BBC Anas Sarwar conceded not all staff at the firm received the national living wage Anas Sarwar has insisted Labour plans for all workers to be paid a “genuine living wage” will apply to all businesses – including his own family’s. The party wants to introduce new minimum rates of pay linked to the cost...
Ms Reeves promised there was “not going to be a return to austerity”, saying commitments to boost frontline services were a “down payment on the changes that we want to make”. “But in the end we have to grow the economy, we have to turn around this dire economic performance. “I don’t want to make...
Burkina Faso’s military government has announced it will extend its rule for another five years. The country’s ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, will also be able to contest the next presidential election, the state-owned broadcaster says. When he seized power in a coup nearly two years ago, Capt Traore pledged to restore the civilian government by...
National service would engage young people in society again, Home Secretary James Cleverly has told the BBC, adding “too many young people live in their own bubble”. The Conservatives have set out a pledge for all 18-year-olds to take part in a mandatory scheme for military or non-military service if they win the general election....
Jake Zuckerman Floral tributes outside the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hangar at RAF Coningsby Tributes have been paid to a pilot who died when his Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station at Coningsby on Saturday. The RAF said a “comprehensive investigation” would take place after the plane came down off...
About 670 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says. The head of the International Organization for Migration in Papua New Guinea, Serhan Aktoprak, said the impact of Friday’s landslide in the country’s isolated Enga province was greater than initially thought. “There are an estimated...
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed there “will not be a return to austerity” should Labour come to power after the general election. Speaking to the BBC, she also said there would be an “immediate injection of cash” for frontline public services. But she refused to rule out cuts to public spending under a Labour...
Former US President Donald Trump, who is hoping to win a second term, was widely booed during his speech at the Libertarian convention. Some audience members applauded and cheered as Mr Trump took to the stage, but soon a choir of jeers took over the room. Mr Trump hit back at his critics saying: “Maybe...
A man in his 30s has died following a road collision in County Antrim. It happened on the Ballyrobert Road in Ballyclare at about 00:00 BST. Insp Cherith Adair said ambulance and fire service personnel accompanied police at the single-vehicle crash, which involved a black Volswagen. The man died at the scene. The Ballyrobert Road...
At least six newborn babies have died following a fire at a hospital in Delhi, according to police. The blaze broke out late on Saturday evening at a hospital in the Indian capital’s Vivek Vihar region. There were 12 babies in the unit were, senior police officer Surendra Choudhary, said. Another had died before the...