Cut low-cost broadband VAT to help more online, peers say
Some people struggle to get online, putting them at a disadvantage, a Lords committee says....
Lib Dems unveil plan to turn water firms into ‘public benefit companies’
The party says it would force firms to put the environment before profits, as political pressure over bills and quality grows....
Sturgeon and Swinney to appear before UK Covid inquiry
The former first minister and her deputy will face questions on how they handled the pandemic....
Labour’s Lisa Nandy rejects rent controls as ‘short-term fix’
Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy’s comments mark a change from her previous support for rent freezes....
PMQs: Starmer attacks Sunak over ‘collapse’ in housebuilding
The Labour leader says Rishi Sunak is “shattering the dream” of those who want to own a home....
Wales basic income: Drakeford hopes pilot will continue
The scheme offering £1,600 a month to 18-year-old care leavers closes to new applicants this week....
Lords criticise University of East Anglia’s arts jobs cut plan
The University of East Anglia (UEA) aims to lose more than 30 academic posts....
Thames Water in urgent funding talks amid fears of collapse
Whatever happens to firm, which serves a quarter of the UK population, water supplies will continue as normal....
Johnson allies to be criticised over Partygate probe
Several supporters of the former PM took aim at the Commons committee that investigated him....
Daniel Korski pulls out of mayor race after groping claim
The Tory London mayoral hopeful denies assaulting novelist and TV producer Daisy Goodwin....