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Home Office protect crabs and lobsters in laboratories
Posted inLabour UK News

Home Office under pressure to protect crabs and lobsters in laboratories

Campaigners have demanded that the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper take immediate action to give decapod crustaceans (crabs and lobsters) the same protections in scientific research as other animals. Campaigners, led…
Posted by PUK News April 26, 2025
job tax
Posted inLibDems UK News

Average worker in worst hit areas will lose out on £11,000 due to jobs tax

The rise in employers’ National Insurance has come into effect with employees in the worst hit areas facing an estimated hit of almost £11,000 on average by the end of…
Posted by PUK News April 7, 2025
register vote
Posted inUK News

Voters urged to register before it’s too late

With less that a week left to register to vote for the local elections in England, the Electoral Commission is reminding voters that they must be registered to ensure their…
Posted by PUK News April 7, 2025
Scotland child poverty
Posted inLabour SNP UK News

Scotland is the only UK nation that is reducing child poverty

The SNP has said that Rachel Reeves should match the Scottish Child Payment UK-wide, after research from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) found that child poverty rates in Scotland have…
Posted by PUK News April 5, 2025
Reeves slammed for “cruel” and “morally repugnant” changes to disability benefits
Posted inGreen Party Labour UK News

Reeves slammed for “cruel” and “morally repugnant” changes to disability benefits

Analysis by the Dept. of Work and Pensions, (DWP) has revealed that the Government's planned reforms of disability benefits will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty by the…
Posted by PUK News March 27, 2025
Cuts to disability benefits could cost councils £1.2bn
Posted inUK News

Cuts to disability benefits could cost councils £1.2bn

The Government's planned cuts to disability benefits could lead to £1.2bn of extra costs for local authority social care services and the NHS, according to a disability think tank. The…
Posted by PUK News March 24, 2025
‘Labour austerity will increase poverty and exacerbate inequality in Wales’ – Plaid Cymru
Posted inLabour Plaid Cymru UK News

‘Labour austerity will increase poverty and exacerbate inequality in Wales’ – Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru’s Treasury spokesperson, Ben Lake MP, has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves ahead of the 2025 Spring Statement, urging the UK Government to reconsider planned spending…
Posted by PUK News March 24, 2025
Bird flu virus found in one sheep in Yorkshire
Posted inUK News

First case of bird flu in sheep detected in England

Bird Flu virus found in single animal in Yorkshire but risk to general public is very low, say experts Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) has been detected in a sheep…
Posted by PUK News March 24, 2025
‘No more sticking plasters’ – LGA survey lays bare local government funding crisis
Posted inUK News

‘No more sticking plasters’ – LGA survey lays bare local government funding crisis

A new LGA survey reveals that nearly three quarters of responding councils felt that it will be very or fairly difficult compared to earlier years to set a balanced budget…
Posted by PUK News March 24, 2025
GMB – Labour leaks plan to cut free school meals and period products
Posted inLabour UK News

GMB – Labour leaks plan to cut free school meals and period products

Posted by PUK News March 24, 2025

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