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The chief executive of Barclays has said the UK government needs to limit pay rises for public sector workers and resist a further “squeeze” on banks…

Labour has published the first football-style league tables to rank hospitals in England from best to worst since the early 2000s, despite warnings it would not…

The UK’s most senior trade unionist is calling on the government to demonstrate “whose side it is on” following the Labour reshuffle.The General Secretary of the…

Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising…

Opening summaryPrime minister Keir Starmer had wanted to carry out his reshuffle on a “slightly slower timetable”, PA reports, but it was “brought forward as a…

Disadvantaged primary school pupils at the government’s first wave of new breakfast clubs can expect to be trained in toothbrushing, as well as fed. Data showing…

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterReutersThe UK government did not do its own analysis of the cost of the biggest reorganisation of councils in England for decades, the BBC…

Ministers have delayed a decision on whether to grant planning permission to a proposed Chinese “super-embassy” in London amid concerns about redacted drawings in the building’s…

David Lammy has joined 20 other foreign ministers around the world in condemning Israeli plans to build an illegal settlement on the West Bank, with the…

Charlotte SextonBBC NewsnightGetty ImagesThe government needs to stop children using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass age checks on porn sites, the children’s commissioner for England…