The TV licence fee will increase for the first time since 2010, the Government has announced. The annual fee for BBC programming will increase to £147 from £145.50 on April 1 this year, the Government has said.
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The number of people on controversial zero hours contracts has reached a record high of 910,000. New figures based on an analysis of Office for National Statistics data reveal that 105,000 more people were on contracts that do not guarantee work in 2016 compared with the same period in 2015.more
Maltese Presidency secures Council position on establishing EU entry-exit system for stronger border control, paving the way for negotiations with the European Parliamentmore
The European Parliament has lifted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution after she tweeted pictures of so-called Islamic State (IS) violence.more
Plans to force London's minicab drivers to pass written English tests would put up to 33,000 of them out of business, the booking app Uber has said. more
Drivers caught using a phone within two years of passing their test will have their licence revoked under new rules in England, Scotland and Wales. Penalties for using a phone at the wheel double from 1 March to six points and a £200 fine.more
Nicole Bailey, 23, found the money in the One Stop store in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, and pocketed it for herself rather than handing it in, local paper Stoke Sentinel reports.more
Health chiefs are calling for smoking to be completely banned in all NHS buildings and grounds. Public Health England is campaigning for a 'tobacco-free NHS' with more support on quitting offered to patients, visitors and staff.
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Instead of celebrating the end of the war, they were instead packed off to the foreign land of Australia, having no idea why this was happening or what would happen once they got there.more
The national minimum wage increases from from 1 of April 2017. The National Living Wage (which applies to workers aged 25 and up) will increase from £7.30 per hour to £7.50 per hour, a rise of 4.2 per cent. In order to simplify matters, the increase to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will also occur on April 1st, and both will continue to rise on this date each year.more
The European Commission investigates the possibility of increasing the pressure on Warsaw in connection with the difficult situation inside country.more
A British man has been arrested on suspicion of launching a cyberattack on a German telecoms company, which left one million customer unable to go online.more
Every year thousands of immigrants in the UK are the victims of illegal brokers. Criminals especially target the minorities hoping that weaker English skills and ignorance of the law will allow them to "stretch" for supposedly cheaper insurance.more
European Commission in Poland addressed a letter to the EU Commissioner Corina Cretu, which suggests that "in Poland there is a continuing violation of the law".more
The Court of Appeal has ruled a heterosexual couple do not have the right to enter into a civil partnership. What Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan have been attempting to get legal recognition for their seven-year relationship - but do not want to get married.more
