UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 hours agoLabour on course for worst election result in London in nearly 50 years
The Labour Party faces significant losses in London local elections, with the Greens and Reform expected to gain ground.
"Among the measures being modelled behind closed doors are the throttling of data speeds, restricting access during periods of high demand, and charging customers a premium at peak times, a move that would mark a significant departure from the all-you-can-eat tariffs that have dominated the British mobile market for more than a decade."
Britain's tax wedge, which estimates total taxes on labour paid by employees and employers, minus cash benefits received by working households, increased by 2.45 percentage points last year, the most in the OECD.
Statistics show that between April 2019 and March 2025, 104 children died with temporary accommodation recorded as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health or death.
Royal Mail is currently managing 77 per cent of first-class mail deliveries on time, significantly below the regulatory benchmark of 93 per cent, indicating a serious decline in service standards.
"Walked up the hill too soon." This was the terse rebuke from a Fianna Fáil official after the Sunday Independent revealed last month that homeowners were in line to earn up to €14,000 tax-free by renting out newly built modular units in their back gardens.
Mahmood stated, 'Claims I was chasing Reform votes were just a way of delegitimising the point of view that I bring to the table. It's also a way of delegitimising the perfectly valid, legitimate views of millions of people in this country, including ethnic minorities in this country.'
"I don't fully understand the reasons that I'm in the position I am in, but that is for a separate process for me to try to get to the bottom of."