Content based on the tag UK Politics

Labour MP tables first ever parliamentary bill to bring in four-day working week

Measure is currently being trialled by over 3,000 workers across 70 companies

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Government bans councils from enforcing 15mph speed limits

Department for Transport rejects request from City of London amid concern about speedometer accuracy

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Stalled Brexit talks driving higher UK energy bills, industry warns

UK and EU are yet to agree efficient trading system to replace single market

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Putin ‘sending tens of thousands of Russians to their deaths’, says UK defence minister Ben Wallace

Russian president has ordered mobilisation of reservists

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Liz Truss tax cuts for the rich are ‘not trickle-down economics’, Tory minister insists

Minister rejects label as prime minister says rich will benefit the most

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Tory minister ‘concerned’ by Putin’s nuclear threats amid fears of ‘escalation’

Foreign Office minister Gillian Keegan responds to Putin’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ comments

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Unions launch legal challenge against Tories’ new anti-strike laws

TUC says rules breach fundamental rights and rules on consultation

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UK considers joining new ‘European political community’

Emmanuel Macron has championed the idea and says it could be a useful forum for discussion

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Queen’s funeral ‘money well spent’, says minister, as final costs still being added up

The cost of the Queen's funeral and lying-in-state was "money well spent", the culture secretary has said.

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Liz Truss admits no chance of US Brexit trade deal talks for years

Prime minister will not discuss trade with Joe Biden in meeting on Wednesday

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Liz Truss and King Charles meet as world leaders descend on Buckingham Palace for reception

Prime minister continued meetings with prime ministers and presidents today

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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘biased’ imperial units consultation gives no option to say ‘no’

Business department consulting on bringing back archaic system of units

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Liz Truss’s chief of staff questioned by FBI in inquiry about election bribe

Mark Fullbrook is cooperating with the FBI any denies any strongly wrongdoing

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Liz Truss to cut taxes in certain parts of the country picked by the government

‘Investment zones’ will see the government choose some areas for tax cuts

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Kwasi Kwarteng expected to announce £30 billion in tax cuts this week

National Insurance and Corporation Tax rises on the block

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Liz Truss hosts world leaders ahead of Queen’s funeral but Biden meeting cancelled

Informal talks held with Australian and New Zealand prime ministers

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Labour MP Clive Lewis breaks ranks to criticise monarchist ‘lies’

Clive Lewis says Royal Family in fact risks little for its privileged position

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Human rights groups sound alarm over Tory foreign minister’s links to repressive Gulf states

Leo Docherty has taken over £30,000 in hospitality from countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE sinc...

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Liz Truss could scrap plan to restrict junk food adverts to ‘cut red tape’

Prime ministers considers dropping restrictions on advertising junk food to children

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Keir Starmer tells protesters not to ‘ruin’ mourners’ moment with the Queen

Labour leader says republican protesters have to show respect

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Government urged to cancel ‘ludicrous’ parliamentary recess to pass urgent energy bill measures

Hospitality and manufacturing businesses have warned they could go bust but MPs will not look at legislation until th...

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King Charles questions DUP leader over Brexit deal stance

Monarch also meets Sinn Fein chief, who paid tribute to Queen

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Why King Charles will pay zero inheritance tax on the Queen’s private fortune

A 1993 deal effectively exempts the monarch from inheritance tax in this situation

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Why King Charles will pay zero inheritance tax on the Queen’s private fortune

A 1993 deal effectively exempts the monarch from inheritance tax in this situation

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UK government petitions website suspended ‘until further notice’ out of respect for Queen

The website is a joint enterprise of the UK parliament and government

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Theresa May pays tribute to Queen with anecdote about eating cheese

MPs laugh as former prime minister describes antics at picnic

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Boris Johnson says he was reduced to tears during interview about the Queen

Former prime minister says he had to ask film crew to leave

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Trade unions postpone annual congress ‘as a mark of respect’ to Queen

Trade unions have postponed their annual congress "as a mark of respect" following the death of the Queen.

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Macron’s tribute to the Queen in full: ‘She embodied a people’

French president said Elizabeth II ‘embodied a sense of eternity’

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Liz Truss energy bills plan is not enough help, public says

Poll finds majority say policy is not enough as charities warn 2.2 million will be plunged into poverty

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Liz Truss caps energy bills at £2,500 until 2024

New ’energy price guarantee’ will see government pay energy suppliers tens of billions of pounds

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Liz Truss speech updates as energy bills announcement expected

The guarantee on energy costs is aimed at saving families and businesses from financial ruin

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Liz Truss vows to build an 'Aspiration Nation' and appoints Cabinet

Liz Truss took brutal revenge on Team Rishi on Tuesday night by axing a trio of his biggest supporters in the opening...

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Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps are dumped as Truss forms Cabinet

Dominic Raab tweeted to reveal he has been evicted from his roles as Justice Secretary and deputy PM.

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Liz Truss warns of 'vital time' in first Downing Street speech

Liz Truss took to a podium outside the famous black door after returning to London from the Queen's Balmoral residenc...

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PM Boris lands in Scotland as he heads to see the Queen and quit

The outgoing Prime Minister is at the residence in Scotland for his final audience with the 96-year-old monarch, wher...

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How Boris Johnson will hand over the keys of Downing Street to Liz Truss

The pair are flying on separate government jets to Scotland for the handover

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Priti Patel quits as Home Secretary: Her resignation letter in full

Priti Patel resigned by letter on Monday following Liz Truss’s victory in the Tory leadership contest

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Tory voters have no confidence in Liz Truss to address cost of living crisis, poll finds

Voters, including Tory supporters, have low expectations of the new prime minister