Measures include cutting winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners and shelving cap on social care payments Rachel Reeves has cut winter fuel payments for 10 million wealthier pensioners as she sought to plug a £22bn black hole in the public finances she said was “covered up” by the Conservative government, […]
Former BBC presenter charged with three offences after Met police investigation The former BBC presenter, Huw Edwards, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. Edwards, who left the BBC in April, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday on charges relating to images shared […]
Boy, 17, arrested following ‘absolutely abhorrent’ incident at children’s dance class Two children have died and nine have been injured, six critically, after a series of stabbings at a children’s dance class in Southport on Monday. Two adults are also in critical condition after what police described as a “ferocious […]
Swimmer narrowly misses third successive Olympic gold, as Andy Murray keeps tennis alive in doubles comeback World record-holding swimmer Adam Peaty was left in tears after being beaten to gold by the smallest of margins on a day of disappointment for Team GB at the Paris Games. The 29-year-old had […]
Chancellor will announce pause in work on a number of infrastructure projects, saying Conservatives ‘covered up’ true state of finances Rachel Reeves will lay the ground for cuts to public spending, tax rises and delays to some major infrastructure projects on Monday as she sets out the toxic inheritance the […]
US backed Israel in blaming Hezbollah for strike on Golan Heights but is ‘working on a diplomatic solution’ Global leaders were engaged in intensive diplomacy on Sunday to dissuade Israel from increasing attacks on Lebanon, amid fears that a wider regional war could erupt in response to a rocket strike […]
Exclusive: Teachers and NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of earnings limits, says ‘devastating’ study ‘DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal Teachers, NHS […]
Shadow minister, the bookies’ favourite, says if elected she will focus on renewing the party to serve the British people Kemi Badenoch, the shadow housing and communities secretary, has entered the Conservative leadership race with a pledge to get the Tories back into government by 2030. Badenoch, the bookmakers’ favourite […]
Cyclist Anna Henderson squeezes out rival to come second as divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen make a splash Team GB was celebrating its best start to an Olympic Games in over four decades as Anna Henderson claimed silver in the women’s road race time trial and divers Yasmin […]
New video apparently shows violent build-up to incident in which officer allegedly stamped on man during arrest The mayor of Greater Manchester urged people “not to rush to judgment” over the Manchester airport incident after new footage appeared to show a violent and frenetic lead-up. Protests erupted in Rochdale and […]