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‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say use of Pava to incapacitate children is under consideration amid sharp rise in violence

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the project’s section o Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend

By any Whitehall standard, the Ministry of Defence is a weird place. I am not just referring to its forbidding architectural lines, partly Orwell’s 1984 Ministry of Truth and Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, but its very nature. It is a hybrid, a frontline Whitehall ministry and an active military headquarters.

While local shops in countries such as France are protected, the UK is crippled by lax planning laws and sky-high business rates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Exclusive: Leaked documents show plans for senior managers to decide which courses can be attended in work hours

Two reports by influential think tanks have been critical of efforts to address regional inequalities.

It is nothing short of disastrous for those whose lives are supported by UK aid, charity says

The civil service has fewer than half the number of data and technology professionals it needs, MPs have said.