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2 weeks ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joseph Timan |Nina Lloyd |Christopher McKeon PA
The Foreign Secretary said the UK is 'very concerned'The UK Foreign Secretary has said he regrets America's "return to protectionism" after Donald Trump insisted Sir Keir Starmer was "very happy" with Britain's tariff treatment. David Lammy said people across the country were "very concerned" about how the move to slap 10% import taxes on goods would hit their own finances, and added "all options" remain on the table to respond in the national interest.
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1 month ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Nina Lloyd |Kit Roberts
"America will not put up with this for much longer"Donald Trump has criticised Sir Keir Starmer's call for the US to provide security guarantees to Ukraine in a peace deal with Russia. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump claimed that the European demand was a display of weakness to the Kremlin. It comes after Trump and US vice president JD Vance aggressively berated Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy while hosting him in the Oval Office.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Joseph Timan |Nina Lloyd
A government minister has rejected calls from Andy Burnham for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. Culture secretary and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy said she disagreed with the Greater Manchester mayor after he expressed his support for a new investigation into historical child sexual abuse in areas including Oldham and Rochdale. But the Labour MP and cabinet minister said the government would not rule out launching a further investigation “if it’s needed”.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Fionnula Hainey |Nina Lloyd
The DWP could hand out penalties to benefit claimants who are able to work if they turn down job offers, a Cabinet minister has warned. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said people have a "responsibility" to engage with training or employment programmes and will lose financial support if they decline to do so. The Labour government is set to honour the £3 billion reduction in welfare expenditure over five years initially pledged by the previous Conservative government.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | David Hughes |Caitlin Doherty |Nina Lloyd |Joseph Timan
Video footage that appears to show MP Mike Amesbury 'punching a man to the ground' is 'shocking', Sir Keir Starmer said as he defended Labour’s decision to suspend him. The Prime Minister said the party had 'moved very swiftly' to respond after the footage emerged.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Nina Lloyd |Stephen Topping
A £1.4 billion package to rebuild crumbling schools has been announced by the Labour government days before its first Budget. But unions are warning the cash will not be enough to restore buildings to a 'satisfactory condition' across the country. Chancellor Rachel Reeves says children 'should not suffer for' the state of the UK's public finances. Labour says it needs to fill a '£22 billion black hole', with steps to do this set to be announced in the Budget on Wednesday (October 30).
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Fionnula Hainey |Nina Lloyd
The government has issued an apology for accidentally sharing the email address of one of the world's richest men in the run-up to a major global investment summit. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said it has referred itself to the data protection watchdog over the error. However, the PA news agency reports that no further action will be taken. Officials sent an email about the investment summit, which will be hosted by Britain next week, without using blind carbon copy.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Ben Blosse |Richard Wheeler |Nina Lloyd
Sir Keir Starmer has justified relinquishing UK control of the Chagos Islands after the move led Argentina to vow it would seek to reclaim "full sovereignty" over the Falkland Islands. The South American county's vow to retake the Falklands came after the UK agreed to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands, remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius yesterday.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Alan Jones |Nina Lloyd |Stephen Topping
A minister has claimed the proposed new pay deal for train drivers will be a 'good deal for the taxpayer' because it will bring strikes to an end. Members of the Aslef union will vote on a deal following a breakthrough in talks with the new Labour government. The deal is described as a backdated five per cent increase for 2019 to 2022, plus 4.75 per cent for 2022 to 2024 and a further 4.5 per cent for 2024 to 2025.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Phoebe Jobling |Richard Wheeler |Nina Lloyd
Rishi Sunak has pledged to help more first-time buyers in the UK get a foot on the property ladder as he prepares to launch the Conservative Party manifesto. The Prime Minister acknowledged during a BBC interview that it has become harder for people to own their first home under the Conservatives. He now sets out to abolish stamp duty up to the value of £425,000 for first-time buyers and launch a 'new and improved' Help to Buy scheme.
