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Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’

government’s £38bn nuclear plant in Suffolk is subject to “significant uncertainty” and may outweigh the benefits for UK

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

UK government came in below its annual borrowing target by £700m, official figures show – but the Iran

Unwell British crew member to be ‘urgently’ evacuated from cruise ship after hantavirus cases

UK government spokesperson said: “We are working with the Dutch government on medical evacuation planning

Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says

UK government [estimated](https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10315/CBP-10315.pdf) UK datacentres used 2.5% of electricity, but predicted this

Single sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

government” and “worryingly similar to a US bathroom ban condemned by the UK Foreign Office

UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband says

UK government [pitched the creation of a single market for goods](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration) with

MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff

government staff Chinese spies are posing as recruitment agents to trick UK government and military

London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales

UK government could allow an event to be held in the UK that openly promotes

UK backs European plan to accelerate illegal migration removals

UK government and others hope, will pave the way for governments to more easily bat away

Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body

UK government has been accused of dragging its feet over plans for the mandatory regulation

Dozens of toys recalled in the UK after asbestos found in play sand

government recalls](https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/recall-expanded-samples-of-kmart-magic-sand-products-found-to-contain-asbestos) and the closure of schools and nurseries in Australia and New Zealand. However, similar products remained on sale in high street stores and online platforms in the UK

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

UK government borrowing costs jumped, amid a wider sell-off of sovereign debt. The yields

Thousands of Just Eat couriers launch legal action to improve workers’ rights

UK government last month set up the [Fair Work Agency](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/fair-work-agency/about) (FWA) with

Oil prices rise and bonds wobble as Iran war stokes inflation fears

UK government bonds is also being driven by political instability as traders anticipate that the prime

Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns

UK universities regularly sell consultancy and training to foreign governments, with individual contracts running into

The struggle to get hold of medication in England is set to get worse

UK government spends a lower proportion of its health budget on medicine per patient than

Aukus is among Australia’s worst foreign policy decisions and requires ‘heroic’ optimism, Gareth Evans says

UK on Thursday, Evans, a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, will warn

SNP leader John Swinney rules out Holyrood talks with Reform UK

UK as his party seeks to return to government. While the SNP comfortably won a fifth

Bycatch has ‘shocking’ toll on British marine life, first-ever analysis reveals

UK government in England, drawing on the expertise of WCL’s English members, the report

Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

UK government consultation](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/05/how-uk-may-restrict-social-media-under-16s-time-limits-curfews-ban) on new online safety measures, including a potential under