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The Department for Work and Pensions is drafting in more staff to ensure all possible cases of overpayments of Carer’s Allowance are checked promptly. Some carers have been forced to pay back thousands of pounds

A row has erupted between Nigel Farage and Britain’s biggest teaching union after it branded Reform UK a “racist and far-right” party. National Education Union (NEU) members at their annual conference called for funds to

Phil Mackie Midlands Correspondent Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands Chris Blakemore BBC Radio WM BBC Bin workers belonging to the Unite union remain in a standoff with the council after an all-out strike started

The real question about positive comments by Vice-President JD Vance about a UK-US trade deal, is what he actually means by the term “deal”. Just after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the White

Job vacancies have fallen to the lowest level in nearly four years, suggesting demand for workers is weakening as employment costs grow. The number of jobs on offer fell to 781,000 in the first three

US Vice-President JD Vance said there was a “good chance” a trade deal could be reached with the UK, as the dust continues to settle from America’s global trade shakeup. “We’re certainly working very hard

Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid £54,718 in income tax in 2023/24, according to a document released by the government. A summary shows he paid the tax on £152,225

An anti-Brexit activist has been cleared of breaching a police ban after playing music on loudspeakers at a protest outside Parliament in London. Steve Bray, 56, faced trial over the incident on Parliament Square, which

A UK government minister has insisted she gets on well with Eluned Morgan despite a public spat over plans to cut disability and sickness benefits. Earlier this month the Welsh first minister publicly rebuked Labour’s

A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected. It follows a month-long stand-off between members of the Unite union and the

A libel case against former Health Secretary Matt Hancock can go to trial, after a High Court judge refused the ex-MP’s attempt to have the claim thrown out. Mr Hancock, who was the MP for

Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images Fifteen people including former Conservative MP Craig Williams have been charged with betting offences by the Gambling Commission. The investigation was launched last year following bets placed on the

Officials are working to deliver essential raw materials to British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, the government has said, as it races to keep its blast furnaces burning. An emergency law rushed through Parliament on Saturday gave

Police forces were in several cases unprepared for the level of violence that broke out in riots after the murder of three children in Southport last summer, a report by MPs has found. It left

Getty Images Military planners have been called in to help tackle mounting piles of rubbish in Birmingham following a month-long strike by refuse workers. Thousands of tonnes of uncollected rubbish line the city’s streets due

The Liberal Democrat MP for Bath spoke to BBC Newscast after she was barred from entering Hong Kong A Liberal Democrat MP barred from entering Hong Kong has told the BBC she believes it was

Bangladeshi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the British MP and former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq. The country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating allegations Siddiq illegally received land as part of its wider

The business secretary has refused to confirm if the government can get the sufficient raw material supplies in time to keep the blast furnaces at British Steel running, after it took control of the Chinese-owned

PA Media The prime minister met steelworkers in Lincolnshire shortly after the House of Commons sitting There was a moment where all they could do was wait. Government officials were holed up in a Premier

A Liberal Democrat MP has spoken of her “shock” after being barred from entering Hong Kong this week. Wera Hobhouse said she flew to the Chinese region on Thursday to visit her newborn grandson but

The rail minister has admitted using his mobile phone while driving a vintage double-decker bus through London at rush hour. Lord Peter Hendy was behind the wheel of the old Routemaster for a charity event

Brian Wheeler Political reporter PA Media The UK government is seeking to take control of Chinese-owned British Steel in emergency legislation being rushed through Parliament in a single day. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs

PA Media The industrial complex at Grangemouth employs about 2,000 people The closure of Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland is “not comparable” to the situation at British Steel in Scunthorpe, MPs have been told. Business

Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “Who was going to blink first?” A source involved in the fraught negotiations since the election over the future of British Steel told me that as time

Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter Getty Images The UK government is poised to take control of a major British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, which is at risk of imminent closure. MPs have been called back from

A Labour MP has apologised and referred himself to Parliament’s standards watchdog after praising a private company in the House of Commons without declaring it had given him a £10,000 donation. During a debate about

Parliament will be recalled on Saturday to debate an emergency law to save British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe from imminent closure. Downing Street said legislation would give ministers powers to “protect” the Lincolnshire site, which

The EU’s foreign policy chief has suggested negotiations over post-Brexit fisheries rights should not hold up talks on a new EU-UK defence pact. There are reports that EU countries wants to link future access to

Getty Images Grant Shapps is among several well-known faces from the Conservative Party to be handed an honour Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has named 36 people in his resignation honours list. The list primarily

Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Michael Gove stood down from the Commons last year Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak’s

Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent Contributor handout It took six months for Lucy Earle to be assigned an Access to Work caseworker Businesses employing disabled people say they are owed hundreds of thousands of

Deputy First Minister Little-Pengelly raised concerns about how potential EU retaliatory tariffs could impact on Northern Ireland, given its links to Brussels through the Windsor Framework. Under the agreement between the UK and EU, Northern

Simon Dedman BBC Political Reporter, Essex PA Media The PM told the BBC the best way to close Wethersfield was to increase the number of asylum cases being processed The Prime Minister has refused to

The government has announced a further £450m of military support to Kyiv, as the UK and Germany prepare to host a meeting of 50 nations in Brussels. Defence officials are convening to “pile pressure” on

The UK economy grew by more than expected in February, according to the latest official figures. The economy expanded by 0.5%, with the services sector having a strong month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)