Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toilet Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from Labour MPs and poverty campaigners, and warnings from economists against making kneejerk savings to hit fiscal […]
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Break in cross-party consensus on issue to be announced on Tuesday Kemi Badenoch is dropping her party’s commitment to reaching net zero by 2050, as she launches the Conservatives’ widest policy review in a generation. The Tory leader will give a speech on Tuesday in which she will argue that […]
Friend of actor says he saw woman who accuses Clarke of sexual misconduct touch him on the buttocks A childhood friend of Noel Clarke saw one of the women accusing the former Doctor Who star of sexual misconduct grope him in a “playful” manner, the high court has heard. Clarke, […]
PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving more than 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off Keir Starmer is to defy growing anger by driving through welfare cuts for some of the UK’s most severely disabled people, with an overhaul that could see more than 600,000 benefit […]
Four times more buy-to-let firms than fast-food shops now registered at Companies House as landlords switch set-up to cut tax payments Buy-to-let businesses have become the largest single type of business in the UK – with nearly four times as there are fast food takeaways or hairdressers. There are more […]
Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke out A British tourist is missing in Thailand after the tour boat she was travelling on caught fire off the island of Koh Tao. Alexandra Clarke, 26, from Lambeth, south London, was onboard the Davy Jones […]
Government declares seven-day period of mourning after fire in eastern town of Kočani kills at least 59 North Macedonia has declared a seven-day period of mourning after a fire in a nightclub that left at least 59 dead and scores injured, as authorities detained 15 people for questioning and the […]
Steve Witkoff says US discussions with Russian president ‘positive’ and ‘solution-based’ and leaders likely to speak Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he expected the US president to speak with Vladimir Putin this week, saying that the Russian president “accepts the philosophy” of Trump’s ceasefire and peace […]
Controversial plans to cut personal independence payments (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs Ministers have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans to cut benefits for disabled people, amid mounting uproar over the proposals across the […]
Prime minister tells a summit of 29 leaders that the Russian president cannot delay peace talks indefinitely Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over agreeing to a ceasefire with Ukraine on Saturday as international pressure grew on the Russian president to enter talks. The prime minister said […]