Conservative motion to strike down plan is defeated but more than 50 Labour MPs abstain UK politics live – latest updates MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners in England and Wales, with a significant number of Labour MPs abstaining. After a […]
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Announcement on taxpayer-funded rescue plan for Tata-owned south Wales plant expected on Wednesday The British steel industry is braced for 2,500 job cuts at the Port Talbot steelworks, with thousands more jobs at risk in the UK, as the government prepares a taxpayer-backed deal for the south Wales plant. The […]
Candidates also clash on January 6 and Republican election lies as moderators fact-check Trump claims on air Abortion and Project 2025: fact checking the presidential debate ‘They’re eating the cats’: Trump repeats lies about immigrants Donald Trump arrived in Philadelphia earlier today for his debate with Kamala Harris. Photographers captured […]
American actor starred in films including The Great White Hope and The Lion King, and won two Tony awards in prolific stage career James Earl Jones: a life in pictures James Earl Jones, the actor whose beautifully sonorous tones gave voice to Star Wars’ principal villain Darth Vader, has died […]
Emergency services said 20 tents caught fire in attack that Israel said targeted a Hamas command centre Israel-Gaza war – follow the latest developments At least 40 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on a tent encampment designated as a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, Gaza officials said early […]
Media regulator describes change as a ‘generational shift in the balance of news media’ Online platforms have overtaken TV channels as the most popular sources for news in the UK, according to figures described as a “generational shift” in viewing habits. More than seven out of 10 UK adults (71%) […]
Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs that axing allowance for all but poorest pensioners will help plug £22bn hole in finances The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. […]
Changes proposed after as many as 750,000 people may have been excluded from 2024 election due to lack of documents Ministers should expand the ID that people can use to vote, the elections watchdog has recommended, after a report found as many as 750,000 people might not have voted in […]
Assistant commissioner says force hasn’t got ‘everything right’ in past year in its handling of large demonstrations over Gaza and the environment Arrests at large protests, including those organised by pro-Palestine and environmental groups, will probably be made more quickly in the future, the Metropolitan police’s assistant commissioner has said. […]
Three firefighters injured and more than 35,000 structures endangered by Line fire amid days-long heatwave Tens of thousands of homes and buildings were threatened Sunday by an out-of-control wildfire burning in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heatwave that pushed temperatures into the […]