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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Met chief says London should see ‘month by month’ progress on policing

      Rowley pledges change after Casey review lays bare force’s institutional failings

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson set to avoid by-election over ‘partygate’ scandal

      Tory MPs investigating whether former PM deliberately misled parliament want to avoid ‘nuclear option’

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      London police force should be overhauled or broken up, says review

      Damning report finds Met to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      UK Government
      UK ministers’ attacks on civil servants risk ‘worse policy’, warns union chief

      FDA’s Dave Penman blames Conservative government ‘hammering’ for staff turnover and low morale

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Starmer criticises Budget as inadequate to cure ‘sick man of Europe’

      Labour leader describes flagship pension reform as ‘huge giveaway’ to some of UK’s wealthiest people

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK housebuilding
      UK threatens developers over failure to sign building safety contract

      Minister moves to ban 11 companies from housing market until they sign pledge prompted by Grenfell Tower fire

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      White collar crime
      Small UK companies set to be excluded from anti-fraud legislation

      MPs and anti-corruption campaigners criticise plans to limit scope of new ‘failure to prevent’ offence

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak to seek Macron’s co-operation on curbing Channel crossings

      UK prime minister will urge French president to support a deal on returning migrants at a summit on Friday

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK faces legal battle over plans to stop cross-Channel migrants

      Home secretary concedes new legislation may be in breach of human rights laws

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Sunak’s Windsor agreement splits Tory Eurosceptics

      Boris Johnson says deal ‘very difficult’ to vote for but concedes public want an end to constant fights

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Sunak threatens to push through Brexit deal without DUP

      UK prime minister says new accord with Brussels will unlock investment in Northern Ireland

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      News in-depthBrexit
      UK and EU seek to draw a line under the rancour of Brexit

      Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen use deal on Northern Ireland to herald renewed friendship between two sides

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      UK property
      Plans for LED-clad sphere in London at risk as minister steps in

      Critics say the venue in the former Olympic Park will blight thousands of homes with light pollution

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK seeks to ‘focus’ espionage bill to head off Lords rebellion

      Ministers propose scores of amendments, including changes to planned register of people working for foreign organisations

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      UK immigration
      Some UK asylum claims to be fast-tracked to help clear backlog

      Cases from five countries to be dealt with by questionnaires not interviews to help tackle 100,000 outstanding applications

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Plans for UK foreign influence register face review after outcry

      Groups linked to US and EU angry at being bracketed with those tied to Russia or Iran

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Iran behind 15 credible threats against people in UK, says minister

      Tehran sought information on Jewish and Israeli individuals, Tugendhat tells MPs, after TV channel closed

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
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      Religious investors put their faith in impact funds

      Shunning harmful industries is good. Tackling poverty and injustice is even better

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Scottish Labour sees first minister’s departure as reset moment

      Nicola Sturgeon’s successor will have to contend with multiple crises, Anas Sarwar says

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Brexit
      Watchdog welcomes UK move to drop case over EU citizens’ rights

      Home Office’s decision to abandon appeal over post-Brexit residency requirements a positive sign, say bloc diplomats

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      News in-depthDominic Raab
      Harsh-marker Dominic Raab awaits his own report card

      Some civil servants say the deputy prime minister is a bully while others defend him as just a ‘demanding’ boss

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Nicola Sturgeon
      Nicola Sturgeon quits as Scotland’s first minister

      SNP leader’s authority has been weakened by rows over independence strategy and transgender laws

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      UK equalities watchdog ‘satisfied’ with Labour action on antisemitism

      Keir Starmer to hail ending of EHRC monitoring as ‘important moment’ in party’s history

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Sunak explores public sector pay deal that backdates wage offer

      Prime minister seeks ways to end worst wave of strikes to hit UK in decades

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Transport
      Wales slams brakes on most road expansion to avoid creating new traffic

      Devolved government takes axe to planned developments to help it meet net zero commitments

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