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Salary information to be shown on job ads under new laws
Getty ImagesPaul SeddonPolitical reporter1 hour agoEmployers will have to publish salary information in job adverts under government plans to rewrite anti-discrimination laws.Details of other job conditions could also have to be disclosed to candidates, under the...
Mocking regional accents is last form of acceptable discrimination, says MP
Getty ImagesJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter15 July 2026, 18:01 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoNorthumbrian MP Ian Lavery has claimed mocking people with strong regional accents is the last form of acceptable discrimination.The Labour MP for Blyth and Ashington joined...
Union backing to seal Labour crown for Burnham
Getty ImagesPaul SeddonPolitical reporter15 July 2026, 16:39 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoAndy Burnham's path to the Labour leadership has been secured, after he won the required support from trade unions linked to the party.A total of 379 of the party's MPs have nominated...
Burnham does not rule out wealth tax
PA MediaJoshua NevettPolitical reporter2 hours agoAndy Burnham has not ruled out a wealth tax, suggesting his incoming government may have "to ask for a little more" tax at some point.Burnham, who is due to become prime minister on Monday, was asked whether he was...
Burnham faces crucial choice for chancellor as battle for No 11 continues
Getty ImagesIain WatsonPolitical correspondent2 hours agoThe battle for Number 10 is over. An overwhelming number of Labour MPs have nominated Andy Burnham. Under Labour's rules he needs trade union support too.He crossed that threshold today. He is moving into Number...
Man arrested over social media post threatening to shoot Farage
Getty ImagesNick Eardley, political correspondent and Adam Goldsmith15 July 2026, 15:21 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoA man has been arrested over an alleged threat to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made in a social media post. The arrest relates to a post made on X...
Report finds secrecy impacted handling of nuclear test veterans’ records
Nicholas WattNewsnight political editor5 hours agoHigh levels of Cold War "secrecy" were a factor in the haphazard approach taken towards the medical records of nuclear test veterans, an official report has found.The lack of a centralised approach means that the...
Senior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPs
Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnFormer Former Office chief Sir Olly...
‘Staggering’ I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM
The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe PM is facing calls to resign over the...
What we know about Mandelson’s vetting and security clearance
The process is designed to identify whether people applying for government jobs pose a security risk, either because they might seek to abuse their position, or because their personal lives make them a potential blackmail target - for example, if they are in high...
Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
Calling for the PM to stand down earlier, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: "It is either, he knew that Mandelson failed the security vetting and lied to us in Parliament, on TV repeatedly, or he didn't know, didn't ask and said he had passed the security...
Chris Mason: Mandelson nightmare haunts Starmer again
Sir Keir is, I understand, absolutely furious. Several figures we have spoken to who worked in No10 at the time insist they had no idea about all this. Friends of Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's chief of staff at the time, say he didn't know either. Article...
UK seeks closer EU ties in volatile times – but at what cost?
By this summer, and the second post-Brexit EU-UK summit (an exact date for that summit has yet to be announced), the UK says it will have concluded a food and agricultural safety agreement with Brussels to reduce the burden on businesses exporting sausages, for...
Starmer did not know Mandelson failed vetting, government says
A decision to go against the recommendation of the vetting agency was taken by officials in the Foreign Office, spokesperson says. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnA decision to go...
Home Office investigating after BBC finds migrants making false claims to stay in UK
Asked whether the PM was confident claims were being scrutinised closely enough, the spokesman added: "The asylum system is built on robust safeguards, so every claim is rigorously and fairly assessed, abuse is actively uncovered, and these procedures are continually...
UK economy grew faster than expected ahead of Iran war
The economy saw its biggest monthly rise in more than two years just before the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe economy saw its biggest...
Chris Mason: Ministers have to close asylum loopholes while protecting genuinely vulnerable
There has been a stickiness to the electorate's concerns about issues of immigration and asylum, Chris Mason writes. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThere has been a stickiness to the...
Migrants making false domestic abuse claims to stay in UK, BBC investigation finds
Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding in the Home Office, said: "The unacceptable abuse of this route, which protects genuine victims from the devastation of domestic abuse, is utterly shameful. I have personally seen the deplorable impact of this type of...
Social media leaders called to Downing Street over children’s safety
Top executives from firms such as Meta and YouTube will be asked what they are doing to protect children. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnTop executives from firms such as Meta and...
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