State pension set to rise by more than £400 next year This comes amid mounting pressure on the government to scrap its plan to axe winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024
Slow down. Stay offline. Be bored In time, restlessness gives way to new thinking, as artists from Anish Kapoor to Grayson Perry have attested The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024
UK and Ukraine make AI deal to help post-war rebuild Ukraine was a global leader exporting cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile applications before the Russian invasion The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2024
Government to seek global trade deals for UK at expense of formal EU re-entry Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says joining the Asia-Pacific CPTPP bloc is a ‘real win’ for exporters, even though it will preclude the UK from EU membership The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Labour minister responds to Scottish Government suspending meetings with Israel TRADE negotiations with Israel are “important” for the UK economy, a senior Labour minister has said amid a backlash over a recent Scottish… The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2024
Brazil grants Scotch whisky special protected status BRAZIL has granted special protected status to Scotch whisky, in a move which is expected to give distillers better access to South America’s… The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2024
Ticket touts targeted by UK minister in video full of Taylor Swift puns ‘Look what you made me do,’ says business secretary as he announces plans for consumer protections The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
U-turn on cabinet minister’s claim rioters will not be freed early Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said those caught up in the recent violence would not be included in the government’s release scheme, but a government source later said he had ‘misspoke’ The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024
Cabinet minister insists rioters won’t be released early despite prison overcrowding Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned the impact of the violent scenes will be felt in the criminal justice system ‘for months and years’ The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024
Unions welcome scrapping of Tories’ ‘spiteful’ minimum service law Senior figures praise repeal of law but privately some want full workers’ rights overhaul implemented without delay The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024
Labour axes ‘gimmick’ anti-strike law as it plans major reset for workers’ rights Memo tells ministers to disregard minimum service levels rules, as part of reforms to reorder industrial relations The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024
Hundreds of Post Office victims to get access to new compensation scheme About 900 operators with overturned convictions offered fixed settlement of £600,000 or can proceed to full claim The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024
UK Introduces New Minimum Wage Rules to Reflect Living Costs, Impacting Over 172,000 Workers The current National Minimum wage for those over 21 is £11.44 per hour - for 18-20 year olds it is set at £8.60. International Business Times UK · Jul 29, 2024
Ian Murray hails new trade talks with Israel as 'great news for Brand Scotland' IAN Murray has said new trade talks between the UK and Israel are "great news for Brand Scotland" ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024 Buying British: can Labour’s defence policy really help UK industry? Questions over whether plan to spend billions on weapons will work as a tool to spur economic growth
The National (Scotland) · Jul 23, 2024 Kate Forbes in talks to save Scottish shipyards as UK Government rejects loan KATE Forbes has been in talks with the UK Government after it refused to back a shipbuilder with two Scottish yards, putting hundreds of jobs at…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024 Business secretary confident of ‘market-led solution’ for Harland & Wolff Jonathan Reynolds says he expects Royal Navy ships will continue to be built at the struggling Belfast yard
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024 Lammy jets off to India with trade deal back on the UK agenda despite Modi embracing Putin Keir Starmer’s government puts aside concerns over Modi government to reopen trade talks
The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024 Labour wants to build UK trade links with ‘friends in the EU’, business secretary to tell G7 ‘Britain is back’ Labour business secretary will tell G7 meeting in Italy
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024 Tuesday briefing: What David Lammy’s Middle East visit says about Labour’s foreign policy plans In today’s newsletter: The new foreign secretary has met with officials from Israel, Palestine and relief agencies – but what do his actions and words mean for the conflict?
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024 UK ready to build ‘closer, more mature’ trade links with EU New business secretary set to tell international counterparts at G7 meeting ‘Britain is back on world stage’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024 The Guardian view on the two-child cap: scrap this nasty policy Editorial: ‘The worst social security policy ever’ impoverishes children, humiliates women and penalises ethnic minorities. Keir Starmer must abolish the two-child cap on benefits
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024 Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?
Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2024 Top Tory thanks Bob Geldof for saving his seat at the election Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell puts his unlikely win down to the “Geldof Effect”
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024 Do not let Thames Water’s bondholders wriggle off the hook Nils Pratley: Bondholders are hoping to escape intact if Ofwat is sufficiently generous with its increases in bills