Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham, alongside former rail minister Huw Merriman, are urging the Government to support the proposal.

The luxury fashion brand said it is hiking its cost-cutting target to £100 million of savings by the 2027 financial year.

Ahmad al-Sharaa has ties to al Qaida and joined insurgents battling US forces in Iraq before entering the Syrian war.

The organisations are holding a rally outside the UK Parliament on Wednesday morning to demand more support for workers to transition into ...