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UK Greens challenge Burnham over Sainsbury’s youth placements
Greens have challenged Andy Burnham’s backing for a Sainsbury’s youth scheme whose published terms leave pay and…
UK Workers face risk from AI market bets, Bank chief warns
Andrew Bailey says leveraged AI investments and dependence on major tech firms could magnify a market shock.
UK Burnham drops political donations cap he promised to voters
Burnham told a campaigner in May he'd cap political donations. Days before the vote, and weeks after declaring £350,000…
UK Insolvency law blocks Thames Water takeover
Thames Water customers face bills up to 44% higher while an insolvency law loophole, not political will, keeps the…
UK Burnham hands Ukraine missile tech on £3bn war bill
Burnham's first trip abroad hands MBDA a bigger Ukraine order book, on top of a war bill already running at £3bn a year.
UK Jury clears greenstein of terrorism charge
A jury took two hours to clear Tony Greenstein of a terrorism charge that took the CPS three years to bring.
UK Labour Party pushed to recognise Gaza Genocide
Labour members prepared a conference motion to force Burnham to recognise Gaza genocide.
UK Barclays 5 avoid terror sentencing
A judge ruled the Barclays 5 will not face terror sentencing for a 2024 Elbit-linked protest, but the door to future…
UK Sainsbury gave Burnham £140,000 the day Starmer quit
Burnham's first financial register as PM shows £350,000 in pre-No10 donations, tracing back to the network behind…
UK Police ordered to hide Palantir surveillance
Six police forces spent £7.8m on Palantir while a secret unit told them to deny it, an investigation has found.
UK Reform would strip disability payments from 2.89 million
Reform UK wants to scrap PIP and replace cash support with council-run accounts, a £50bn plan an economist says is…
UK Watchdog reopens Farage gifts probe
Parliament's standards watchdog reopened the Farage financial gifts investigation the day he won Clacton, a vote that…
UK 94 children wrongly detained as adults
Home Office figures show 94 of 304 age-disputed arrivals under the France returns deal were children held in adult…
UK LBC pulled Myska after Israel interview
Sangita Myska says lawyers for LBC's owner monitored her social media after she quizzed an Israeli spokesman, and are…
UK Whitehall seals Scottish election plot files
Ministers cite national security to withhold all files on an Israeli firm accused of targeting Swinney and the SNP…
UK Tribunal finds Britain complicit In Gaza genocide
The Gaza Tribunal's co-chairs say Britain is still arming and surveilling for Israel while jailing its own citizens for…
UK NHS-linked donor bankrolled two health secretaries
Yvette Cooper is the second health secretary in a row funded by a recruitment financier with commercial ties to the NHS.
UK Burnham arms Israel despite Gaza deaths
Two Gaza families were killed days after a new ceasefire deal. Burnham apologised for Labour's Gaza record, but his…
UK Unions demand Burnham revoke Iran bombing base access
Ten union leaders representing 2.3 million workers have told Andy Burnham to pull UK bases out of the US bombing…
UK 27 million now under hosepipe bans
Drought has spread to nine of England's 14 water regions, and farmers say the country's food supply is now exposed.
UK Banks tracked journalist who exposed Farage
Arron Banks did not deny setting investigators on the Sunday Times reporter who exposed Farage's hidden funding.
UK Burnham scraps digital ID scheme to cut energy bills
Andy Burnham used his first two days as PM to cut VAT on electricity bills and pledge £340m to end rough sleeping.
UK Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge buries the death toll
A record 4,793 sleep rough and 169 died on the streets in 2024. Burnham's day-one answer is Corbyn's policy at a…
UK Hedge funds threaten to sue Britain over Thames Water
Hedge funds that loaded Thames Water with £21bn of debt are lawyering up to stop Burnham nationalising it, as 16…