George-Floyd-style police killing ‘could happen in Britain’

THE degree of police brutality seen in the killing of George Floyd in the the United States could be seen in Britain, the nation’s first black chie

Labour calls on government to postpone next year's GCSE and A-level exams

LABOUR called on the government today to postpone next year’s GCSE and A-level exams to give pupils a chance to catch up with classwork missed duri

Government warned against ramping up pressure to get more people to return to normal workplaces

A GOVERNMENT campaign being launched this week, to ramp up the pressure on employees to return to normal workplaces, has been condemned by Labour,

Boris Johnson under fire by Tory MPs over 'unsustainable' style of governing while opinion poll gap between Tories and Labour vanishes

TORY MPs are losing patience with Boris Johnson’s government and intend to take action when Parliament returns tomorrow, a back-bench leader has su

Home Office attack on ‘activist lawyers’ in deportation tweet criticised as ‘nasty’ and ‘dangerous’

A BIZARRE Home Office video claiming that “activist lawyers” are disrupting its deportation efforts was fiercely slammed as “dangerous” and “nasty”

Government's £13 a day self-isolation payment slammed as ‘paltry’ and ‘slap in the face’

British Gas forks out £1.7m over failure to tell prepayment customers of top up system switch

BRITISH GAS has been forced to fork out £1.7 million over a top-up blunder which threatened to leave thousands of vulnerable pre-payment customers

Labour demands benefit cap is scrapped after extension of eviction ‘ban’

THE benefits cap that is pushing thousands of families into rent arrears and debt must be scrapped to prevent more households suffering eviction an

Labour calls on ‘key worker heroes’ to stand in next year's local elections

LABOUR called on key workers today to stand as councillors and be “at the heart of decision-making” ahead of next year’s local elections.

Ministers ‘prioritising political expediency’ over safety after partial U-turn over face masks in schools, teaching unions says

TEACHING unions have questioned whether the government was following scientific advice or just “prioritising political expediency”  after ministers