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The Commonwealth Games Federation have described their decision as hugely disappointing.

Rishi Sunak has praised Ben Wallace for a “distinguished” career following the Defence Secretary’s announcement he will resign at the next Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Wallace, who has been Defence Secretary since 2019, will stand down as an MP at the next general election. The Prime Minister said he would be sad to see Mr Wallace go but “I completely understand and sympathise” with his decision. Mr Wallace played a key

A fresh overtime ban has been announced by train drivers, threatening disruption to services at the height of the summer holidays. Members of Aslef at 15 train operating companies will refuse to work overtime from Monday July 31 to Saturday August 5 in the long-running dispute over pay. Drivers launched a week-long overtime ban on Monday which the union warned will “seriously” affect services. Aslef said train companies did not employ enough drivers, which was why

The Prime Minister says 'too many young people are being sold a false dream' Rishi Sunak has announced plans to cap the number of students that can be accepted on to “poor quality” university degrees. Limits will be imposed on courses that have high dropout rates or a low proportion of graduates getting a professional job, the Government said. Critics argue the plans are a rehash of previous policy announcements and will

They'll take industrial action on 24th and 25th August Hospital consultants have announced fresh strikes in the long-running dispute over pay in the NHS. The British Medical Association (BMA) said consultants in England, who will strike on Thursday and Friday this week, will also walk out on August 24 and 25. The BMA said its announcement was in response to the Government imposing “another real-terms pay cut” on doctors last week. BMA