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UK firms hold off on hiring as job vacancies fall

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

UK companies are holding back on hiring or are not replacing departing workers, sending job vacancies tumbling, official figures suggest. The number of available jobs fell by 63,000 between March and May while the unemployment rate ticked higher. “There continues to be a weakening in the labour market,” said Liz McKeown, director of econonic statistics […]

Civil servants told to consider quitting if they disagree with policy over Gaza

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

PA Media More than 300 Foreign Office staff who raised concerns about potential UK “complicity” in Israel’s conduct in Gaza were told if they profoundly disagreed with government policy they could consider resigning. The staff letter, seen by the BBC, was sent to Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month. In it, officials questioned the UK’s […]

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

Getty Images The government says AI should only be used for “low-stakes” marking Teachers in England can use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up marking and write letters home to parents, new government guidance says. Training materials being distributed to schools, first seen exclusively by the BBC, say teachers can use the technology to “help […]

Sizewell C nuclear plant gets £14.2bn government investment

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Sizewell C The government has said it will invest £14.2bn into the Sizewell C nuclear power plant The government has committed £14.2bn of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant on the Suffolk coastline, ahead of the Spending Review. Sizewell C will create 10,000 direct jobs, thousands more […]

Paternity leave in UK is outdated and unequal, say MPs

Reporter USJune 10, 2025

BBC James Yeates’ son Luca was born in September 2024 The UK’s statutory parental leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world” and has “fundamental flaws”, a group of cross-party MPs has said. A report published today by the Women and Equalities Committee said paternity leave rules “entrench outdated gender stereotypes”. It […]

Nato needs quantum leap in defence, chief says

Reporter USJune 9, 2025

PA Nato needs a “quantum leap” in defence to deter threats to the alliance, its secretary general has said, as he called for Western allies to invest more in their armed forces. In a speech in London, Mark Rutte said Russia could be ready to use military force against Nato within five years. Rutte said […]

Winter fuel payment U-turn in numbers

Reporter USJune 9, 2025

Ben Chu Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify Getty Images The government’s decision to largely reverse its cuts to winter fuel payments has raised questions about its spending and savings plans – and its fiscal rules. BBC Verify has been looking at the the key numbers. What has changed on winter fuel? At the time […]

Labour MPs call for action on benefits after winter fuel U-turn

Reporter USJune 9, 2025

Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Last year’s cuts to winter fuel payments sparked protests Labour MPs have broadly welcomed the government’s decision to reinstate winter fuel payments for three-quarters of pensioners but some are using the U-turn to renew their calls for planned benefit cuts to be reversed. Nine million pensioners in England and […]

Spending review now settled, says Downing Street

Reporter USJune 9, 2025

The government’s latest spending plans are settled, the prime minister’s official spokesman has said. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to expected to announce funding increases for the NHS, schools and defence, along with a number of infrastructure projects, when she sets out her day-to-say spending and investment plans for each department in Wednesday’s Spending Review. […]

Nigel Farage says Reform would try to reopen Port Talbot blast furnaces

Reporter USJune 9, 2025

David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News PA Media Nigel Farage says reopening the blast furnaces is an “ambition” for his party Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage has said his party would like to reopen the blast furnaces in Port Talbot should it come to power. During a visit to the town, Farage said his […]

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UK firms hold off on hiring as job vacancies fall

Civil servants told to consider quitting if they disagree with policy over Gaza

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

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