Posted by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | Education, Education policy, England, Industrial action, Politics, Public sector pay, Public services policy, School funding, Schools, Society, The Guardian, Trade unions, UK news |
National Education Union welcomes news that schools will not have to partly fund increase from their own budgetsThe UK’s biggest education union is claiming a significant victory after the government bowed to pressure and agreed...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | England, Far right, Immigration and asylum, Kent, North of England, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news, West Midlands |
Politicians from Solihull, Gateshead and Kent were in online group linked to balaclava-clad immigration protestersAt least five Reform UK councillors have been members of a Facebook group linked to the far-right group involved...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Andy Haldane, Benefits, Budget 2026, Disability, Internet, Labour, Lisa Nandy, Plaid Cymru, Politics, Reform UK, RNLI, Tax and spending, Technology, The Guardian, UK news, Wales, Welfare, Welsh politics, Wes Streeting, X |
PM responds to criticism from former Bank of England chief economistWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy Burnham’s meeting with the Nato secretary general Mark Rutte later.Today I...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | Business, Economics, Financial sector, Nigel Farage, Politics, Reform UK, Tax and spending, The Guardian, Thinktanks, UK news |
Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report saysA thinktank linked to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is preparing an influential policy plan that is reportedly going to...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 16, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Andy Haldane, Budget 2026, Internet, Labour, Lisa Nandy, Politics, RNLI, Tax and spending, Technology, The Guardian, UK news, Wes Streeting, X |
‘It’s going to be challenging because the picture around the world is challenging and particularly the situation in the Middle East,’ says PMWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy...
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