Rachel Reeves is facing growing anger from within Labour over her plan to abolish winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners after the energy regulator announced that bills would rise by 10 per cent this winter.
Millions of holidaymakers are expected to take to motorways across the country, but delays could make the journey a frustrating one.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/m20-m4-roadworks-motorways-traffic-cones/
The contest for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party has intensified, with Tom Tugendhat gaining further support from two additional Scottish politicians.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/tom-tugendhat-tory-leadership-race-hotting-up/
However, others in the labour movement have accused hard-left union leaders of engaging in “cosplay” by making unrealistic demands. In September, the TUC will meet in Brighton for its annual Congress – the first under a Labour government in 14 years. At the event, delegates will debate a motion tabled by the civil servants’ union the PCS calling for “pay restoration in the public sector” to be “a key feature of our campaigning with the new government
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/trade-union-chiefs-best-pay-deals-reeves-3240848
Official statistics reveal fewer people are seeking to come from abroad to work in the NHS or in social care. The statistics reveal that the outgoing Conservative government granted some 286,382 work visas overall in the year to June 2024 – 11% down on the previous year.
Home Office ministers have promised a “large surge” in returns flights for failed asylum seekers and others with no right to be in the UK.
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/foresight-news-diary-19-24-august-2024/
The UK weather forecast predicts heavy rain leading to floods and the Met Office is warning British households to prepare for the worst – it comes after Brits basked in the hottest day of the year.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-met-office-warns-33458144
Residents in Scotland are dreading a bin strike set to take place next month, fearing an upsurge of rats running over mountains of uncollected rubbish. People in Edinburgh told i they were getting ready to store garbage bags inside their hallways, boiler cupboards and even their baths.
https://inews.co.uk/news/rats-seagulls-everywhere-edinburgh-residents-bin-strike-hell-3192113
After a week of fear following riots outside his mosque, Najabat Ramzan breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as those responsible were locked up.
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