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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...
Peers face new attendance rules under proposed House of Lords changes
PA MediaKate WhannelPolitical reporter15 July 2026, 13:08 BSTUpdated 32 minutes agoPeers who fail to turn up regularly enough to the House of Lords could be kicked out of Parliament, under new committee proposals. In its 2024 manifesto, the Labour government promised...
Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16 and 17
Getty ImagesLiv McMahon and Philippa Wain, Technology reporters14 July 2026Updated 7 minutes agoOlder teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced - though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account...
The candidates standing in Clacton by-election
PA MediaAndrew SinclairEast of England political editor10 July 2026Updated 11 minutes agoThe main Westminster parties have decided not to stand against Reform UK in the Clacton by-election. But plenty of other candidates have declared their intention to stand. Here is...
Starmer and Burnham hail Hillsborough Law as MPs give approval
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedRichard WheelerPolitical reporter14 July 2026Sir Keir Starmer said the UK "stands on the precipice of change" as MPs approved the Hillsborough Law, in a bid to prevent...
Review of MP security needed after Widdecombe death, Burnham says
Getty ImagesJames GregoryPolitical reporter28 minutes agoA serious review of MPs' security is needed following the death of Ann Widdecombe, Andy Burnham has said.The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is expected to become prime minister next Monday, said politics...
Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive top French honour
Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing StreetPaulin Kola14 July 2026Sir Keir Starmer has become the first serving UK prime minister to be awarded France's top honour, the Legion d'honneur.He received the award at the end of a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing -...
Public to be told how to prepare for cyber-attack and weather emergencies
ReutersKate WhannelPolitical reporter2 hours agoThe public will be urged to take "small but important steps" to prepare for food or water shortages in the event of a cyber-attack or severe weather, the government has said as it updated Parliament on its national...
Change voting system before next election, Davey urges Burnham
EPABrian WheelerPolitical reporter14 July 2026, 17:33 BSTUpdated 2 hours agoSir Ed Davey has urged incoming prime minister Andy Burnham to introduce proportional representation (PR) before the next general election, without holding a referendum on the issue first.The...
Row after Tory bid to make Burnham face MPs before autumn fails
Getty ImagesJames GregoryPolitical reporter1 hour agoThe Conservatives have accused Labour of "running scared" after ministers denied them a chance to delay Parliament's summer break so Andy Burnham could face MPs before the autumn.The former Greater Manchester mayor...
MP was ‘bit of a pest’, sexual assault trial hears
PA MediaVikki Irwin, at Southwark Crown Court and Alice Cunningham, Suffolk14 July 2026, 13:56 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoA woman said she never gave an MP consent to touch her breasts at London's Groucho Club and described him as a "bit of a pest".Patrick Spencer, MP for...
MPs expected to approve long-delayed ‘Hillsborough Law’
ReutersRichard WheelerPolitical reporter1 hour agoMPs are expected to approve the long-delayed 'Hillsborough Law' later, in a bid to prevent cover-ups linked to failures of the state.The legislation would impose a duty on public authorities and officials to tell the...
Government failing Farage over security, says Jenrick
ReutersJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter14 July 2026, 11:51 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoReform UK's Treasury spokesman has accused the government of a "dereliction of duty" over Nigel Farage's taxpayer-funded security, claiming it had previously been "downgraded".Robert...
A bin, a Fox and a fish finger: The candidates fighting Clacton
PA MediaAndrew SinclairEast of England political editor10 July 2026Updated 1 hour agoThe main Westminster parties have decided not to stand against Reform UK in the Clacton by-election. But plenty of other candidates have declared their intention to stand. Here is the...
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California Has the Second Worst Drivers
California had 14.3 million registered vehicles on the road in 2021, according to a study published by Statista, an online market and consumer data platform. The state also issued more than its fair share of driver's licenses. According to a separate study from the...
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Think poaching is only a problem in other countries? Unfortunately, the capturing, killing, and exploitation of animals is an activity that is alive and well in the US. There are multiple motivations for why poachers partake in this illegal activity, and poaching...