Thames Water boosts executive bonuses despite rise in pollution and sewage spills
Ofwat has blocked Thames Water from using customers’ money to fund “undeserved bonuses”.
Olivia Barber
Majority of voters with metro mayors favour further devolution, Labour Together finds
Good news for metro mayors: more voters have a positive view of them than a negative one
Trade unions say proposed pay increase is an ‘insult’ to millions of public sector workers
Unison, the BMA, Unite and the NEU have all said a 2.8% pay rise next year isn’t enough
Who is Nick Candy? The latest Tory to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Candy, a billionaire property developer and former Tory donor, has become Reform’s new treasurer.
Shell backs down on million pound Greenpeace lawsuit and agrees to charity donation settlement
‘This kind of stunt at sea is a serious risk to safety and life’
Margaret Hodge takes on anti-corruption champion role to tackle flow of dirty money
Lammy says the government will make the UK ‘a hostile environment for the corrupt’
Labour should mobilise progressive majority to win future elections, new Compass report says
The think tank has warned Labour should focus on building on the progressive majority, rather than courting centre-right voters
Trade unions call on government to act on manifesto promise to strengthen statutory sick pay
Union leaders stress that
statutory sick pay in the UK is ‘set at one of the lowest levels in the industrialised world’
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow urges Keir Starmer to confront Saudi Crown Prince about journalist’s murder
‘Forgetting Jamal’s case does not align with the values of justice and democratic and human rights in your country.’
The Home Office doubles time refugees have to find accommodation to 56 days
The decision has been welcomed by organisations that support refugees, but they argue that it needs to be made permanent.