UK to test nationwide emergency alert system for second time Alert to take place on 7 September, designed to warn of danger to life, and putting phone on silent will not mute it The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
Date set for millions of phones across UK to receive emergency alert test The Emergency Alert System will be tested at 3.00pm on 7 September The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Exact date and time of next mobile phone emergency alert system test is revealed The emergency alert is used to warn if there is a danger to life nearby, in instances like extreme weather Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025
Starmer’s reno of the UK is going brilliantly. If you don’t count the walls falling down Nothing says you’ve lifted the mood of the nation like having to haul your chancellor to a photocall at a ‘wellbeing centre’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025
With a £5bn hole to fill, the true battle on Keir Starmer’s hands is only just beginning Sir Keir Starmer’s capitulation on welfare cuts has dented his authority and raised questions about his judgment The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Labour MP who led welfare revolt calls for wealth tax to meet £5bn cost of U-turn Rachael Maskell blamed the chancellor for the scale of rebellion, saying the Treasury had chosen to ‘find savings on the backs of disabled people’ The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Ministers ‘have to work harder’ to bring down small boat numbers – McFadden The tally for 2025 is approaching 20,000. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister Pat McFadden says U-turn will change calculations, as IFS says tax rises in autumn look increasingly likely The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Reeves ‘going nowhere’ and has Starmer’s full backing, No 10 says – as it happened Downing Street’s show of support comes after Reeves was seen in tears in the House of Commons The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025
Minister declines to rule out tax rises amid welfare climbdown warning Pat McFadden said that ministers ‘will keep to the tax promises’ in their election manifesto. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
Britain ‘must prepare for wartime scenario on home soil’, security review warns Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says whole country must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about threats faced major powers like China Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Daniel Hannan Day celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold Back in 2016, Dan prophesied about what the post-EU sunlit uplands would be like on this very day – no spoiler alert needed The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025
‘UK must prepare for war on home soil for first time in years’, strategy warns Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told the Commons the whole country must now be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about the threats it faces. Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025 UK must be ‘clear-eyed and hard-edged’ about global threats, minister warns Pat McFadden warned of the challenge from ‘major powers like China’, and threats of new technologies as he set out the national security strategy.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025 Minister defends welfare cuts, saying number receiving Pip rising by 1,000 a day Pat McFadden says number of people on benefit is due to double over decade, as more than 100 Labour MPs try to pause cuts
The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025 Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to be the end of Starmer NEWS ANALYSIS: After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion on a crucial policy which could leave him severely weakened or even force him out, warns David Maddox
Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025 Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts that will 'destroy financial safety net' City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025 UK politics: Starmer to ‘press forward’ with welfare cuts despite rebellion – as it happened PM says current system is ‘broken’ and there is a ‘clear moral case for change’
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2025 Procurement rules set to be overhauled as ministers lay out infrastructure plans The Treasury has promised hundreds of billions over the next decade for projects such as roads, railways and homes.
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025 UK ministers confident post-Brexit trade friction will be eased by deal The movement of trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain was one of the main discussions at the East-West Council on Thursday.
Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025 China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.
The Fashion Central · May 16, 2025 Martin Lewis ‘Flabbergasted’ by Broken System Harming 700,000 Pensioners Martin Lewis didn’t hold back on Good Morning Britain as he took the government to task over what he called a “flawed system”
Evening Standard · May 14, 2025 Martin Lewis welcomes plans to consult on fairer council tax debt collection The consumer champion said he hopes that the consultation ‘could be the start of changing things’.
Evening Standard · May 14, 2025 Backlash to Starmer’s immigration speech ‘overblown’ – minister Sir Keir’s comments have been likened to Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘rivers of blood’ speech.