The government’s statistics agency is spending £8m to hire an army of low-paid temporary workers amid efforts to fix its “virtually unusable” data on unemployment
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Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket
Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow airport could add £40 to the cost of an airline ticket, according to the Treasury’s own analysis. The chancellor’s
UK minister calls TikTok desirable product but admits ‘genuine concerns’
TikTok’s power to deliver “exhilaration” and the UK’s relationship with China are shaping the UK government’s acceptance of the short video app despite “genuine concerns”
Plymouth police search for suspect after serious assault in street
Police said they were searching for a suspect after a serious assault in Plymouth left the victim in hospital. Devon and Cornwall police said officers
Unpaid internships ‘locking out’ young working-class people from careers
Young people from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds are being “locked out” of careers by unpaid or low-paid internships that benefit middle-class graduates, according to a
Teenage boys charged with kidnap and rape of girl in New Forest park
Two 14-year-old boys have been charged with the kidnap and rape of a girl of the same age in a New Forest park. The incident
UK borrowing unexpectedly jumps, piling pressure on Rachel Reeves
The cost of UK government borrowing unexpectedly jumped to £17.8bn last month, piling pressure on Rachel Reeves to plan budget cuts before a spending review
Boy, 14, arrested after 12-year-old dies in Birmingham stabbing
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 12-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Birmingham. West Midlands police said the
‘Appalling’: charities warn of UK government betrayal over river clean-up fund
Charities that bid for a share of millions of pounds of water company fines to restore rivers in England polluted by sewage say the UK
Organised crime unit expanded in prisons in England and Wales to fight escalating gang activity
The Prison Service is “beefing up” a cadre of officers dedicated to smashing gangs in prisons in the face of escalating drone use and drug-related