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Workers on zero-hour contracts, agency employees or "gig economy" workers are to be better protected by a package of workplace reforms, the government says.more

Supermarket chain Marks and Spencer has clashed with police over plans to sell alcohol from 7am in a London branch. more

The German Bundestag passed a law introducing the "third sex", in addition to male and female.more

Heathrow is to offer thousands of its European workers financial help to try to secure their place in the UK after Brexit, telling Sky News that its workers are having to deal with an "extraordinarily stressful" situation.more

Leading plastic surgeons are calling on the Government to introduce graphic warnings on all firework packaging, similar to those on products like cigarettes. The number of patients attending A&E due to firework-related injuries has more than doubled in recent years, despite awareness campaigns and repeated safety warnings.more

The UK's anti-corruption policy was under scrutiny on Tuesday after the government failed to implement a promise to suspend a widely criticised "golden visa" scheme.more

Restrictions on maximum building heights in towns and cities have been lifted. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has published new guidelines which remove height caps on new buildings which are aimed at preventing urban sprawl.more

The mayor of London has hinted that he is considering introducing rent controls across the capital in a radical overhaul of private rental laws.more

An "alarming" proportion of adults in Great Britain remain confused about what constitutes rape, campaigners say. A third of people surveyed for the End Violence Against Women coalition said there had to be physical violence for sexual activity to count as rape.more

Councils could take over prosecuting speeding drivers amid concerns the Met is too busy to enforce speed limits. more

The U.K. is suspending its investor visas for the rich, closing a route to permanent residence and British citizenship that's popular with Russian oligarchs and wealthy Chinese.more

It is "very likely" that the UK voted for Brexit because of illegal overspending by the Vote Leave campaign, according to an Oxford professor's evidence to the High Court.more

Emails written by Facebook's chief and his deputies show the firm struck secret deals to give some developers special access to user data while refusing others, according to MPs. A cache of internal documents has been published online by a parliamentary committee.more

The government has been forced to publish the legal advice given to Prime Minister Theresa May by the Attorney General on the proposed backstop plan, which aims to avoid a hard border in Ireland under all circumstances. The backstop, or guarantee, appears in a "Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland", which forms part of the UK's Withdrawal Agreement with the EU.more

Housing charity Threshold has seen a dramatic rise in the number of calls it received from tenants in danger of losing their home because their landlords claimed they were going to sell the property.more

The airline regulator has begun enforcement action against Ryanair for refusing to compensate passengers for strike disruption.more

Irish citizens returning home from abroad are facing significant barriers to housing and social welfare, a Government committee has heard. Representatives from Safe Home Ireland, Crosscare and The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas say lack of knowledge, delays in administration and the current housing problems are plunging some returning emigrants into crisis situations.more

UK plans to issue low-skilled migrants with short-term visas after Brexit risk aggravating public concerns about immigration while increasing bureaucracy for foreign workers and employers, the engineering consultancy Arup has warned.more

This weekend, the "Blue Week at the Consulate" campaign will take place at the headquarters of the Consulate in Manchester. As part of the initiative, you can take advantage of free advice from legal advisors specializing in Polish and British law.more

Millions of employees could collect an early Christmas present from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).more

In Quebec, the debate about the ban on wearing visible religious symbols by public sector employees is back. The Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Francois Legault announced quick changes to the law.more

Drinking even one pint of beer or one glass of wine could put you over the limit for drink driving is the warning from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety as a Christmas and New Year safety appeal is launched today.more

A letting agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to view properties for rent, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has found.more

A Japanese pilot who was preparing to take off from Heathrow while about 10 times over the alcohol limit has been jailed. First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, was arrested at the airport after failing a breath test 50 minutes before the Japan Airlines flight was due to take off with him in the cockpit. more

Ofcom is to cap the price of calls to directory enquiry services at £3.65 per 90 seconds - a higher level than it previously proposed.more