Devolution dispute heats up in High Peak over future council structure
‘Greater Manchester has the fastest growing economy in the UK. When you look at key economic indicators, like travel to work areas, all High Peak points towards the Northwest.’
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England, hopes to save Canada from populism
Carney reportedly saw the Bank of England position as a stepping stone for his political ambitions in Canada when Trudeau stood down.
NEU to ballot teachers on government’s 2.8% pay rise proposal
The proposal is not sufficient to “even start to address the crisis in recruitment and retention.”
MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?
Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.
Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty
‘Work isn’t the simple route out of poverty that it’s often made out to be.’
Germany’s ambassador to UK criticises pro-Brexit media, calling for youth mobility scheme to strengthen EU relations
‘It should be quite simple. But there are visible attempts to portray this as migration, or to portray it as freedom of movement.’
Liverpool FC fans reject rumoured Musk takeover – ‘he’ll ruin us’
What would Bill Shankly do?
Unions slam proposal to trade higher salaries for lower pensions in bid to avert public sector strikes
‘Like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.’
Successive UK governments have done ‘precious little’ to stop people dying in the Channel, this must change – activists warn
‘We cannot allow this loss of life to become normalised.’
The legacy of the Capitol Hill riots
The embracing of a man who incited a dangerous and deadly insurrection as he refused to accept the result of a democratic vote – akin to a three-year-old refusing to accept his bedtime – risks pushing Britain further down a dark and dangerous path, eroding the very values that have long defined the nation.