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Glasgow bin lorry inquiry: ‘remarkable lack of compassion’
Tonight in Glasgow and beyond all the signs are that this painful and tragic accident will remain painful and unresolved in the minds of many, forever.
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Caribbean campaigners want Britain and other European countries to pay for the historic crimes of the transatlantic slave trade.
A US businessman’s efforts to cut the pay gap within his company backfire, while in the UK, the CBI warns a national living wage will be a ‘gamble’ is it possible to reach wage equality?
First Minister Peter Robinson says there can be no “business as usual” in Northern Ireland amid crisis talks over the future of power sharing.
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts increases by almost a fifth to 744,000, amid Labour claims that the government is allowing a culture of job insecurity to spread.
Tonight in Glasgow and beyond all the signs are that this painful and tragic accident will remain painful and unresolved in the minds of many, forever.
More Eritreans filed for asylum in the UK in the year to June than any other nation. They face “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” at home, says the UN.
The family of Cherry Groce, shot and crippled by a firearms officer in her Brixton home in 1985, is to sue for damages.
The government has sold a 5.2 per cent stake in RBS for 330p a share – £2.1bn. But was it a billion pound loss or an astute financial decision in an uncertain market?
A powerful new weather satellite has just become operational, bringing amazingly detailed and frequent pictures of earth from space.
President Barack Obama calls today’s Iran nuclear agreement a “comprehensive deal”, while President Rouhani says a “new chapter” has begun in his country’s relations with the world.
After 12 years of talks, it seems Iran has agreed to scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of UN sanctions that have crippled the country’s economy.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies finds it is undoubtedly the case that tax credit recipients in work will on average be worse off as a result of the budget changes
George Osborne produces a budget surprise with his announcement that a compulsory national living wage will be introduced. But it will be lower than the voluntary living wage that already exists.
The chancellor announces income tax cuts for lower earners and a Living Wage in his summer budget, but is slashing the tax credits system.
In the wake of the Tunisia attack, the prime minister and defence secretary call for MPs to consider if Britain should send its warplanes to bomb the self-styled Islamic State group in Syria.