The Latest Breaking News from Westminster

London schools face strike closures as 1,000 support staff to walk out

Members of the GMB union employed are holding a rally in Westminster on Friday in a dispute over London weighting payments

Evening Standard · Oct 7

'Offer them two sweeps a week': Westminster council leader hints at cutting street cleaning at Downing Street

‘Instead of two sweeps a day, offer them two a week, and see how they feel about that level of service,’ said Cllr Swaddle

Evening Standard · Oct 7

Westminster Abbey to display artwork depicting what could be Bayeux Tapestry’s lost piece

The tapestry is incomplete as the final section has been lost or never completed

The Independent UK · Oct 7

The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has

Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with - but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Westminster dismisses Scottish independence referendum as Brexit debate intensifies

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The Independent UK · Oct 4

Scottish independence referendum not on the table, minister insists after Burnham’s Brexit pledge

Fresh questions over Scottish independence come after first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations met in Cardiff last month to declare jointly that ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’

The Independent UK · Oct 4

London council could hike council tax by 150%

Hammersmith and Fulham council joins Wandsworth and Westminster in warning the government that council tax may significantly increase

The Independent UK · Oct 3

Welsh first minister calls on Burnham to deliver ‘new deal’ on devolution

Rhun ap Iorwerth tells Plaid Cymru conference he asked PM to ‘put Wales on equal footing with Scotland as bare minimum’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Welsh first minister formally demands new devolution deal from Westminster

UNDER Plaid Cymru's leadership, it will be "harder than ever" for Westminster to ignore the Welsh people, Rhun ap Iorwerth has said.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2

Highland activists hit out at Andy Burnham’s GB Grid plan

ACTIVISTS battling massive pylon and transmission line developments across the Scottish Highlands – as well as expected huge incoming energy bills for homes and businesses – are challenging Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s new proposal for a UK Government-controlled energy system called

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2