Net migration to the UK fell 10% last year after hitting a record high in 2022, o figures show. The number – the difference between the number of people arriving in the UK and leaving – was 685,000 in the year to December 2023, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This represents a fall...
36 minutes ago Gloria Aradi,BBC News, Nairobi JAMES MUHIA Cheruiyot Kirui is the fourth person to die on Everest this week A Kenyan mountaineer who went missing near the summit of Mount Everest has been found dead. Forty-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit...
On the first full day of election campaigning the Labour leader said “nothing will change” if the Conservatives got back into power on July 5. Sir Keir Starmer said it was “absolutely unforgivable” that living standards were lower today then when the Tories got into power 14 years ago. Follow the latest on this story...
Speaking on the first day of the campaign, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he believes the Conservatives have the “right plan” and are capable of delivering a “secure future”. On Wednesday, Mr Sunak called a general election for 4 July, saying he was proud of the government’s record. Source link
Getty Images Rishi Sunak called a general election on Wednesday Political parties have kicked started their campaigning for the general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ended speculation on Wednesday, saying voters will go to the polls on 4 July. Speaking on Radio Wales Breakfast on Thursday, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour MP for Torfaen, said the party...
Simon Case is the head of the civil service, which makes him probably the most important unelected person in politics. The cabinet secretary’s role is to advise the prime minister, lead implementation of the government’s policies and manage other high-level civil servants. Born in Bristol in 1978, he first joined the civil service as a...
Reform UK founder and honorary president Nigel Farage has announced he will not stand in the general election on 4 July. There was speculation he would be unveiled as a candidate by Reform leader Richard Tice this morning. But he had previously said he would not make an eighth attempt to become an MP at...
5 minutes ago Helen Bushby,Culture reporter Getty Images Charlie Colin, pictured in 2013, was the band’s original bass player US rock band Train have paid tribute to their founding member Charlie Colin, after his death aged 58, calling him “the sweetest guy”. His sister confirmed the bass player’s death to the The Associated Press on...
The programme, which has been delayed by legal challenges, was announced over two years ago by then-prime minister Boris Johnson. But Mr Sunak has made delivering it a key priority of his premiership, regularly arguing it was central to his pledge to “stop the boats”. In a sign he now wants to make delivering the...
Further heavy rain could cause a danger to life and travel disruption, the Met Office has warned, a day after a person died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire. Flood warnings have also been issued across England with one in Scotland. National Rail has said its northern services are facing disruption, with a major line...