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The Welsh government has agreed a budget deal with Plaid Cymru, BBC Wales has been told.Multiple sources have told the BBC that the two sides…
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has questioned whether businesses can afford the current minimum wage and suggested that it should not increase further.In an interview with…
Much of the £10.9bn lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now "beyond recovery", a report has said.The response to the pandemic…
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterEPA/ShutterstockSir Keir Starmer has repeated that he is not planning to rejoin the EU's customs union, after the deputy prime minister said countries in such unions see a boost to their economies.Speaking on…
Gareth Gordon,political correspondentandBrendan Hughes,political reporter, BBC News NINiall Carson/PAFirst Minister Michelle O'Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Stormont last yearThe UK prime minister has been told by the…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not face an investigation by the prime minister's ethics adviser over whether she broke the ministerial code with her pre-Budget interventions.Reform UK leader Nigel Farage had asked Sir Laurie Magnus to…
A senior UK government minister has defended its record in Wales after strong criticism from Labour Senedd members.Several backbench Labour MSs wrote to Keir Starmer accusing him of rolling back devolution by bypassing ministers in…
BBCProtesters described the reopening of the immigration centre as a "terrible step backwards"The Home Office has confirmed the official reopening of an immigration detention facility.The first detainees arrived at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, near Kidlington…
BBCMike Martin, Tunbridge Wells MP, has called for residents to stop abusing South East Water staff "Covid-style" compensation should be made available for businesses affected by water supply issues which led to taps running dry…
The government says 60 takeaway-delivery riders found to be working illegally in the UK are facing deportation.The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national…
Hayley ClarkeEducation reporterGettyThe government has pledged to stop children growing up in B&Bs and to make childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit as part of its child poverty strategy.The government says the wide-ranging…
PA MediaReform UK leader Nigel Farage accused the BBC of "double standards" after being asked about racist and antisemitic comments he is alleged to have made as a teenager.In an earlier BBC interview, the party's…
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesThe government will commit to bringing in enhanced protections against unfair dismissal from the start of 2027, after watering down its plans last week.Labour ministers agreed to introduce the right to make…
