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The start of 2025 marks seven months of the new Labour government which ... And in welcome news for the millions of workers in the UK earning minimum wage, there will be a 6.7 per cent boost to ...
MPs vote 364–111 against a Conservative proposal to require the UK government to establish an inquiry into grooming gangs. [ 15 ] The Liberal Democrats are ordered to pay £14,000 to Natalie Bird, a former parliamentary candidate who says she was driven out of the party and barred from standing as an MP over her gender-critical views.
10 January The UK records its coldest temperatures of the winter so far, with an overnight low of –14.5°C (5.9°F) in Altnaharra, northern Scotland. [27] Royal Mail launches a set of special stamps to celebrate award-winning sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. [28] Pop star Chappell Roan wins BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025. [29]
The British government announced tough new immigration rules Monday that it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands. Home Secretary James ...
The UK is confirmed to be in a recession, after the economy shrank by 0.3% between October and December, having already contracted between July and September 2023. [181] The new names of London's six Overground lines are revealed, with significant changes to the look of the famous Tube map set to take place.
The big Social Security news from the last couple of months has been the 2025 COLA, which came in at 2.5%. This is under the 3.2% increase retirees saw last year. This is under the 3.2% increase ...
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025. [2] All seats on all 21 county councils in England and ten unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They are expected to be the first local elections following the 2024 general election .
The CBI’s growth indicator survey, based on responses from 899 companies between 25 November and 12 December this year, found expectations for growth are now at their weakest since November 2022.