UK unemployment has risen again amid harsh coronavirus restrictions, according to new figures which show 782,000 people lost their jobs between March and October. Unemployment was at 4.8% among those aged 16 and over between July and September – a growth of 0.7% on the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. […]
Another 532 people have died with coronavirus across the UK in the country’s highest daily death toll in five months. Figures released by the Department of Health on Tuesday mark the first time more than 500 daily deaths have been recorded since mid-May and bring the total death toll to 49,770. The new daily figure […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Boris Johnson is facing increasing pressure to postpone GCSEs, AS and A level exams next year due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Teaching unions have praised the decision to scrap […]
GCSE and A-level exams will not go ahead in Wales next year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced. Pupils will instead be graded based on teacher-managed assessments, some of which will be externally set and marked, but delivered within a classroom environment under teacher supervision. The decision comes after all exams […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is under pressure to scrap road narrowing and blockades dedicated to cycle lanes, which has been described as an “uncalled-for war on the motorist”. Fourteen Tory MPs have […]
The wife of a defence minister has been sent a soiled nappy in the post with a note reading: ‘Better check and see what your husband has been up to.’ Johnny Mercer, MP for Plymouth, shared pictures of the nappy on his Twitter account today. Noting his disgust, he wrote alongside the images: ‘I publicise […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Record levels of new renewable energy capacity are set to come on stream this year and next, while fossil fuel capacity will fall due to an economic slump and the Covid-19 crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report. In its annual renewables outlook, the IEA said new additions of […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The controversial bill sparked outrage on the continent after violating elements of the withdrawal agreement relating to state aid and custom-exit declarations. After being defeated in the House of Lords on Monday […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. It marks just the latest instance of the House – made up of unelected peers – blocking a key Brexit policy after being passed in the Commons. Combined with eye-watering daily allowances […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, 38, and Prince William, 38, split their time between two royal residences – Anmer Hall in Norfolk and apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, London. The couple have three […]