As council taxpayers across the country await the expected rises in their council tax bills, seven local authorities have been granted special permission to demand a rise nearly double the usual 4.99 per cent limit.
Members of the Prospect trade union working at the London Museum are in dispute over their pay.
Unemployment among people aged 16-24 rose to 16.1 per cent at the end of 2025 – the highest for over a decade.
The reality behind the uncontrolled drive for solar and wind energy is the destruction of productive farmland and damaging valuable moors
In 2023, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan set a goal of doubling the number of medical school places to 15,000 by 2031-32.
23 February 2026
London Tube cleaners are fighting against outsourcing and deterioration in their pay and working conditions. Their union, RMT, is campaigning for an end to all TfL outsourcing.
23 February 2026
The reality behind the uncontrolled drive for solar and wind energy is the destruction of productive farmland and damaging valuable moors. And consumer bills will rise to pay for this.
23 February 2026
Despite earlier promises, it looks like the Labour government no longer plans to double the number of medical school places by 2032.
23 February 2026
AI is touted as the future. But despite technological advance, it carries risks and is showing features of yet another capitalist investment bubble.
23 February 2026
Landlords could be forced to install either a heat pump or solar panels under Miliband’s Warm Homes Plan. Both professionals and unions have criticised the move as unrealistic.
23 February 2026
The government plans energy links with other countries linked to an big increase in offshore wind electricity generation. The claimed benefits may not materialise.
28 January 2026
A coroner has called for government action after the death of a baby boy. Non-therapeutic male circumcision is unregulated in Britain – and earlier deaths produced no changes.
