United Kingdom (Labour Party)

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (422+ words) By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR 14:17 14 Sep 2026, updated 17:20 14 Sep 2026 The cabinet secretary effectively ousted by Keir Starmer was handed a payoff worth more than £850,000. The eye-watering figures were revealed in the latest Cabinet Office accounts. A top civil servant took…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (434+ words) The former head of the civil service Chris Wormald received a record payout of almost £860,000 when he was forced out of the top job in Whitehall by Keir Starmer. Cabinet Office accounts have revealed that the former cabinet secretary, who…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (637+ words) KiwiSaver is on the table as a major issue of this year's election. But would you be better off under National's KiwiSaver plan, or Labour's? National is promising to make participation compulsory, with a 6 percent employee plus 6 percent employer contribution…...

46+ min ago   (318+ words) Councilman Kent White looks on during a City Council Meeting in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. MT. PLEASANT — The Mount Pleasant City Council accepted the resignation of Ward 1 councilman Kent White during its September 9 council meeting. White offered his…...

45+ min ago   (693+ words) By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR and SOPHIE CHURCH - POLITICAL REPORTER Angela Rayner has been accused of 'hyperventilating hypocrisy' after she criticised mega donations to Reform UK but defended the millions that Labour is given by its trade union paymasters. In…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (146+ words) By The Canadian Press staff Posted September 14, 2026 1:32 pm. OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the response rate for this year’s census of the population was 98.4 per cent, one of the highest ever recorded. The data is collected every five years and the…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1002+ words) September 15, 2026 — 5:00am When Donald Trump announced his so-called Liberation Day tariffs on just about every country on earth, while excepting Russia, of course, I asked an eminent economist how bad the damage would be. Warwick McKibbin told me that it certainly…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (489+ words) Pete Newman says he is a former detective Reform UK has chosen a former Metropolitan Police detective to contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on 8 October. The party says Pete Newman served at the Met between 2004 and 2009, working on…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (421+ words) By SOPHIE CHURCH - POLITICAL REPORTER The Equality Act should be overhauled to ensure trans people are protected, a Labour MP has claimed. In a bold intervention, Nadia Whittome, the Labour MP for Nottingham East, called on Monday for a ‘change…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (506+ words) Teachers' leaders have accused the Government of “misleading” voters over a flagship pledge to recruit 6,500 extra teachers. And they warned that schools were in a state of “crisis” and “chaos” as they attempted to prepare for radical reforms, including changes…...