Leader targets swing voters in Kent and Essex while shadow chancellor makes vow on taxes and spending Keir Starmer will declare on Monday that Labour has changed “permanently” under his stewardship, after the party ruled out raising income tax or national insurance if it wins the election. In his first […]
Dorset force appeals for information after 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murder Images of a suspect have been released by police as part of a murder investigation after a woman was stabbed to death on a Bournemouth beach and another was badly injured. A 17-year-old boy was arrested on […]
Exclusive: £3.6bn has been paid out in 1,307 cases, according to information obtained under freedom of information laws The NHS has spent £4.1bn over the last 11 years settling lawsuits involving babies who suffered brain damage when being born, amid claims that maternity units are not learning from mistakes. It […]
The shadow chancellor has accused Conservatives of making unfunded financial commitments after calling a snap election Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves accuses the Tories of making £64bn of unfunded spending commitments in a “desperate and reckless” effort to rescue their gaffe-strewn general election campaign. Speaking to the Observer, Reeves said that […]
Labour lambasts youth policy as ‘desperate and unfunded’ and designed to make youngsters fix government-created problems Rishi Sunak has announced that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start. Under the plan, which appeared to be […]
Party leader says if you can work, pay tax and serve in armed forces you should be able to vote • UK politics live – latest updates Sixteen- and 17-year-olds could be given the right to vote if Labour wins the general election, Keir Starmer has confirmed. “If you can […]
Two-time PGA Tour winner dies Saturday morning aged 30 Murray withdrew from Colonial tournament on Friday The two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died on Saturday morning at the age of 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details […]
Plane was part of RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight, which maintains historic aircraft in airworthy condition A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field near an RAF base in Lincolnshire, a Royal Air Force spokesperson has confirmed. “It is with great sadness that we must confirm […]
Seventy-eight Tory MPs are quitting rather than standing, beating 1997’s record number Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom have joined the now record-breaking exodus of Conservative MPs from the Commons, with the former saying it was time for a “new generation” to lead the party. Gove’s announcement in a letter tweeted […]
Former boss claims IT executives and legal counsels let her down and tells inquiry she ‘loved the Post Office’ Paula Vennells, the former Post Office chief executive, has named five executives who she said were to blame for the Horizon scandal, including a missing IT expert and a former in-house […]