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Sir Keir Starmer has sidestepped calls to repeat Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge of no more borrowing or tax rises following the Budget. The Prime Minister said he was “not going to write the next five years of budgets” at the despatch box in the House of Commons when challenged by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. […]
A second man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt in a shooting. The child was injured along with her 34-year-old father after a gunman opened fire into their car in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, west London, at around 5.30pm on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said a 32-year-old man […]
A man has been arrested by police investigating viral videos of women taken on nights out. The 27-year-old man from Bradford is being questioned after he was arrested on suspicion of stalking and harassment on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said. The force said it launched an investigation following reports of women […]
The MP behind the assisted dying Bill has insisted it is taking “absolutely the right route” through Parliament after it was criticised as an “utterly inadequate” way to deal with the controversial issue. Kim Leadbeater defended the level of scrutiny her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will get after a group of MPs […]
Domestic abusers will face tougher restrictions from Wednesday with the launch of new court orders to keep them away from their victims. The new domestic abuse protection notices and orders (DAPNs and DAPOs), legislated for by the previous government in 2021, are set to be trialled in parts of England and Wales before being rolled out across the […]
Major supermarkets and food industry leaders have backed calls for the Government to ban cages for egg-laying hens. In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed on Wednesday, food companies urged ministers to bolster action on phasing out cages, which restrict the ability of hens to move and cause the birds to suffer high levels […]
Plans to “recover” NHS dental services will not come close to getting provision back to pre-pandemic levels, experts have said. And fewer new patients have been seen by NHS dentists since the dental recovery plan was introduced, according to a new report. The National Audit Office (NAO) said that plan to help boost dentistry services […]
Parents will be able to access 30 minutes of free childcare at the start of the school day as the Government pushes ahead with its rollout of breakfast clubs in England. Applications are now open for 750 state schools with primary aged-pupils to join the “early adopter scheme”, with the first breakfast clubs expected to […]
A UK ticket-holder has won £177 million in the EuroMillions draw, making them the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time. Players have been urged to check their tickets to see if they can claim the prize in Tuesday’s draw. The winning numbers were 07, 11, 25, 31 and 40, with Lucky Stars 09, […]
England captain Ben Stokes admits he is managing “the back end of my career” after choosing to skip the Indian Premier League and prioritise his time in international cricket. Stokes sat out the lucrative T20 tournament earlier this year in a bid to ease his workload following long-running knee issues but was expected to throw […]