The cost-cutting from April targets the team that screens pork for African swine fever at Dover, Kent. Dover District Council’s port health and public protection chief, Lucy Manzano, said it would “seriously undermine” Britain’s ability to pinpoint any potential biosecurity threat. The
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted he is desperately trying to resolve the military’s recruitment crisis. Mr Shapps was warned three times as many troops are quitting compared to the number who are joining the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air
Royal Mail could cut delivery days to just three a week Rishi Sunak has insisted he is “absolutely committed” to ensuring that Royal Mail deliveries continue six days a week amid suggestions they could be dramatically scaled back. The essential service used
The postal service has said the number of days people could receive post on may be slashed to just three days a week as part of cost-cutting measures.
The Blue’s are poised to cut them at the Budget in seven weeks time, while the Red’s tax plans remain distinctly opaque. But the Conservatives face their own internal Blue vs Red battle over taxes – the thorny issue of whether to
The BBC is gearing up for the start next month of the latest battle for Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment – but records show most winners do not hang around for long with him. The tycoon is still in business with just three
The source continued: “He might go at Christmas and Easter but that’s it. He very much respects the institutions but he is not instinctively comfortable in a faith environment.” Following the claims, the late Queen Elizabeth’s former chaplain, Dr Gavin Ashenden, suggested
Eight traffic lights with ULEZ cameras attached to them were chopped down during an overnight spate of vigilante attacks. Police have confirmed they are investigating after the cameras were felled in the early hours of Monday morning in Chislehurst in Bromley, south
Jeremy Hunt has challenged Rachel Reeves to set out how Labour will prevent millions of people from being dragged into higher tax rates. The Chancellor, who has himself faced questions over “fiscal drag”, claimed “all we’ve actually seen is plans to spend
Jeremy Hunt has warned interest rates must be cut because of the financial “pain” families are going through. The Chancellor said that rates should be slashed from their current 5.25 per cent because inflation has started to plunge. Mr Hunt’s remarks came