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A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, according to research..

The latest national four-day working week pilot, involving 17 companies and nearly 1,000 workers, has ended with a 100% success rate, it was announced on Thursday..

A police force that had to apologise to victims over decades of failure over grooming gangs is now investigating more than 1,000 suspects, a watchdog has said..

A new 10-year NHS plan will “fundamentally rewire” the health service and put care on people’s doorsteps, the Prime Minister has said..

The service of former Royal Navy head Admiral Sir Ben Key has ended in disgrace after an investigation found he fell “far short of the values and standards expected”..

MPs have backed the Government’s move to ban direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, despite warnings it will have a “chilling effect” on protest..

Punk rap duo Bob Vylan will no longer play at a festival in Manchester this weekend after a controversial appearance at Glastonbury..

Arsenal have completed the permanent signing of England international Chloe Kelly after a successful loan spell last season..

Sir Keir Starmer defended his welfare reform plans despite being forced into a humiliating climbdown which leaves an almost £5 billion black hole in the Government’s spending plans..

Singer-songwriter Sam Fender’s People Watching is the biggest-selling album to be released this year so far, according to the Official Charts Company..

Angela Rayner has defended Sir Keir Starmer as “doing the job for Britain” as he approaches his first year in office..

Murder squad detectives investigating child killer Lucy Letby have passed evidence of further allegations related to baby deaths and collapses at the hospitals where she worked..

There will be “financial consequences” to Sir Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to rule out tax rises..

Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report found a fire that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was due to a preventable technical fault..

The number of NHS operations carried out in private hospitals or clinics has hit a record high, according to new analysis..

Cameras fitted in offenders’ homes and “smell detectors” to catch out drug use in and outside of prison could be introduced as new technology to monitor criminals and curb reoffending..

Water firms will be forced to pay households in England up to £2,000 for service failures as part of efforts to reform the sector, the Government has announced..

Angela Rayner is set to announce plans to build 180,000 new social homes in the next decade as the Government seeks to “turn the tide on the housing crisis”..

A number of Labour MPs have rebelled against Sir Keir Starmer’s Government, with more than 40 voting in favour of proposals to halt its welfare reforms..

A family has paid tribute to a seven-year-old girl who died after a tree collapsed in an Essex park, describing her as a “shining star”..