Category: UK News

Election campaigning is to focus on the economy as Labour and the Tories attack each other’s plans before independent analysts present their verdict. Labour leader Ed Miliband will claim the Tories are planning “the biggest cuts anywhere in the developed world”. But Conservative Chancellor George Osborne highlighted what he called the “frightening” cost of a…

The Conservatives’ manifesto pledge on childcare will create an extra 600,000 free places. Under the £350m Conservative plans, the amount of state-subsidised childcare for three and four year-olds would be doubled to 30 hours a week reports BBC. Labour said it was “another unfunded announcement”, accusing the Conservatives of “desperation”. BBC political correspondent Carole Walker…

Labour says it will launch a drive to get 1,000 more nurses into training this year if it wins the election. Ed Miliband will say the emergency move would form part of Labour’s bid for 20,000 more nurses by 2020 reports BBC. He will add that if elected he will ask universities to reopen admissions…

The SNP is to unveil its election manifesto, setting out an “alternative to austerity” and positioning the party as a force for UK-wide change. Ahead of the launch in Edinburgh, deputy leader Stewart Hosie said the party “would bring progressive politics to the rest of the UK” reports BBC. Scottish Labour and the Liberal Democrats…

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has compared his battle against the UK political establishment to Mahatma Gandhi’s struggle for Indian independence. He told supporters at a rally in Kent: “I am challenging the establishment, I am taking on the status quo.” He said anybody who had done that throughout history had been attacked for their beliefs…

 A city council in Britain told an Indian-origin woman that she could not run a food stall during a St George’s Day event as it wanted only English food. The Salisbury City Council told British-born Tania Rahman, 27, that her stall — Chit Chaat Chai — would not be allowed because it was not “English-themed”,…

  A British woman, who was a member of a rock band, is believed to be leading Islamic State (IS) jihadis in Syria, investigators said. In a new video footage, Sally Jones, 45-year-old convert to Islam, is seen urging members of the al-Khanssaa Brigadem, the all-women group set up by the IS, Mirror online reported.…

Ed Miliband has clashed with Nicola Sturgeon after she said she would only back him as PM if he rejected austerity and was “better than the Tories”. The SNP leader said she wanted a “progressive” alliance with Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett reports BBC. Mr Miliband, Labour leader, said he…

The leaders of five of opposition parties are due to appear in a live election debate later. Labour leader Ed Miliband, UKIP’s Nigel Farage, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru and the Greens’ Natalie Bennett will take part reports BBC. The BBC contest, hosted by David Dimbleby from central London, begins at…

The Liberal Democrats will be pledging an extra £2.5bn for England’s education budget in their election manifesto. The party said the cash would ensure spending was protected “from cradle to college” and went beyond other parties’ commitments on education. Leader Nick Clegg will say the plans are all about boosting opportunity. But the Conservatives said…

UKIP’s manifesto contains “serious, fully-costed policies”, party leader Nigel Farage has said ahead of its launch. The party’s proposals include an extra £12bn for the NHS, a commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence and a five-year ban on unskilled immigration reports BBC. UKIP, which wants to quit the EU, would hold an in/out…

By Sadiq Khan Having to register in order to receive your democratic right to vote could become a thing of the past under plans announced  by Labour. The proposals, designed to repair the damage done to the electoral register under the Tories. The proposals, designed to repair the damage done to the electoral register, would end…

 Turkey deported eight British nationals, including four minors, who had been arrested on April 1 for attempting to cross into Syria, media reported. The arrested were apprehended in the southern province of Hatay and were then transferred to Antalya, where they were put on a plane to Britain, Efe news agency reported citing Anadolu news…

Oxford may be known the world over for its famous university — but it is not far behind in terms of action to safeguard the environment. This could be said of the British city as it is thought to have become the first city in the country to ban non-recyclable polystyrene foam food containers, beating…

Ed Miliband has said Labour will “change the way the country is run and who it is run for” as he launched his party’s election manifesto. Saying he had been tested as opposition leader and was “ready” for power, Mr Miliband said Labour would be a “party of change and responsibility”. He ruled out a…

The next Conservative government would extend the right-to-buy scheme for housing association tenants in England, David Cameron will say, as he unveils his party’s general election manifesto. The PM will say up to 1.3 million tenants could buy their homes at a discount as a result, insisting the Tories are the party of working people reports…

British boxing icon Amir Khan said that he is “more British than Ukip”. In an interview with the Observer newspaper, the 28-year-old welterweight, who hails from a Muslim family of Pakistani origin, said: I’m probably more British than Ukip are because I represented the country in the Olympic games. I also fight for the country…

Patients could be made to show their passports when they use hospital care in England under new rules introduced by the Department of Health. Those accessing new treatment will be asked questions about their residence status in the UK reports BBC. Patients may need to submit passports and immigration documents when this is in doubt,…