Category: Politics

Former general secretary was one of the main party figures during the New Labour era Keir Starmer has led tributes after the death of former Labour party general secretary Tom Sawyer. He said the former trade unionist’s “place in our party’s history is assured” as one of the leading figures in the build-up to the…

Greg Abbott says he will try to remove Democrats unless they return to allow vote to take place on redrawing the US House map to favour Republicans Donald Trump is at the White House today, per his schedule. But it’s a quiet day for the president. The only listed item on his agenda is lunch…

Exclusive: School leaders say plans lack precision and do not account for new Send education requirements Proposals for overhauled school inspections have been criticised as cosmetic, vague and potentially out of date by school leaders and Department for Education (DfE) officials, just days before approval by Ofsted’s management. Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, has made changes…

Labor MP says yesterday’s march shows politicians underestimated public concern about Gaza. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Lynne McGranger wins gold at Logies, as Fisk dominates and Guy Montgomery named best newcomer The Home and Away actor Lynne McGranger won the Gold Logie award for…

Man understood to have been sitting in London stadium’s upper tier was pronounced dead at the scene Oasis have said they are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death at Wembley Stadium during the band’s Saturday concert. The man was understood to be sitting in the upper tier of the 90,000-seat stadium…

Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’ Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost £200bn, according to a report into the policy’s contribution to Britain’s housing crisis. In its report into the sale of millions of council homes to their tenants at steep…

Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers The boss of Yorkshire Water, one of Britain’s biggest water suppliers, has received £1.3m in previously undisclosed extra pay since 2023 via an offshore parent company, the Guardian can reveal. Nicola Shaw received £660,000 from Yorkshire Water’s Jersey-registered parent…

NSW SES have responded to more than 1,400 incidents in the state amid severe rainfall, thunderstorms and snow. Follow today’s news live Sydney MP Ed Husic to march with pro-Palestine protesters Western Sydney Labor MP Ed Husic believes it was the images of starving children in Gaza that has started a shift for many people…

Man, 19, was stabbed several times in a car park and Greater Manchester police are appealing for information Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a teenager died in Greater Manchester in a “targeted attack”, police have said. The 19-year-old man sustained several stab wounds and died later from his injuries. Continue reading… Source: World…

Judges issued about 35 nationwide injunctions blocking various Trump orders before the supreme court stepped in, according to independent analysis from the Guardian A federal judge’s ruling last week to maintain a sweeping nationwide ban on Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order highlights the dizzying legal battle that has defined the administration’s opening months, with courts…