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Government launches crackdown on ‘misleading’ private parking firms

Analysis by the PA news agency found Britain’s drivers were handed 14.4 million parking tickets by private companies in the year to the end of March.

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

France migrant return scheme numbers ‘not fixed’, says Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper insisted the plan would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the people smugglers organising the crossings.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Macron says UK and France ‘share same will’ amid crunch talks over migrant deal

The French president and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also agreed a ‘new deterrent’ was needed to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Channel crossing migrants should face prosecution if child dies – Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper appeared to suggest that getting on an overcrowded boat could result in prosecution.

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2025

Greggs warns over profits as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors as Britons sweltered in blistering weather.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Greggs warns of profit hit as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Record number of NHS operations given in private hospitals

Private hospitals carried out almost one in five NHS operations.

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025

Shop prices return to inflation for first time in almost a year

Overall shop prices were 0.4% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index.

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025

Amber heat health alerts extended as June ends with one of its hottest days ever

Scientists warned heatwaves are becoming more frequent with climate change – and hot spells earlier in the summer are particularly dangerous.

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025