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South Africa: Urgent Govt Action Urged As Unemployment Crisis Deepens
South Africa's Department of Employment and Labour is urging immediate, coordinated action to tackle the nation's deepening unemployment crisis, highlighted by the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey.
The Resolution Foundation proposes a £2bn emergency scheme to cut energy bills for low-income families by up to £175 this winter. The scheme would target households where the highest earner is taking home £24,000 a year or less.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown on 'rip-off' business practices to ease the cost of living. The measures include banning fake discounts and making it easier for people to cancel unwanted subscriptions.
Nigerian political parties are selecting campaign directors for the 2027 elections. Meanwhile, a Kaduna community suffered a deadly attack, and labour unions issued an ultimatum to the FG over wage awards.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ng Chee Meng has moved to the front bench in Parliament following his recent re-appointment to Cabinet. He takes the seat of former Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim, who resigned from political office on J…
Labour holds Greater Manchester mayoralty after counting goes to second round
Labour's Bev Craig won the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, succeeding British Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The victory came after a second round under the city's supplemental vote system.
Chancellor John Healey has announced a budget for late October, promising to 'spread money and power' out of Westminster and into every postcode around Britain. The budget will be built on fiscal discipline and will meet Labour's fiscal rules.
The first election of the Andy Burnham era is already here
The first election of the Andy Burnham era is already here as Greater Manchester votes for his successor. The mayoral contest is expected to be closely contested between Labour's Bev Craig, Reform UK's Sian Astley, and the Green Party's Geraldine Coggins.
Labour MP Jess Asato is suing Elon Musk's xAI company over fake sexualised images created by Grok, a chatbot that was instructed to operate with no restrictions on adult sexual content or offensive content.
The adult social care system in England is broken and needs fixing, according to the prime minister, Andy Burnham. There is no consensus on how to fund change, but reform proposals aim to rebalance the burden of the cost of care between the state and the individual.
Andy Burnham has promised to use his ‘political capital’ to fix the crumbling social care system in England, saying that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse.
Labour shuts down FUTA Teaching Hospital over non-implementation of agreement
Labour unions in Ondo State, Nigeria, have initiated an indefinite strike at the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital (FUTATH) starting July 26, 2026, due to the non-implementation of an agreement concerning worker enrolment on the IPPIS.
Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, has spoken about his upbringing in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has recalled his childhood as 'modest' but also 'didn't want for anything'. Burnham has promised to rebalance power away from Westminster to deliver 'good growth…
Andy Burnham will hold his first meeting in No 10 North in Manchester today, the new branch of Downing Street in the north-west that the prime minister has described as “the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”.
Labour chief Ng Chee Meng will be appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, reprising his last-held Cabinet position in 2020. His appointment, part of the latest Cabinet reshuffle announced on Jul. 22, marks his return to Cabinet and government office.
A fatal shoe factory fire in China highlights how the country's low-cost business model persists, with local government incentives undermining labor law enforcement and worker protections.
Andy Burnham has made lowering the cost of living his first major policy announcement in government, with an immediate tax cut to remove VAT on energy bills. However, he is under close scrutiny over how his plans will be funded.
Andy Burnham has appointed his first cabinet, with the new prime minister rewarding those who have been loyal to his takeover efforts. He had promised to pick his top team from all wings of the party in an effort to show he is trying to run a more inclusive administration.
Andy Burnham has formally become the UK prime minister after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the fourth person to hold the role in less than four years and the sixth within a decade.
Labour leader Andy Burnham will become the UK's sixth prime minister in a decade, warning that Britain must be honest about its challenges. He will start making cabinet appointments on Monday and deliver his first Downing Street address, setting out his domestic priorities.
Andy Burnham enters No 10, and his 'bezzie mate' Steve Rotheram, the mayor of Liverpool city region, has a strong claim to having the closest personal bond to the incoming prime minister.
The Department of Employment and Labour has committed to strengthening collaboration and expanding outreach programmes to improve ex-mine workers' access to social security and compensation benefits, including an estimated R10 billion in outstanding claims.
Incoming Labour leader Andy Burnham plans to scrap Keir Starmer's digital ID scheme, redirecting resources to help with the cost of living. The decision comes after a petition opposing the scheme attracted 3 million signatures.
Outgoing PM Keir Starmer has joked about cookery classes and cutting hedges after he stands down as prime minister. His allies say he is likely to end up doing something on the international stage, where he has garnered respect from fellow leaders.
Andy Burnham is set to become the new Labour leader, promising to lead a government that will be 'unashamedly Labour' in its priorities and decisions. He will also focus on social care, an area he is familiar with due to his father's Alzheimer's diagnosis.
Thinktanks in the UK are financially vulnerable due to their dependence on profit-driven businesses. This is a weakness in their funding model, and the UK has a problem with opaque political funding.
Labour's economic inheritance from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not a crisis, but a limited achievement. Andy Burnham must learn from their mistakes and transform the economy, not just stabilise it.
Inside Ed Miliband’s search for redemption
Ed Miliband has been Andy Burnham's most powerful and useful friend in Westminster, but now that Burnham is set to enter Downing Street, Miliband's future is uncertain. He has been speaking to Burnham behind the scenes since early 2026 and has publicly called for Burnham'…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan supports calls for a maximum workplace temperature in the UK, citing extreme heat as a growing reality impacting workers and public services. This comes amidst increasing pressure on the government to introduce new health and safety regulations.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has urged Labour to ditch the triple-lock pensions promise to help tackle the UK's straitened public finances.