Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay_p
Campaigners call on government to go further than current plans to prevent people off work slipping into poverty Under current plans a full-time worker on the average UK salary would still lose £419 net in the first week of illness. Photograph:…
M25 closed: Traffic halted as terrifying images show huge lorry fire by services.l
The M25 is closed in both directions as firefighters from Kent, London, and Surrey battle a large fire involving an HGV at Clacket Lane services The terrifying blaze at Clacket Lane services (Image: UKNIP) The M25 is closed in both directions as…
Meghan Markle tipped to drop huge bombshell on royals with ‘secret weapon in back pocket’.l
Meghan Markle’s Frogmore Cottage journal may prove useful in the future, according to a royal expert. Meghan Markle may want to “look forward” and put the royal drama in the past however, she will always have a secret “weapon in her back pocket”…
King Charles’s speech interrupted by protestor as Senator launches attack.l
King Charles had to sit while the protestor shouted “you are not my King” and “give us our land back”. King Charles’s speech was interrupted by a protestor (Image: Getty) Moments after King Charles delivered his speech at Parliament House, a protestor launched…
AA calls for ban on new drivers under 21 carrying passengers of similar age in UK_p
Motoring organisation estimates introduction of graduated driving licences would save at least 58 lives a year The Department for Transport announced in July 2019 it was considering GDL in England, but the assessment was halted in autumn 2020. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The…
Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts set to hit 84% of disabled pensioners, poll shows.l
Exclusive: New poll reveals 84% of pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability are set to lose the lifeline. Labour‘s winter fuel payment cuts will see 84% of pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability lose out, new…
Outrage as Keir Starmer removes Shakespeare portrait from No 10.l
PM accused of ‘consigning Bard to the dustbin’ by changing the artwork in Downing Street A William Shakespeare portrait has been removed from No 10 (Image: PA) The course of true power never did run smooth – and now Sir Keir Starmer is…
Wes Streeting’s two-word response to fining patients missing NHS appointments.l
NHS figures show around eight million hospital appointments are missed annually at a cost of more than £1billion. Wes Streeting has said he is “open-minded” to fining people who miss NHS appointments. Figures from the NHS show around eight million hospital appointments are…
Serial returners send back £6.6bn of online purchases a year in UK, report finds! B
Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practice Younger shoppers are more likely to over-order with the intention of returning a high proportion of the items. Photograph: Tang Ming Tung/Getty Shoppers with a habit of…
Starmer urged to open reparations talks at Commonwealth summit! B
Five Labour MPs call on PM and foreign secretary to address issue of reparatory justice for slavery and colonialism Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Bristol Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…