Strong spending on public services and welfare pushed government borrowing to £3.1bn last month, more than double its level in the same month a year
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Ministers urged to end water ‘postcode lottery’ with single social tariff
Ministers are under pressure to end the “postcode lottery” on water by introducing a single social tariff for households on low incomes, amid fresh signs
Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs
The government has been urged to reassess what a social mobility expert has called the “national scandal” of teenagers leaving school without GCSE passes in
Waitrose to open 100 convenience shops in £1bn investment drive
Waitrose is planning to open 100 convenience stores over the next five years as part of a £1bn-plus investment in new outlets and shop refurbishments.
Home secretary to recruit 100 specialists to target people-smuggling gangs
The home secretary has announced plans to recruit 100 investigators and intelligence officers to target people-smuggling gangs as part of measures to clampdown on illegal
Suspended secondary pupils in England ‘twice as likely to be out of work by 24’
Young people who were suspended at least once while at secondary school in England are twice as likely to be out of education, employment or
Add ice-lolly licking to England primary school curriculum, urge scientists
Licking an ice lolly should be an essential part of the national curriculum for primary schoolchildren in England, according to scientists at the Royal Society
Ministers launch pension credit campaign after restricting winter fuel payments
Ministers have launched a pension credit publicity campaign to minimise the impact of the government’s decision to radically restrict winter fuel payments. Last month the
Spacecraft explodes during launch test at UK’s new spaceport in Shetland
A spacecraft company has vowed to return to regular operations “as soon as possible” after one of its vessels exploded during a launch test at
Man charged with murder after woman stabbed in Crawley station car park
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found stabbed in a car park at Crawley train station on Sunday. Officers were