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The Cabinet Office will lose almost a third of its staff as Labour seeks to shrink the Civil Service, the Government has announced. Around 1,200 jobs will go through redundancies and leavers not being replaced under plans unveiled to civil servants on Thursday, with another 900 being transferred to other departments. The 2,100 job cuts represent just under a third of the 6,500 “core staff” at the Cabinet Office, the […]

Shoplifting and antisocial behaviour have “wreaked havoc on our neighbourhoods”, the Prime Minister said as he sets out steps to crack down on street crime. Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the plans, amid fears there is a lack of visible police presence which is driving street crime and in turn more serious and violent offences. The Government has said its early focus as part of its neighbourhood policing guarantee will be […]

The festival’s 59th edition will run from July the 4th to 19th at Lake Geneva in Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival has revealed its line-up for 2025, including a one-off Chaka Khan tribute to her collaborator Quincy Jones, who was the festival’s co-producer in the 1990s and remained an ambassador for the event until he died. Khan will be joined on the bill by artists from a range of genres including […]

UK markets have begun to rebound after Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause in his sweeping tariffs, though ministers insisted they would remain cautious in the face of instability. The FTSE 100 rose by more than 6% after stock markets opened in London on Thursday. This followed a significant rally for markets in the US and Asia, after President Trump said he would be delaying tariffs on most nations for […]

An agreement has been reached between the Royal Mail and the Health Service The NHS is to be given its own postage class, in a move that the Health Secretary said will stop patients facing the “frustration of missing appointments” due to letters arriving late in the post. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said an agreement between the Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a new barcode system specifically […]

The first targeted treatment for the most common form of bladder cancer has been given the green light for NHS use. The recommendation on erdafitinib by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is expected to benefit hundreds of people in England. The drug, also known as Balversa and made by Johnson & Johnson, is taken as a once-a-day tablet and works by blocking certain proteins to slow […]

The daughter of a medical researcher whose murder has been unsolved for 30 years has appealed for help finding her killer to make sure he does not strike again. Mother-of-three Janet Brown, 51, was bludgeoned to death at her home in Sprigs Holly Lane, Radnage, Buckinghamshire, on April 10 1995. She was found at the foot of the stairs naked, gagged and handcuffed, but detectives believe there was no sexual […]

It comes with local and mayoral elections taking place next month in England Time is running out to register to vote in the local and mayoral elections taking place in England on May 1. Anyone not yet registered, or who is not sure if they are eligible to vote, has until 11.59pm on Friday to submit an application. This can be done online at gov.uk/registertovote. Some 1,641 council seats in […]

The King and Queen have been pictured during a private meeting with Pope Francis, who is recovering from double pneumonia. Charles and Camilla visited the recuperating pontiff at the Vatican during Wednesday afternoon the day the couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. In the photograph, the Queen is shaking the hand of Pope Francis, who is seated, while the King stands next to her smiling. There was an exchange of […]