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Government unlikely to back Bill aimed at reducing phone use in school – No 10
Labour MP Josh MacAlister’s Bill would call for a legal requirement to be introduced so all schools in England are mobile-free zones.
Sue Gray did not enjoy being in the public eye, Cabinet minister says
She resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff at the weekend.
Ed Miliband pressured to apologise to pensioners losing winter fuel payments
Charities have called for a U-turn and both the Conservatives and the Greens have called for the payments to be made available to all pensioners.
Union votes for all-out strike action in ONS office attendance dispute
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote called on ONS management to engage in ‘meaningful talks’.
No contact from Government over Horizon IT scandal, says Sir Alan Bates
The 70-year-old was speaking after being knighted at Windsor Castle.
37 offenders prosecuted using old harassment law freed in error
The Ministry of Justice is working with the police to return five offenders to custody with the majority back in prison.
Government to consult on new laws to clamp down on late payments to small firms
Keir Starmer said late payments of invoices is ‘one of the biggest reasons businesses collapse’.
Stormont’s programme for government is just more of the same thin gruel we’ve been served for decades - Deirdre Heenan
The draft programme for government is not a practical plan for dealing with the deep malaise in the public sector
Casement Park: Secretary of State Hilary Benn’s letter in full as funding denied
British government announcement comes ahead of Uefa cut-off date for Euro 2028 decision
Investment bosses praise Labour’s potential scrapping of British ISA
A Treasury spokesman said ‘no decisions had been made’ over the product yet.