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  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Metropolitan Police Service UK
    London police force should be overhauled or broken up, says review

    Damning report finds Met to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    UK Government
    UK ministers’ attacks on civil servants risk ‘worse policy’, warns union chief

    FDA’s Dave Penman blames Conservative government ‘hammering’ for staff turnover and low morale

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Starmer criticises Budget as inadequate to cure ‘sick man of Europe’

    Labour leader describes flagship pension reform as ‘huge giveaway’ to some of UK’s wealthiest people

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    UK housebuilding
    UK threatens developers over failure to sign building safety contract

    Minister moves to ban 11 companies from housing market until they sign pledge prompted by Grenfell Tower fire

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    White collar crime
    Small UK companies set to be excluded from anti-fraud legislation

    MPs and anti-corruption campaigners criticise plans to limit scope of new ‘failure to prevent’ offence

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    UK immigration
    Sunak to seek Macron’s co-operation on curbing Channel crossings

    UK prime minister will urge French president to support a deal on returning migrants at a summit on Friday

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    UK immigration
    UK faces legal battle over plans to stop cross-Channel migrants

    Home secretary concedes new legislation may be in breach of human rights laws

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Conservative Party UK
    Sunak’s Windsor agreement splits Tory Eurosceptics

    Boris Johnson says deal ‘very difficult’ to vote for but concedes public want an end to constant fights

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Brexit
    Sunak threatens to push through Brexit deal without DUP

    UK prime minister says new accord with Brussels will unlock investment in Northern Ireland

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    News in-depthBrexit
    UK and EU seek to draw a line under the rancour of Brexit

    Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen use deal on Northern Ireland to herald renewed friendship between two sides

  • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
    UK property
    Plans for LED-clad sphere in London at risk as minister steps in

    Critics say the venue in the former Olympic Park will blight thousands of homes with light pollution

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    UK seeks to ‘focus’ espionage bill to head off Lords rebellion

    Ministers propose scores of amendments, including changes to planned register of people working for foreign organisations

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    UK immigration
    Some UK asylum claims to be fast-tracked to help clear backlog

    Cases from five countries to be dealt with by questionnaires not interviews to help tackle 100,000 outstanding applications

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    UK foreign policy
    Plans for UK foreign influence register face review after outcry

    Groups linked to US and EU angry at being bracketed with those tied to Russia or Iran

  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    UK foreign policy
    Iran behind 15 credible threats against people in UK, says minister

    Tehran sought information on Jewish and Israeli individuals, Tugendhat tells MPs, after TV channel closed

  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    Special ReportImpact Investing
    Religious investors put their faith in impact funds

    Shunning harmful industries is good. Tackling poverty and injustice is even better

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    Scottish Labour sees first minister’s departure as reset moment

    Nicola Sturgeon’s successor will have to contend with multiple crises, Anas Sarwar says

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Brexit
    Watchdog welcomes UK move to drop case over EU citizens’ rights

    Home Office’s decision to abandon appeal over post-Brexit residency requirements a positive sign, say bloc diplomats

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    News in-depthDominic Raab
    Harsh-marker Dominic Raab awaits his own report card

    Some civil servants say the deputy prime minister is a bully while others defend him as just a ‘demanding’ boss

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Nicola Sturgeon
    Nicola Sturgeon quits as Scotland’s first minister

    SNP leader’s authority has been weakened by rows over independence strategy and transgender laws

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    UK equalities watchdog ‘satisfied’ with Labour action on antisemitism

    Keir Starmer to hail ending of EHRC monitoring as ‘important moment’ in party’s history

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Sunak explores public sector pay deal that backdates wage offer

    Prime minister seeks ways to end worst wave of strikes to hit UK in decades

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Transport
    Wales slams brakes on most road expansion to avoid creating new traffic

    Devolved government takes axe to planned developments to help it meet net zero commitments

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    UK by-elections
    Labour retains West Lancashire with big by-election swing

    Ashley Dalton increases UK opposition party’s vote share in fourth poll defeat for Conservatives

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy’s speech spurs UK to look at sending fighter jets to Ukraine

    Ukraine’s president delivers impassioned call for ‘wings for freedom’ at historic address in London

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