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  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    UK offers £1,500 payment to civil servants in bid to end strikes

    Ministers and top mandarin pledge to avoid compulsory redundancies ‘where possible’, alongside lump sum

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    UK government takes legal action over Boris Johnson’s Covid messages

    Cabinet office reveals former PM’s WhatsApp communications only date back to May 2021

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    UK Covid inquiry
    Boris Johnson hands over messages and diaries to government

    Former prime minister urges Cabinet Office to ‘urgently’ disclose information to investigators before Thursday deadline

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    UK Inequality
    Shift in government spending has cut UK inequality, study finds

    IFS says increase in health provision, wider access to education and introduction of university fees is behind change

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson allies challenge UK claims on Covid messages

    Inquiry extends deadline for communications to be handed over after Cabinet Office reportedly says it does not have the material

  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    UK inflation
    MPs and retailers lambast UK plan to cap basic food prices

    Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets

  • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
    Miranda Green
    The ‘Chequered’ record of ministers using grace-and-favour houses

    Investigations into Johnson’s lockdown diary spotlight the use and misuse of grand government residences

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    The old cycle of British immigration policy is unwinding

    Why novelty (and the lack thereof) have a part to play in changing societal and political impacts following migration waves

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    UK
    UK police arrest man after car crashes into gates of Downing Street

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in his office at time of incident

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Biotech
    UK to announce funding boost for life sciences

    Government seeks to win over pharma groups with new investments in genomics research and drug manufacturing

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Home secretary to stop overseas students bringing family to UK

    Suella Braverman reveals package of measures aimed at reducing overall migration

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Northern Ireland
    DUP vows to extend Stormont boycott until N Ireland budget is boosted

    Hopes of quick return to power-sharing hit as Democratic Unionists demand extra funding and guarantees over place in UK

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Suella Braverman
    Braverman says ‘nothing untoward happened’ in response to speeding claims

    PM under pressure to launch probe after allegations home secretary asked civil servants to help avoid penalty points

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    NatWest Group
    UK government sells £1.26bn of NatWest shares

    Sale reduces public stake in bank to below 40%

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Network Rail Ltd
    Network Rail doubles spending on adapting to climate risks

    Rail owner admits that vital infrastructure will deteriorate over 2024-29 despite new investments

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Brexit
    Why the watered-down EU law bill remains mired in controversy

    There is still uncertainty about its final shape despite significant amendments

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Semiconductors
    UK government unveils long-awaited £1bn semiconductor strategy

    Support package is aimed at boosting resilience of chip sector

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Pollution
    UK water companies told to put ‘consumers above profits’

    Downing Street intervenes after industry admits households will pay £10bn sewage spills bill

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    News in-depthUK industrial strategy
    Sunak’s lack of industrial strategy attacked by former business secretaries

    UK prime minister’s policies described as ‘surreptitious’, ‘undercover’ and ‘in the ether’

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    UK creative industries promised 1mn jobs boost by 2030

    Culture minister Lucy Frazer lays out ambition to add £50bn in value to sector by 2030

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    MPs call on UK ministers to regulate crypto like gambling

    Plans for Financial Conduct Authority to oversee industry should be abandoned, says Treasury committee

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    UK immigration
    Downing St refuses to say when Sunak will deliver migration pledge

    Pressure mounts on Tories to honour 2019 manifesto promise as inflows tipped to reach record high

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    UK delivers cruise missiles to Ukraine ahead of counter-offensive

    Storm Shadow missiles ‘not even in the same league’ as deadly weapons deployed by Russia, says British defence secretary

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    First TransPennine Express
    TransPennine Express stripped of contract after months of poor service

    UK train operator will move into government hands after one in six services were cancelled in March

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Badenoch’s leadership prospects in balance as bonfire of EU laws scrapped

    Business secretary is at risk of being neither the candidate of her establishment supporters or her allies on the Brexiter right

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