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Chronic staff shortages, low pay and demanding working conditions have long made it difficult to recruit care workers in Britain. For years, migrant workers have kept the sector afloat but now government immigration reforms could put further pressure on an […]

The UK is in talks with “a number of countries” to set up “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers, Keir Starmer has said on his first official visit to Albania. But critics have accused the government of offering up a

The Labour Party is “extraordinarily fortunate that the Green Party are shit”. That was the “withering” verdict of an anonymous minister after Labour’s recent underwhelming local-election performance. Keir Starmer’s government may have “imploded” over cuts to support for the elderly

Millions of pounds are being fraudulently claimed from Britain’s university student loan system by fake students who have no intention of studying at an academic institution, according to an investigation by The Sunday Times. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced

“Net zero by 2050 is impossible,” said Kemi Badenoch in her first big policy pitch to supporters since becoming Conservative leader. Britain simply doesn’t have a workable plan to reach the emissions goal in the next quarter-century, and current policies

The City of London is being “stalked” by fears of a recession as official figures show the UK economy shrank by 0.1% in January in a blow to Labour’s growth ambitions. The unexpected contraction, reported by the Office for National

Few Labour MPs entered politics to cut social security, but with a “cash-strapped” government “promising sweeping reform”, they now face a “major test of loyalty” to Keir Starmer, said Politico. Just eight months after winning power on a pledge to

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s administration have reportedly held secret meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s political rivals as Washington puts pressure on Ukraine to hold elections. Trump has called Zelenskyy a “dictator with elections”. Now, his officials are said to

Keir Starmer has attempted to curry favour with President Trump ahead of a trip to Washington next week by promising to “spend more on defence”. But where he will find the money to do that is far from certain. The

Britain is “ready and willing” to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, Keir Starmer has said, but experts have questioned whether the UK’s military is prepared for such an undertaking. Starmer stressed, in The Telegraph, that “securing a lasting peace in