t the…
Labour leadership loses conference vote on winter fuel payments! B
Vote calling on ministers to reverse cuts came after union leader said UK needed investment, ‘not austerity mark II’ A delegate from the Unite union wears a top defending the winter fuel payment before the vote. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA The Labour leadership has…
Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture! B
Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO2 are unproven and could hinder net zero efforts Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer visit Teesside, the location of a proposed multibillion-pound carbon capture and storage project. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images…
Long-term sick need to get back to work where they can, says Starmer! B
Labour leader says there should be more support to help people back into jobs, vowing to do ‘everything we can to tackle worklessness’ Keir Starmer: ‘I think the basic proposition that you should look for work is right.’ Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty…
UK economy to grow faster than Japan, Italy and Germany this year, says OECD! B
Forecast upgrades UK to joint second after US but it is still expected to have highest inflation among G7 countries The OECD describes the UK’s economic growth as robust and says the global economy is ‘turning a corner’. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA…