Bridget Phillipson does not commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap, saying it will “come at a cost”.
Month: July 2025
Nursery teachers to get £4,500 to work in disadvantaged areas
A new scheme will see early years teachers offered a financial incentive to work in areas with highest needs.
Parents of girls killed in school crash ‘still waiting for answers’
Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died when a Land Rover ran into an end-of-term tea party in July 2023.
Bereavement leave to be extended to miscarriages before 24 weeks
Parents who experience pregnancy loss at any stage will be entitled to leave from work under planned changes.
Post Office scandal victim: ‘I need someone to be punished’
Sub-postmasters look forward to the first part of a report into the Horizon IT scandal being published.
Is the UK really any safer 20 years on from 7/7?
The British state has an evolved and sophisticated suite of powers and tools – but the shape of the threat has shifted
Ozzy Osbourne goes out on a high at farewell gig
More than 40,000 fans and an all-star line-up of rock legends pay homage at the “heavy metal Live Aid”.
Lifeboat crew injured during ‘challenging’ rescue
Four crew members were injured as a person was rescued 30m out to sea near Blackpool.
Man arrested over damage to Windrush portraits
The 24-year-old was held on Saturday and police say they are not treating it as a hate crime.
The Libertines’ frontman Pete Doherty captains non-league team in friendly
Ricky Owen, Margate FC’s chairman, says about 600 people watched the game against Tonbridge Angels.
