The Latest Breaking News from Westminster

What the 5% pay rise for schools really means for teachers

Unions are threatening to ballot for industrial action over the rise which brings the starting salary for new teachers to £28,866

Wales Online · Jul 21, 2022

Change of UK leader could herald 'new start' in Brussels-London relationship, says Simon Coveney

'We hope that the new prime minister won’t pursue a strategy of breaking international law and breaking their word to Ireland and the EU'

Irish Mirror · Jul 21, 2022

'Mewling infant': Boris Johnson mocked for statement hailing his own legacy

BORIS Johnson has been compared to a “mewling infant” after he tabled a written Parliamentary statement which argues that people “were right…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 21, 2022

Loch Duart salmon farm highlights recruitment crisis facing sector

Visit from local SNP MP sees him complain the company is 'held back by inflexible immigration policies'

Insider UK · Jul 21, 2022

Thursday briefing: The questions that will determine the next prime minister

In today’s newsletter: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will now face the Conservative membership – but is she the next Thatcher or is he the one to unite the party’s fractured support?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Tobias Ellwood has Tory whip suspended again after reprieve for leadership vote

The Penny Mordaunt supporter was given back the whip temporarily so he could vote in the race for No 10.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Swann raises fears over nurses strike as he says pay rise cannot be implemented

The Health Minister said he had accepted the recommendations made by pay review bodies but was unable to move forward with them

Belfast Live · Jul 20, 2022

The Guardian view on the UK economy: what an almighty mess

An unprecedented number will spend this winter choosing between freezing and starving. Britain needs an active state to help

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022

SNP government illegally using taxpayers’ money in bid to break up UK – peer

A Tory frontbencher uses lines from the national poet Robert Burns to brand the SNP argument for independence as ‘thin gruel’.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Westminster has never looked so 'out of touch' as final two PM hopefuls confirmed

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two in the running to be PM, highlighting Westminster's "arrogance" the SNP have said

The National (Scotland) · Jul 20, 2022