
Government publishes single-sex spaces guidance - as MP criticises 'damaging' year-long wait
The government has published its long-awaited guidance on how the Equality Act should be implemented in relation to single-sex spaces.
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The government has published its long-awaited guidance on how the Equality Act should be implemented in relation to single-sex spaces.

Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech compa...

Highest-ranking staff will get 2.5% pay rise with bonuses for top performers in plan to ‘rewire’ civil serviceSenior civil servants will get bonuses for exceptional performance for the first time unde...

Burnham and Streeting’s latest stances confound caricatures of left and right as party faces electoral bindThe Labour party seems to have inhabited three parallel worlds over the past fortnight.There...

Charles conferred LVO after his US visit on James Roscoe, who had been standing in for Peter MandelsonA top diplomat who abruptly left his post at the British embassy in Washington this week after sta...

Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil firms to help meet costs of plans and confirms delay to fuel duty increasesRachel Reeves will cut VAT to 5% on summer attractions such as theme parks a...

Exclusive: Paul Nowak recognises frustration with Keir Starmer’s government but urges party not to be fatalisticThe UK’s most powerful union leader has said he is angry at the state of Labour and Keir...

Prime minister tells reporters he would campaign personally in the contestThe Home Office has also published asylum figures this morning. These show that the number of asylum seekers being housed temp...

Documents released by government also show late queen was ‘very keen’ for her son to have prominent roleUK politics live – latest updatesFormal security vetting and due diligence appear not to have be...

Decline to 171,000 last year will encourage ministers in what is seen as a battleground issue against ReformUK politics live – latest updatesNet migration to the UK fell by nearly 50% to 171,000 last...

Sir Keir Starmer's achievements are being "completely blotted out" by the political instability in the government, Harriet Harman has said.

Study published as latest migration figures are released shows incorrect perceptions driving immigration debatePeople mistakenly believe net migration is rising in Britain despite figures dropping to...

Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he will back sweeping changes to the el...

The largest union representing civil servants has voted to double its financial reserves to fund industrial action in the event of a Reform UK government.

Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to winUK politics live – latest updatesThe Green party has chosen “a committed loca...

Rachel Reeves was repeatedly shouted at by a heckler while she was answering questions from the media at a petrol station in Leeds. As the man drove away in a truck with two St George’s flags on the r...

MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’UK politics live – latest updatesThe former health secretary Wes Streeting has set out plans for a “wealth tax th...

Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy man a pint’UK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves surprised onlookers when she gave a stern...

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