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Baroness Kidron accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of: Being slow to regulate social media and AI. “Appeasing” large technology companies. She said further consultations were unnecessary because proposals had already been discussed in the House of Lords. Sir Keir has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s. He has pledged to tackle addictive app design features. The government says the UK has introduced some of the strongest online safety protections gl

Us GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.4 in Q4 2025 Growth in Q3 2025 was 4.4%. Full-year economic growth in 2025 was 2.2%. Consumer spending rose 2.4% in Q4 (down from 3.5% in Q3). Government spending fell by more than 16% in Q4. The federal government shutdown reduced GDP by an estimated 1 percentage point. President Donald Trump claimed the shutdown cost “at least two points” of GDP. Early 2025 saw a mild contraction due partly to a surge in imports ahead of tariffs. Impor

Es sex Police are reviewing claims that Jeffrey Epstein’s victims were flown into the UK via Stansted Airport on his private jet, the “Lolita Express.” Around 90 flights reportedly landed at Stansted, with 15 occurring after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child sex offences. Police are examining flight logs and emails to identify passengers and verify links to alleged victims. Prince Andrew, a former friend of Epstein, could face pressure if his name appears in flight records.

UK unemployment rate rose to 5.2%  in the three months to December, up from 5.1%  in November — the highest level in the post-Covid period. Number of UK payrolled employees fell by 121,000 (0.4%)  over the past year. Provisional January data shows a further 11,000  fall in payrolled employees. Payroll employment is 134,000 lower  than a year earlier. Regular pay growth slowed to 4.2%  in the three months to December. Real pay growth (after CPI inflation) was 0.8% . Private se

Nearly 15,000 public sector workers received paid leave for union activities last year. More than 1,000 spent almost all their working time on union causes. Around £90 million of taxpayer money funded facility time last year. Facility time was funded across councils, schools, Whitehall departments and the NHS. There were more than 20,000 union representatives embedded in public bodies. 14,976 (74%) of union representatives received paid leave. Around 3,000 of those were NHS w