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Funding to tackle misinformation and cyber-attacks, and boost democracy, cut from £40m to £24mKeir Starmer’s raid on overseas aid has led to a 40% cut in funds for countering Russian aggression and misinformation in a region of Europe described by the …
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare lawShooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.At the moment, it is legal to shoo…
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPsThe future of the youth minimum wage will come under review as part of a major inquiry into rising inactivity among Br…
Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widelyAndrea Egan: My warning as the new head of UnisonThe new general secretary of Unison has declared the trade union will end its support for the…
Body representing news organisations says move to cut back on number of lobby briefings is deeply concerningUK politics live – latest updatesThe Society of Editors has raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plan to reduce scrutiny of No 10 by political j…
ONS figures show public sector net borrowing was £11.7bn – £1.9bn less than in same month last yearThe UK government borrowed more than expected in November, official figures show, amid pressure on the economy before chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn b…
Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concernsLocal elections could be delayed again as merging councils lack the capacity for reorganisation, the government has announced, triggering cl…
Exclusive: Book to detail life from child poverty and teenage pregnancy to unions and Labour deputy leadership before fall from graceUK politics live – latest updatesAngela Rayner is writing a memoir about her rise to become deputy prime minister and h…
Scrapping of afternoon press conferences could limit scrutiny and transparency, say reportersSweeping changes to Downing Street’s press lobby system have been criticised by journalists.No 10 normally holds two briefings on most days that parliament sit…
Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’Richard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.The British public supports the government’s decision to rejoin the Erasmus youth education and work experience …