Transport secretary reveals UK state-owned rail company to be launched in two years
The RMT union has said Labour needs to go further and bring the rest of the railway into public ownership
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Sadiq Khan to tell EU diplomats ‘Brexit was a mistake’ and will argue for stronger EU ties
The Mayor will use the meeting to ‘urge the government to back a youth mobility scheme with the EU, saying allowing under-30s from the bloc to live, work and study in the UK and vice versa
Nigel Farage says “the Conservative Party is not on the right”
The Reform UK leader also dismissed concerns about climate change as “carbon dioxide hysteria” in an interview at the ARC conference
Senior Tories say Kemi Badenoch could face ‘possible leadership challenge’ in summer
Senior Tories believe Badenoch could be out by the summer.
Over a million workers remain on zero-hours contracts
The general secretary of the TUC says the latest labour market data highlights the need for Labour’s Employment Rights Bill.
Labour government delivers an extra 2 million NHS appointments in its first five months
The government says it has been able to deliver the extra two million appointments due to extra evening and weekend working.
Kemi Badenoch mocked for saying Western civilisation will end if the Tory Party fails
The Lib Dem deputy leader, Daisy Cooper, has mocked the speech with Trump’s signature phrase: ‘sad’
Trump excludes Europe from peace talks, despite US giving less aid than Europe
Despite European nations contributing more financial support since the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, they have been excluded from peace talks
Reform’s Richard Tice calls man-made climate change “absolute garbage” in embarrassing interview
The Reform MP said the idea of “stopping the power of the sun and volcanoes” is “nonsense”
Tories wasted £715 million of taxpayers’ money on failed Rwanda plan
Labour is now repealing the Safety of Rwanda Act