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Serious child safeguarding concerns remain, Education Secretary told

The council leadership in two areas where vulnerable children were murdered need to be held to account about their failings, ministers have been told. A cross-party group of MPs has written to Education Secretary Kit Malthouse to tell him they are ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Ministers reconsidering inflation-linked benefits rise amid economic turmoil

Benefits may not be hiked in line with spiralling inflation, a minister has suggested, while insisting Government plans to cut taxes to the benefit of the most wealthy will continue. Treasury minister Chris Philp said that a commitment by former ...

29 Sept 2022 at 06:28

MPs demand economic forecast alongside Kwarteng’s mini-budget

MPs have demanded that an independent forecast of the UK’s economic outlook is published alongside Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. The Conservative chairman of the Commons Treasury Committee, Mel Stride, said data from the independent ...

20 Sept 2022 at 16:35

Government should allow OBR’s economic forecast at mini-budget, MPs told

The Government should not announce major tax cuts without an independent economic forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility, the head of a major economic think tank has warned. The Chancellor is set to announce tens of billions of ...

22 Sept 2022 at 20:13

Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

A controversial Government plan for rail schemes in the North and Midlands should be “reconsidered” to avoid a “missed opportunity”, MPs have warned. The Transport Select Committee called for a full analysis of the wider economic impacts ...

27 Jul 2022 at 01:01

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Centrica ‘will not challenge windfall tax’

British Gas owner Centrica will not launch a legal bid to challenge the Government’s new windfall tax, its chairman said on Tuesday. But Scott Wheway warned of “long-term problems” if the tax is expanded to include power generators. He ...

07 Jun 2022 at 12:56

P&O admits breaking law over sackings

P&O Ferries has admitted breaking employment law when it sacked 800 workers without notice. Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite told MPs there is “absolutely no doubt” the ferry operator was required to consult with trade unions. The ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:55

P&O chief executive to be quizzed by MPs over sackings

The chief executive of P&O Ferries is to be quizzed by MPs on Thursday over the controversial sacking of nearly 800 workers without notice amid continued protests over the dismissals. Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before a joint ...

24 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Second whistleblower says decision to evacuate Afghan animals did come from PM

A second Foreign Office whistleblower has backed up claims that Boris Johnson was directly involved in the decision to evacuate cats and dogs from Afghanistan. The evacuation of animals from the Nowzad charity sparked controversy ...

21 Mar 2022 at 12:55

P&O admits paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Most seafarers replacing the 800 workers sacked by P&O Ferries are being paid below the UK’s national minimum wage, the boss of the company has admitted. Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite, whose basic annual salary is £325,000,...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:25

P&O admits to paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Most seafarers replacing the 800 workers sacked by P&O Ferries are being paid below the UK’s national minimum wage, the boss of the company has admitted. Chief executive, Peter Hebblethwaite, told a joint session of the ...

24 Mar 2022 at 12:55

P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, union boss tells MPs

The decision by P&O Ferries to sack 800 seafarers without notice was “absolutely outrageous”, a union boss has said. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), told MPs that P&O ...

24 Mar 2022 at 12:25

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