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Andy Burnham has to shape the UK’s social media ban. Australia and France could show him how.
The UK is considering a social media ban for under-16s, following Australia and France. However, the effectiveness of the ban is uncertain, with Australia's ban having a limited effect and France's ban facing a legal hurdle.
The UK government has announced plans to build 70,000 social and affordable homes across England over the next 10 years, with £39bn in funding. The homes will be built in various regions, including Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, and London.
Britain's housing market is locked in its weakest August since 2018, as sellers slash their prices in search of a buyer. New data from Rightmove this morning shows that the average price of a newly-listed home in Britain fell by 2% this month, to £364,999.
AESC’s battery gigafactory in Sunderland has shelved plans to expand production due to stalled talks with Jaguar Land Rover over a supply deal for electric car batteries.
UK authorities continue an investigation into Nigel Farage's crypto donations after his by-election win. Farage received millions of dollars' worth of donations and gifts from two figures tied to the crypto industry.
The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has approved Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, removing one of the remaining obstacles to the blockbuster deal. However, Paramount has made significant concessions to secure the UK government's backing for the…
A £150m plan to redevelop Falmouth Docks in south-west Cornwall includes expanding the docks to allow larger cruise ships to berth, which many people worry will exacerbate environmental problems and put pressure on the fabric of the town.
Andy Burnham's plans for English devolution are part of his government's ambition to rebalance power and resources in a country skewed towards London and the south-east. However, the picture is less clear beyond England's borders, particularly in Scotland and Wales, where…
The UK Government has opened applications for the 2026 Chevening Scholarship, offering Nigerians and other eligible candidates fully funded one-year master's degrees at UK universities.
Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers' highly encrypted data. The UK government had made a second request to Apple to grant it a 'back door' to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users.
Northern Ireland misses a deadline to fix its budget crisis
Northern Ireland's budgetary crisis reached an embarrassing milestone with no agreement on future spending, and increasingly bitter arguments over who's to blame. The U.K. region's cross-community government was supposed to have agreed a multi-year budget by January, but …
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.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will give all mayors of city regions in England a share of income tax revenue for the first time, as part of his drive to transfer power from Westminster to local leaders.
Datacentre projects in Britain will be forced to pay hundreds of millions of pounds to plug into the power grid under proposals to tackle a growing electricity connection logjam. Ofgem, the sector watchdog, said it was taking action to discourage “speculative” datacentre …
Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans to scrap the UK's proposed digital ID scheme, which would have required all residents to hold a digital identity. The decision has been welcomed by civil liberties campaigners, but some have expressed disappoin…
The UK government is set to launch a consultation to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring British sports teams, following a landmark sponsorship deal between Everton FC and Stake.com. The deal has raised concerns that offshore gambling firms are taking advantage of…
Britain has designated cloud service providers Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle as critical third-party suppliers to its financial sector, bringing them under direct regulatory oversight. The move is aimed at strengthening the resilience of financial firms by reducin…
The UK government has announced a new plan to introduce safe and legal routes for refugees to enter the country. The plan allows organizations to sponsor refugees and provide them with support.
MPs are calling for Fujitsu to make an immediate payment to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal. The scandal led to thousands of post office operators being wrongly prosecuted over discrepancies in their business accounts.
The UK government will ban under-16s from social media and require age checks for new accounts. Users will need to upload an ID or pass a facial age scan to create a new account.