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Badenoch wants to replicate US-style government cost-cutting, spokesman suggests

Kemi Badenoch wants to see a British version of the soon-to-be set up US department of government efficiency, her spokesman has indicated. Businessman Elon Musk is expected to lead a cost-cutting drive when President-elect Donald Trump comes to ...

18 Dec 2024 at 16:00

Further education sector left to run on fumes, MPs say

The further education (FE) sector has been “left to run on fumes”, MPs have warned, as they call for more funding and action to tackle “stagnant” pay. The Commons Education Select Committee has also said the policy that currently requires ...

23 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Payments to help migrants return home could see ‘big increase’, says Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood said she is considering “a big increase” in payments for migrants to return voluntarily to their home countries, insisting that the policy represented “value for money”. The Home Secretary told the BBC’s Political ...

20 Nov 2025 at 06:00

Devolution will be the default for local government, Angela Rayner claims

Devolution will be “default in our constitution” rather than “at the whim of a minister in Whitehall”, Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the reforms published on Monday, two-tier ...

16 Dec 2024 at 17:50

Reform sets out windfall tax on renewables in bid to undo Net Zero

Farmers who build solar panels on their land will not be able to claim inheritance tax relief, Reform UK has said. Richard Tice also claimed the party would impose a “windfall tax” on renewable energy, as he set out ...

12 Feb 2025 at 21:37

Sir Keir Starmer: U-turns, judgment fears and public scepticism combine

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a daunting battle to save his premiership, with his decision to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US prompting Labour MPs to openly question his judgment and political ...

09 Feb 2026 at 14:55

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