London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – An online commitment to withhold smartphones from children until they are at least 14 has been inscribed by parents at 20% of schools across the UK, according to a campaign group. A “parent pact” collected by Smartphone
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – Sir Keir Starmer comforted businesses he is not going to “chop off their legs” with a rapid crackdown visa on for employees from abroad. The Prime Minister emphasised that he did not want to make companies “fall
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Yvette Cooper promised to halve knife crime across the UK in a decade and to present a ban on ninja swords during her address at the Labour Conference. The Home Secretary expressed it’s too easy for children
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Flash flooding caused schools to shut down and disrupted trains after some areas dropped a fortnight’s worth of rain in an hour. An amber weather caution covering parts of southern and central England including Oxford, Bristol, and
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Grammar schools in the UK have been instructed to publish particulars about their admissions tests. The order by a first-tier tribunal required the Lincolnshire consortium of grammar schools to unleash anonymised results for children who posed its
Thunderstorms and heavy showers have hit parts of the UK, particularly in southern England and Wales, with Cornwall bearing the brunt of the storms. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for these regions, warning of potential flooding and travel
The UK is set to experience the joint-second highest economic growth among wealthy nations in 2024, with a 1.1% increase, matching Canada and France, according to a prediction by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This marks a significant improvement
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK government is preparing to appoint a special envoy for nature for the first time, as the foreign secretary, David Lammy, aims to put the UK at the centre of global measures to tackle the world’s
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – The royal family has offered a small peace offering in its split with the Duke of Sussex by wishing Prince Harry a happy birthday for the first time in three years. In a post on X, the
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A man is alleged to have sexually attacked a woman on the day he was released from prison under the government’s early discharge scheme. The contentious scheme, which allows some prisoners to be freed after serving 40%
