A Labour minister vanished into thin air this morning, midway through a gruelling conversation about why the government has scrapped elections next year. Local government minister Alison McGovern had ...

Lockdown measures were “necessary” despite the harm they caused to young people, the employment minister has said. Alison McGovern defended the strict restrictions imposed on the public during the ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has estimated that Wandsworth and Westminster councils would need to hike council tax ...

Government support with special educational needs deficits “will not be unlimited”, councils have been warned, despite being ...

Joblessness among the young is a ‘disaster’ for the economy, the Employment Minister has warned as she launched new Jobcentre vans to encourage people into work. Alison McGovern said the ‘pandemic ...

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern has told how she “wants to scream” when she sees people living rough on London’s streets as she leaves Parliament. She also stressed that people sleeping rough in ...

The Electoral Commission has raised concerns about the prospect of more delays to council elections in England, saying it risks "damaging public confidence". Ministers have indicated they would agree ...

Banning benefit cheats from driving would be a “backstop” used in “extreme” cases to target those who repeatedly fail to pay back cash to the taxpayer, a minister has said. The Department for Work and ...