Consult us on inheritance tax, farmers urge PM
Farmers driving tractors stage another protest against the Budget changes in central London....
Improve productivity for more pay, public sector told
Downing Street tells unions angry at 2.8% pay proposals that workers must become more productive....
We may run out of prison space despite building more – minister
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says “building alone is not enough” to deal with the overcrowding crisis....
Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector
Teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants are among those covered by the proposals....
Stop non-priority spending, Treasury warns ministers
Rachel Reeves promises to take an “iron fist” to waste, but the Tories say her sums do not add up....
UK pauses decisions on Syrian asylum claims
The home secretary says the situation is “moving extremely fast” after the fall of the Assad regime....
UK could remove Syrian rebel group from terror list
Pat McFadden says any decision should be “swift” after the group led the overthrow of al-Assad rule....
Government needs to think like a start-up, says minister
Pat McFadden says the civil service needs more “disrupters” to come up with new ideas to problems....
Reeves wants ‘reset’ with EU to boost growth
Labour has ruled out rejoining the European Union but wants to “break down barriers to trade”....
Government wants state to be more ‘like a start-up’
As well as urging a “test and learn” mindset in government, ministers want to bring in tech workers on secondment....
