Inflation reaches its highest rate in nearly 30 years
Inflation has reached its highest rate in nearly 30 years with prices rising 5.4 per cent in the last twelve months
The rising cost of...
Asylum reforms would undermine UK’s human rights obligations say MP’s
The Government reforms of the asylum system, as proposed in the Nationality and Borders Bill, would fail to meet the UK’s human rights obligations...
Real wages fall for the third time in a decade but employment continues to...
The latest figures out this morning show that real pay is falling with weekly pay £3 lower than in 2008, after adjusting for inflation.
Figures from...
Plans that would have “throttled the Suffragette rights to protest are rejected by the...
The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords over its controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
The government lost in 14...
Government proposals will double magistrates scope for sentencing to deal with COVID backlog
The government is planning to allow magistrates in England and Wales to jail criminals for up to a year, rather than the current six-month...
Cutting self-isolation period won’t fix UK’s fundamental sick pay problem
Reducing the self-isolation period won’t fix the UK’s fundamental sick pay problem, the TUC has warned today , as the new government policy reducing...
Public funding for cricket must depend on progress to tackle racism
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s Report into racism in cricket urges the Government to limit public funding for the game unless there...
Rising living costs erode household finances at fastest pace since the start of the...
UK households saw their financial wellbeing deteriorate at the fastest rate since the second quarter of 2020 according to the latest Scottish Widows Household...
Home Secretary to bring Martyn’s Law to the House of Commons
Venues would have a legal duty to provide security in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing under Government plans set for publication.
Home Secretary...
Asleep at the wheel-Labour slams decades of failure over energy
Labour have slammed the Conservatives for a decade of dither, delay and poor planning on Britain’s energy sector – as well as calling for...