UK politics

UK politics

She will argue that eight in ten firms believe the legislation, in its current form, will make hiring harder, acting as a brake on economic growth. "Lasting reform takes partnership, not a closed door," she will say. "When eight in ten firms say this bill will make it harder to hire, they are brakes on growth. The government must change course and ask business and unions to forge consensus through compromise."

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

I would like to offer my sincere apology to the council for the conduct in relation to the invitation letters to attend council programs. I recognise that the actions did not meet the standards expected of an elected member and may have affected confidence in the council. I have already written to the governance team requesting that they provide a date for me to undertake the Code of Conduct training, and I look forward to completing it at the earliest opportunity. I remain committed to ensuring that my future conduct reflects the responsibilities and expectations of public office. While I accept the findings of the committee and comply fully with its decision, I will be raising some separate concerns about aspects of the process through the appropriate channels.

With the Autumn Budget approaching, new research from Simply Asset Finance reveals that smaller businesses are increasingly worried about the pro-business credentials of the Government. Almost half (46%) of smaller SMEs say they're not confident that the Government will drive a 'pro-business' agenda compared to only 22% of medium sized businesses. Notably, the research reveals that much of the goodwill that had been granted to the new Government early in its tenure has ebbed away.

"Our particular strengths as a country lie in areas like life sciences, financial services, the defense sector, and the creative sector. And where we will really lead the world is where we can use the power of AI in those sectors," Kendall told the Financial Times. The plans came as part of a wider AI package designed to upgrade Britain's tech infrastructure and convince entrepreneurs and investors that Labour is backing the sector ahead of next week's Budget, which is expected to raise taxes on the wealthy.

The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up archaic rules and slash regulations to get Britain building. It issued a stark warning on Monday, warning that Britain needed a radical reset of the rules around nuclear power to save tens of billions in costs and reverse the industry's decline.

A report in the Sunday Times (ST) claimed West Midlands Police (WMP) had overstated the threat posed by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ahead of the match on 6 November, citing violence around a match in the Netherlands last year. In response, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that unless WMP had a good explanation, Chief Constable Craig Guildford should resign. Home Office minister Sarah Jones said she had written to him asking for clarity.

I spent my entire childhood worrying about nuclear war, partly because it was the 80s, and everyone did, and partly because we spent our lives demonstrating against it. We had Protest and Survive stickers everywhere, in droll parody of the public information booklet Protect and Survive, along with Nuclear Power? No Thanks. We were also early adopters of climate change anxiety, while fiercely against the closure of coalmines.

Former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme this was "the single biggest reason why [economic] growth has flatlined". In response, Alexander said there was always speculation in the run-up to Budgets but the chancellor had been clear about her priorities. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is widely expected to increase taxes in her Budget on Wednesday to help fill a multibillion-pound gap in her spending plans.

Steve I'm for skilled immigration, I don't want to live in a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant country with warm beer. But I believe that governments have used immigration to fill the jobs they can't get people to do without increasing salaries. Wages are kept low, so taxes have to be kept low, so we can't do things better spend more money on childcare, on education, on technology.

Some have argued keeping the national debt down protects the financial interests of younger people. That's because if the country's debt went up drastically, it is younger people who would have to foot the bill to pay for the interest on it. And it would be taken directly from their payslips through higher taxes. Generation Z, or those born between 1997 and 2012, have been hit in the pocket over the past 15 years by benefit cuts and dramatic increases in university tuition fees.

DPD, which reported pre-tax profits of nearly 200m last year and raised the pay of its highest-paid director by 90,000 to 1.5m including bonuses, told self-employed drivers it was unilaterally cutting their delivery rates. The drivers said the move would cost them about 6,000 each per year or up to 8,000 for those who take on extra deliveries at Christmas.