Campaigners have urged the chancellor to start taxing jet fuel – with a report showing that charging duty at the same rate paid by motorists
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Ditch £40m Loch Lomond resort plan if rejected in vote, Scottish Greens urge
If Flamingo Land’s proposal to build on the shores of Loch Lomond is rejected in a vote on Monday, that decision should spell the end
State schools should set up debating clubs, says senior Eton leader
State schools in England should set up debating clubs and train teachers in the art of encouraging classroom discussions in order to improve children’s oracy
Automatically enrol young staff into workplace pension schemes, says IFS
Employees as young as 16 should be automatically enroled into workplace pensions and there is a strong case for making their employers pay in even
Gap between average rents in north and south of England shrinks to lowest level
The gap in rents paid by those in the north and south of England has closed to its lowest level in at least 11 years,
TfL to refund drivers wrongly issued with Ulez fines after cameras vandalised
Transport for London (TfL) has said it will refund drivers wrongly issued with ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) charges because of vandalised enforcement cameras. The transport
‘It’s nil-nil’: Labour warned the political race with the Conservatives isn’t over
Keir Starmer’s cabinet has been told to behave as if it is now “nil-nil” in the battle with the Tories, despite Labour’s landslide election win,
Poorest families in UK lack beds and are sleeping on floors, charity warns
Families in poverty are having to sleep on the floor because they cannot afford beds, according to a children’s charity. The charity’s research also found
‘Inhumane’ treatment of migrants rounded up in UK’s failed Rwanda plan revealed
The “inhumane” treatment of migrants rounded up in a “futile” operation for the now scrapped Rwanda scheme, has been laid bare in testimonies from Home
Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it
About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing the benefit, according to the government’s own