Fresh rail strikes threaten to throw Tory conference into chaos
The train strikes look set to disrupt people travelling to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
DWP criticised for rejecting calls to pause Universal Credit payment deductions during cost-of-living crisis
‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’
Report shows little progress in identifying earthquake risk, as drilling licences expected to be issued next week
As fracking companies call for earthquake limits to be reduced and exploratory drilling could start as early as next week, a report shows reducing and predicting earthquake risk remains a ‘scientific challenge’
‘A kick in the teeth’: Truss could ditch junk food crackdown to ‘cut red tape’
A Tory U-turn is reportedly on the cards over anti-obesity measures, raising eyebrows over the PM’s connections to free-market think-tanks that lobbied against the legislation.
Reach journalists’ three-day strike postponed
The industrial action that was due to take place this week will no longer go ahead, as new talks over low pay get underway.
People crossing Channel in small boats in 2022 already surpasses last year’s figures
Home secretary Suella Braverman, who pitches herself to the right of her predecessor Priti Patel, says she wants to stop all small boat crossings.
Northern Ireland protocol impasse back in the spotlight as King Charles joins discussions
A long-term solution for the ongoing dispute remains elusive.
Nigel Farage mocked for new ‘patriotic’ gin range with a ‘taste of Brexit’
‘You don’t get more of a Farage patriotic take than launching a £40 bottle during a cost-of-living crisis.’
TUC postpone annual Congress following death of the Queen
The Congress will be rescheduled to a later date.
Rail and postal strikes cancelled after Queen’s death
Industrial action planned by several trade unions representing postal and transport workers has been called off as the country enters a period of mourning.