Understandably perhaps, BIS ministers appear somewhat reluctant to say how many unscrupulous employers they have let off ‘paying the price’ since July. All in all, the message is not quite as clear as the prime minister would have us believe. Underpay your staff, and you might pay the ...
The vulnerability of the house of lords to major change was long-standing and to be found in the actions of prime ministers over more than a century. The constitutional crisis leading to the passage of the act was triggered by the rejection of the budget by the Lords in 1909. However, ...
Ministers insist the bill will “tip the balance in favour of permanent adoption where that is the right thing for the child. And drive improvements in the social work profession by introducing more demanding professional standards, and setting-up a specialist regulator for the profession.” The l...
A spokesperson for the Scotch Whisky Association said: “As prime minister Keir Starmer has said, the UK and US stand shoulder to shoulder and are partners in enterprise. “To deepen this partnership, the US and UK administrations should agree to maintain the zero-tariff trade of whiskies acro...
Those 14 years of Conservative rule have been marked bypoliticalandeconomic turmoil, with a rotating cast of five Conservative prime ministers occupying 10 Downing Street in the last eight years alone. The latest polling by the major independent data analysis groupYouGovshows Labour in t...
China has come under vast criticism from MPs over the past few days since it emerged an alleged "spy" was close to Prince Andrew, and also met prime ministers over the years. Beijing's embassy in London has issued a fresh statement this morning hitting out a...
I am standing because for 14 years, almost everything in our country has been going backwards. Five Tory Prime Ministers have left working people struggling with rampant price rises, an NHS on its knees, sewage in rivers, and a faltering education system. They have made it difficult to have...
Mr Sunak’s decision to call an early election – a surprise to most Conservative MPs and ministers – led to the unusual situation where a number of bills that enjoyed cross-party support ran out of time to reach the statute book.
Can the creative industries add stardust to UK’s stalling economy? Ministers look to booming sector as wider growth loses momentum Inside Politics High-stakes tests and threats to watch as UK politics heats up After a slow start Keir Starmer must now grip both policy and polling pressures, ...
We’ve had a long succession, discounting Boris Johnson, of micromanaging prime ministers, where they actually jump in and they’re all over everything. And I think the balance is probably somewhere in the middle that you do still have to have this strong centre and this engaged prime ...