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The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator for failing to uphold freedom of speech. The Office for Students (OfS) criticised the university's policy statement on transgender and non-binary equality, saying that it could lead staff and students to "self-censor". The policy has a requirement to "positively represent trans people" and asserts that "transphobic propaganda [would] not be tolerated".The university said it will legally challenge the […]

Rachel Reeves will unveil further welfare cuts in her spring statement after being told the reforms announced last week will save less than planned, Sky News understands.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has rejected the government's assessment that the package of measures, including narrowing the eligibility criteria for personal independence payments (PIP), will save £5bn. Politics latest: Ex-Labour leader says Starmer 'an enormous disappointment'The fiscal watchdog put the value of […]

Jeremy Corbyn has said Sir Keir Starmer's benefit cuts are a "disgrace" and demanded the government "think again".Speaking to Sky News' Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge, the former Labour leader accused the prime minister of imposing austerity on the country and warned many of his ex-colleagues are "very upset". Politics Live: Chancellor sent clear message in new poll - as Farage brands protester 'a saddo'It comes ahead of Chancellor Rachel […]

There is a "really concerning" rise in sexual violence among 14- and 15-year-olds that policymakers need to take "very seriously", Home Office minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News.Speaking to Sky News' Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, Ms Phillips, who holds the safeguarding and violence against women and girls (VAWG) portfolio, suggested that "generational progression" on feminism and the advancement of women does not appear to be continuing with her […]

Thousands of new homes in England will be built as part of a £2bn plan to boost social and affordable house building, the government has said.Up to 18,000 new homes are set to be delivered, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves said would go some way to "fixing the housing crisis". Charities said the "vast majority" of new homes should be for social rent amid record highs in homelessness across the country.The […]

A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has described the moment she realised her husband had it.Joy Milne told Sky's The UK Tonight With Sarah-Jane Mee about how her rare condition of hyperosmia, an incredibly sensitive sense of smell, helped her sniff out the disease in her late husband, Les. She said: "Well, when you know, you're saying to your husband 'well you're smelling, you're not having enough showers and […]

A body representing more than 90 airlines using Heathrow Airport has threatened to take legal action if a settlement over the costs they incurred from Friday's day-long closure is not reached. The chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Nigel Wicking told Sky News he hoped the matter could be "amicably settled at some point in time" but said, "if we don't get good enough recourse and repayment in terms […]

Global financial markets are giving a cautious welcome to reports the Trump administration is to row back on elements of its threatened trade war escalation.Separate US news organisations said over the weekend that sector-specific tariffs, which the president had warned would come into effect on 2 April, were now unlikely. If true, it would mean tariffs of up to 25% on cars, semiconductors and pharmaceutical goods would not take effect.Money […]

The chief executive of National Grid has claimed that Heathrow Airport had enough power from other substations despite Friday's shutdown.Around 1,300 flights were affected after a fire knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes on Thursday evening. Operations were not able to resume until Friday evening. John Pettigrew from National Grid said there were two other substations "always available for the distribution network companies and Heathrow to take power". Image: […]