“Instead, they’re following the Tory playbook when it comes to gambling with migrant lives.” Mr Rahel Muthiah said a policy of deterrence “simply does not work,” adding: “This government must open up ...

MORE Scottish government delays on sectoral bargaining for tens of thousands of social care workers “stinks of kicking the ...

This “double lock” or child lock on child benefit for most families — similar to the pensions lock — and social security payments for children from low-income backgrounds, as of 2025, would see 40,000 ...

PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted his relationship with Donald Trump is not in jeopardy after a row erupted today ...

ALMOST half a million workers on the voluntary Real Living Wage are set for a pay rise. The Living Wage Foundation has ...

SEXUAL harassment at work “in 2024 is every bit as endemic as it has been for decades before,” according to a damning new report from the STUC women’s committee.

The Scottish Greens have now demanded changes to the land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT), Scotland’s equivalent of stamp duty, which would see a 12 per cent levy kick in on sales over £650,000 ...

VIOLENCE in Haiti has escalated and expanded outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, the top United Nations official in the country said on Tuesday. Gangs have reportedly attacked small boats and ...

TORRENTIAL rain ahead of an approaching tropical storm swamped eastern Philippine cities and towns overnight, causing widespread flooding. The deluge led to people being trapped in their homes, some ...

POLITICAL tension in Bangladesh grew again today after a leading student group called for the country’s president to resign over comments he made that appeared to call into question former prime ...

COLLEGE staff have accepted up to 16.5 per cent pay award after 13 days of strikes, the University and College Union (UCU) ...

GLOBAL warming has intensified the rainy season in many African countries this year, scientists said today. The scientists ...