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Illegal working arrests double in two years, Home Office says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3qzd9932do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 23:32
The Home Office says there has been a record number of raids and arrests in the first six months of 2026.
Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd69x9j46xjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 21:00
They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.
North East mayors disagree over income tax revenue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/crk573j6jdko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 15:48
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen disagree on income tax revenue use.
SNP write-off value of Murrell motorhome in party accounts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy07p7p1gr2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 15:14
The luxury vehicle was bought for £124,550 by the party's former chief executive as part of a £400,000 embezzlement.
The serial candidates standing against Farage in the Clacton by-election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd69q4yg0ggo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 13:22
BBC Verify takes a look at the serial candidates standing in Clacton, how they fared in previous elections, and whether they have ever won enough votes to get their deposits back.
Referrals to Prevent anti-terror scheme at record high
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r072j10zlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 12:41
The Home Office says the 10-year-high in referrals could be due to the 2024 Southport attacks.
Local Reform Facebook page criticised Welsh minister for talking about family tragedy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2g1r1xw9po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 12:29
A Reform constituency page criticised the Plaid Cymru minister for discussing her husband's death.
New £215,000 council CEO was reality show winner
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3902y1j2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 12:27
Businessman Dennis Bacon has a background in adult social care and is expected to start next month.
Badenoch concerned child sex offenders could be freed from jail early
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5lm3evpzzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 12:22
The Tory leader says allowing "serious criminals" to be released early is a "betrayal of victims".
Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj639rx147eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 11:06
The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
Walk-in mental health centres to open in banks and libraries across England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd76e737ljo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 07:28
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
Sir Keir Starmer made misleading defence spending claim, watchdog says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77g38mxxdyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 06:31
The Wales Office and MoD also repeated the claim that £270bn more was being spent on defence.
What will Devon's four new councils mean for you?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cglj6xd99gxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 05:08
The shake-up will need to consider everything from leisure centres and planning to recycling.
Reform UK pledges to jail bosses employing illegal workers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv864z0rvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 23:37
The party says its aim is to stop companies profiting from illegal workers "without consequences".
Student loan repayment rates an 'unsustainable burden', chancellor told
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yed780epqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 18:38
More than 120 MPs and peers have asked John Healey to carry out an "urgent review" of repayments.
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4kx8n2vwxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 17:24
Kemi Badenoch says Joshua Bonehill-Paine will now advise the Conservatives on tackling extremism.
Police chief considers joining legal action over PC Harper killers' early release
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2v5kj9zzko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 14:05
Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October.
Miliband calls on US to re-open Strait of Hormuz as he meets Rubio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e14zn0pxeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 13:16
A deal is "essential to ease cost-of-living pressures", Miliband says, as he heads to Washington.
Burnham failing public over heat threats, says Green leader
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9jnqd3pgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 12:52
Zack Polanski has accused ministers of a "dereliction of duty" in response to this summer's heatwaves.
Government to prioritise job creation in awarding public contracts under new rules
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgdmv7elg8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 10:10
The changes are part of government efforts to tackle the youth unemployment crisis.
Burnham 'looking into' conducting Epstein inquiry, says victims minister
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jpqzwzj1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 02:19
Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1q6167d3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 02:03
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
Restrict sale of pet flea treatments, government urged
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m1xdyk0j0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 5, 2026 00:02
The Lords environment committee says their widespread use poses potential risks to the environment.
Ex neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70g9rw58q2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 4, 2026 12:18
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2015 after posting antisemitic remarks ahead of a protest.
Government to function as normal while Burnham on holiday, No 10 says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjlp0vrpk9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 4, 2026 12:10
Downing Street says the PM remains in contact with officials, but Reform UK says he has "bunked off".
Apple issues new challenge against UK order for access to private user data
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0kk3ek2vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 4, 2026 10:22
It is the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Apple and the Home Office over data privacy.
Rapists and child sex offenders to be barred from early release scheme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e15d0z6zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 21:35
The widow of PC Andrew Harper says it is "disgusting" her husband's killers remain eligible for the scheme in England and Wales.
Welsh national social care service will not arrive before next Senedd election, says minister
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8enyk27gddo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 17:32
Plans to make social care free at the point of use will not happen before 2030, a minister says.
Farage says he discussed return to politics months before general election
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74g0l1ylpvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 17:18
Farage said the talks came "quite some time after" he received a £5m gift from a Reform donor.
Reform UK's Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqe24qjgzdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 11:05
Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests.
Reform UK would use Royal Navy to stop small boats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59qyy4l5yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 09:47
The party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two”.
Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyl3z2xld8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 09:41
Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.
Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyl3z2xld8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 09:41
Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.
Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07rv3dlpndo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 3, 2026 08:58
Conservatives have called for all images of suspects to be run through facial recognition software.
Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r0v952ny3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 2, 2026 21:18
The prime minister says enforcement is increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.
Ballot paper for Clacton by-election is longest in British electoral history
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyem5lg78qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 2, 2026 04:49
The list of 34 candidates standing in the Clacton by-election is nearly a metre long.
Mayor says Burnham's new powers will change lives
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddj3j50rmpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 1, 2026 13:15
Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor after winning Thursday's by-election.
Sir John Curtice: The "Burnham bounce" is real but it's not massive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4djygr73o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: August 1, 2026 09:13
The governing party's poll ratings have improved but they're only just ahead of Reform
Labour's Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, replacing Andy Burnham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy74n1n1lnxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 22:53
Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.
Should Glasgow have its own mayor?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c3ekz5n0dvqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 22:08
The BBC's David Wallace Lockhart asks if Scotland's largest city should have its own elected mayor.
'Wheels coming off Stormont', says Sinn Féin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdew3dj454xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 16:50
The Democratic Unionist Party says it is interested in delivering for the people of Northern Ireland.
Burnham faces criticism over plans for mayors to get share of income tax
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyr1w8r2y2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 16:13
Tory mayor Lord Houchen wants to offer a rebate, but the prime minister says it should be reinvested in communities.
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q7w003lro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 15:36
The decision follows a review of BP's operations and is set to end 60 years of production in the region by the oil giant.
Burnham to revisit plan to curb jury trials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3qjv945g7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 15:25
The prime minister says his "instinct" is to reverse plans by the last PM to limit jury trials in England and Wales.
Budget to be held in October, Healey announces
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd4yz35x8go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 15:14
The new chancellor pledged to move money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain.
Infantino 'wrong man' to lead Fifa says Burnham as criticism grows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce345l6kg6ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 12:14
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Gianni Infantino is "the wrong man" to lead Fifa as criticism grows of the controversial investment plan.
High Court upholds decision to allow Chinese mega embassy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwylenj3znno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 11:19
The government has given the green light to the site on the old Royal Mint, near the Tower of London.
Concerns raised over council's £900m debt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74gdmmrjn7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 10:54
Councillor Patrick Lambert fears taxpayers will be left liable for the authority's debts.
Unions to boycott Labour women's conference over trans ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq8nwxdvzyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 09:47
The BBC understands the ban goes against long-standing policies on trans inclusion in most unions.
BP puts North Sea business up for sale
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q7w003lro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 08:35
The decision follows a review of BP's operations and is set to end 60 years of production in the region by the oil giant.
Welsh holiday home tax rules could be eased after backlash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj361memz12o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 31, 2026 05:28
The Welsh government is to review the impact of a "modest' cut to the 182-day business rate threshold.
Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3eyg60e0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: July 30, 2026 21:32
The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.