PM will defend Labour plans in speech and insist working people need better public services more than lower taxes Keir Starmer will promise to “embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality” on Monday as his chancellor prepares to unveil a budget that includes billions of pounds’ worth of tax rises […]
Footage appears to show MP for Runcorn and Helsby knocking man to ground before aiming six more blows at his head Labour has suspended the whip from the MP Mike Amesbury after footage appeared to show him punching a man to the ground, the party said. A video published by […]
Marking final stretch of campaign in New York, Trump and cabal of surrogates attack Harris and mock Puerto Rico Anger and vitriol took center stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, as Donald Trump and a cabal of campaign surrogates held a rally marked by racist comments, […]
Heir to the throne responds to criticism about his Homewards programme in two-part ITV documentary Prince William has said criticism about his privileged lifestyle and many residences drives him to try to end homelessness in Britain. The heir to the throne was challenged to respond to jibes about his three […]
The chancellor says she will invest to reverse Tory decline, but stands accused of breaking party manifesto promises Labour will launch a new era of public and private investment in hospitals, schools, transport and energy as momentous as any in the party’s history in this week’s budget, the chancellor, Rachel […]
Political elite under pressure from variety of sources, with US urging Iran to step back from the brink Middle East crisis – live updates The Iranian government has belittled the scale and effectiveness of the Israeli attack on its military sites, but hardliners in the parliament insisted the strikes breached […]
Face-to-face military confrontation on each other’s soil has now been normalised For years, Israel and Iran have waged a “shadow war”, attacking each other indirectly using proxy forces, assassinations, informants, spies and hybrid, non-military covert means. Now this undeclared, largely silent war is undisguisedly out in the open. It’s become […]
Iran’s military suggests it would prioritise an agreement to end fighting in Gaza and Lebanon over any retaliation The US President Joe Biden said on Saturday he hopes Israel’s latest strikes on Iran will mark the end of a months-long cycle of escalation, as his administration doubles down on efforts […]
Trump campaign immediately blamed Biden White House and Kamala Harris for Chinese government-linked hack Chinese government-linked hackers are believed to have targeted phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, as part of a larger breach of US telecommunications networks, according to a New York Times report. […]
Exclusive: move will cap amount that can be deducted from benefit payments to repay short-term loans and debts More than 1m of the UK’s poorest households will be £420 a year better off on average as a result of a change to universal credit set to be announced in next […]