Criminals detained in hospitals could lose thousands in benefits under plans Convicted killers detained in hospitals under court order could lose thousands of pounds a year in benefit payments under new Government plans. While prisoners are banned from claiming state benefits, under the current system serious offenders in hospital could be paid more than £800
Cancellation of MP’s visit to Bristol school ‘unacceptable’, says Phillipson The Education Secretary has said she will not rule out further action following claims a Bristol school “may have been intimidated into cancelling a visit” from their local MP who is Jewish. Damien Egan was reportedly prevented from visiting Bristol Brunel Academy in his Bristol
Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform Robert Jenrick has accused the Tories for lacking the “stomach for the radical change this country needs” as he defected to Reform UK after being sacked from Kemi Badenoch’s frontbench. In a scathing attack on the party he said had “failed so badly”,
NHS waiting list falls to lowest level in almost three years The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment has fallen to its lowest level since early 2023, figures show. New data from NHS England shows an estimated 7.31 million planned treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of November 2025, relating to
Robert Jenrick sacked by Kemi Badenoch after ‘plotting to defect’ Kemi Badenoch said she has sacked Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and kicked him out of the party due to “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible” to his Conservative colleagues.
Grok imposes further deepfake restrictions Elon Musk’s pledge to stop X’s AI chatbot Grok making sexualised images of people is a “vindication for Keir Starmer”, Downing Street sources have said. The company has announced that it had imposed restrictions on “editing images of real people in revealing clothes such as bikinis”. The move followed a
Pregnant women losing jobs amid ‘pervasive culture of mistreatment’, warns TUC A “pervasive” culture of mistreatment at work is leading to women losing their jobs if they are pregnant or become a parent, according to a report. The TUC said its research suggested that one in seven women who have children or are expecting a
35% of students say Reform should be banned from speaking at universities – poll More than one in three (35%) undergraduate students say Reform UK should be banned from speaking at events at UK universities, according to a poll. Findings from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) show two in three (69%) students agree that
Ofwat launches probe into South East Water over supply outages South East Water is under investigation by the industry watchdog after repeated outages since November have left tens of thousands of households and businesses without supply across Kent and Sussex. Ofwat said it had launched a probe into whether the supplier had complied with its
UK economy returns to growth as car manufacturing rebounds The UK economy returned to growth in November after a boost from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) factories restarting production following a cyber attack, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said UK gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3% for the month, following a