Action needed to improve growth of UK towns and cities Warrington, Bristol, Barnsley and Brighton buck the national trend of slow growth in living standards since 2013 Top-performing cities and towns experienced economic growth of 27% in the decade to 2023 compared to 18% nationally, new research suggests. Had all 63 of the UK’s largest
Bowel Cancer: Thousands more to be checked NHS England changes bowel screening in bid to pick up more cases early The NHS in England is improving the sensitivity of bowel cancer screening in a bid to pick up thousands more cases that could be prevented or caught early. NHS England said it will lower the
Desk job Bobbies heading back out on the beat Home Secretary pledges faster police response and less red tape in major reforms Shabana Mahmood has vowed to get more police officers out of back offices and on to the streets as part of her radical overhaul of policing in England and Wales. In reforms set
Leaders Arsenal fall to resurgent United Gunners lead stays at four points as new boss Carrick wins again Mikel Arteta had no problem with former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira questioning his team’s mental strength after their Premier League title hopes were dealt a huge blow by Manchester United. The 3-2 defeat at the Emirates was
Leaders Arsenal fall to resurgent United Gunners lead stays at four points as new boss Carrick wins again Mikel Arteta had no problem with former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira questioning his team’s mental strength after their Premier League title hopes were dealt a huge blow by Manchester United. The 3-2 defeat at the Emirates was
Burnham blocked from MP battle Key Labour committee bars him from standing in by-election Andy Burnham has said he is “concerned” about the impact of the Labour Party’s decision to bar him from the Gorton and Denton by-election. Members of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) voted on Sunday morning to deny Mr Burnham permission to stand in the contest.
Starmer will face pressure to go if Labour does badly in May polls – Welsh FM The Labour First Minister of Wales has not ruled out the possibility that Sir Keir Starmer could be ejected from Downing Street before the end of the year. Eluned Morgan also said there was a “danger” the UK could
Charles ‘pleased and proud’ of King’s Trust work on 50th anniversary The King has spoken of his pride in the charity he founded 50 years ago which aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in the UK. The King’s Trust, then known as The Prince’s Trust, was set up by Charles in 1976
‘British FBI’ to take over counter-terror and fraud probes under police reforms Counter-terror, fraud and criminal gang investigations are set to be taken over by a new national police force dubbed the “British FBI” under major policing reforms. The National Police Service (NPS) will be created to crack down on serious and complex crimes, bringing
Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan were ‘among the greatest of all warriors’ Donald Trump has said UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan were “among the greatest of all warriors” after previously drawing criticism for his claims Nato troops stayed away from the front lines during the conflict. In a post on social media on