Candidates standing in this week’s local authority and mayoral elections are being urged by the NFU to back British farming over issues such as the family farm tax. Voters go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) with more than 1,600 seats up for
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) delivers its “YES to our hospices, NO to assisted suicide” postcard petition to No. 10 Downing Street. The petition was signed by 9,272 people. MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)
Young people are not registering to vote in anything like the same numbers as last year, a campaign group has warned. In the regulated campaign period for the 2024 local elections, nearly 168,000 applications were made by people under the age of
Community policing will be bolstered with an extra 3,000 neighbourhood officers by next year as Labour delivers security for working people, the Prime Minister announced yesterday. Through the government’s Plan for Change, Labour will get thousands more bobbies on beat with the
The NFU has responded to the news of 10% tariffs on UK exports to the US, calling the increase a challenge for the UK and for agriculture, with the US remaining the largest market for British agri-food products outside of the European
The NFU will use its conference today to call on the government to set a new course for British food and farming, starting with a reset in the relationship with the nation’s food producers – the farming families who are still reeling
The devastating impacts on farming families and the nation’s food security from the family farm tax sit squarely on government’s shoulders, the NFU said today, after ministers bluntly refused any suggestion of a compromise offered by farming unions and organisations. The stark
*Nearly two in three (64%) patients and carers have experienced at least one admin problem over the last year such as lost test results, inability to change or cancel appointments, or receiving incorrect information *One in five (20%) people who used the
Labour has announced that six English regions will be granted the power to elect mayors for the first time, delivering the single biggest mayoral devolution package in history. With new mayors, these regions will have unprecedented powers to drive local growth, improve
The NFU is urging the government to act on the recommendations of the National Preparedness Commission1, an independent group of experts in national crises planning, following a stark warning in its new report on food resilience that the UK’s food security is
Yesterday in Parliament MP Steffan Aquarone raised urgent concerns about failings in the care of Patricia, a 25-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa, and called for immediate action to save her life. Patricia has a life-threateningly low BMI and has been unable to
The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has heralded “a new era of child-centred government where children come first”, that enables them to achieve and thrive at school and beyond. Phillipson told the Labour Party conference that early education and childcare are her “first