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More headache for Starmer as UK’s inflation jumps amid rising cost of living debate

The unexpected rise in UK inflation to an 18-month high has intensified pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer

After welfare humiliation, Starmer has a new headache: Education reforms of Bridget Phillipson

Following the welfare U-turn, Starmer now faces backlash over education reforms that critics fear could strip vital support from children with special needs

Explained: The row over the £9.6 million door at UK Parliament, which doesn’t work

A front door at the UK House of Lords, part of a £9.6 million security overhaul, doesn’t open automatically and requires a security officer to operate it manually. Peers are furious over the budget overshoot and technical failures, prompting an official investigation into what went wrong and who should be held accountable for the costly misfire

Starmer makes dramatic welfare U-turn to quell Labour revolt

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a dramatic U-turn on planned disability and sickness benefit cuts delaying key reforms in a bid to quell a major internal Labour rebellion and avoid a humiliating parliamentary defeat

Israel denies entry & deports 2 Labour MPs accusing them of 'spreading hate', UK reacts

Israel denied entry to two British politicians, accusing them of "spreading hate" in the country. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the move 'unacceptable and counterproductive'

How UK’s child poverty numbers just keep rising

According to a new report, 4.45 million children across the UK – 31 per cent of all kids in the country – are currently living in poverty as of March 2024. The development comes as the Labour government has come under pressure for its planned cuts to welfare. Experts say that the figure will likely rise to 4.8 million by 2029-2030

Australia to hold election on May 3. From candidates to issues, here’s what you need to know

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that general elections will be held on May 3. While experts predict a neck-to-neck competition between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, it is their approach to issues that will decide their fate in the polls

Is Britain no longer a rich nation?

A new study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) shows that 15 years of stagnation in the UK economy has left parts of the country worse off than the poorest parts of Slovenia and Lithuania. Niesr has said despite Britain's ranking as the world's sixth-biggest economy, the gulf between the country's richest and poor regions has only grown wider

What is the Labour Party WhatsApp scandal rocking British politics?

Labour Party MPs Andrew Gwynne and Burnley MP Oliver Ryan have been suspended for allegedly sending inappropriate messages on the WhatsApp group 'Trigger Me Timbers' – which is thought to have included over a dozen Labour councillors and party officials. But what did Gwynne and Ryan say? What has been the fallout?

A lot like Trump: Why Indian eateries, businesses are targeted by UK government

After the US, the United Kingdom is tightening its grip on illegal immigrants in the country. On Monday, the British Home Office carried out what it called a ‘UK-wide blitz’ targeting Indian restaurants, nail salons, convenience stores, and car washes, that usually employ undocumented migrants