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Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall pledges to halt Tory ‘salami slicing’ of benefits, but Labour under fire for union pay deals

It’s time to end blame culture over benefits bill, says Labour minister

James Cleverly also says PM ‘played by union paymasters’ in offers to train drivers and junior doctors

Tories accuse Starmer of losing control of public sector pay with strike deals

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David Lammy released a statement in conjunction with his French, German and Italian counterparts.

Too much at stake for Israel-Gaza talks to fail, say UK and EU foreign ministers

The economist behind the Covid furlough scheme has called for ‘unfair’ council tax and stamp duty to be axed in England

Former Sunak adviser urges Labour to introduce wealth tax on housing

Balasankar Narayanan, 44, is potentially violent and should not be approached, the Met Police says.

Man who is 'risk to women' flees care facility

Fr Paul Murphy is recovering from multiple stab wounds after being attacked at Renmore Barracks in Co Galway.

Youth remanded in custody charged with stabbing army chaplain

The security detail has been told their services will not be needed from November.

King axes Andrew’s private security team

California State

Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US

Previous Home Office plans would have seen the hotel used by migrants

Hotel could be used to house homeless people

Kemi Badenoch also says the Conservatives should be “defeating the ideas” of every party as she ruled out a merger with Reform

Badenoch says Equality Act has been misinterpreted and ‘fed discontent’ in communities

The daughter of BBC racing commentator John Hunt sent a text urging the recipient to call 999 after she was shot with a crossbow, an inquest heard. Hannah Hunt, 28, and her sister Louise, 26, both died from crossbow bolt injuries in an attack in Bushey earlier this month, Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court was told on Tuesday, while their mother Carol  died from stab wounds. When officers arrived they found Hannah alive in the main doorway of the home, with a crossbow bolt still in her chest, senior coroner for Hertfordshire Geoffrey Sullivan was told.Hannah had texted someone telling them...

Racing commentator John Hunt’s daughter ‘sent 999 text after she was shot with crossbow’

The Courtauld Gallery was ‘not directly impacted’ by the fire which damaged the roof of the London arts venue.

Gallery remains open as Somerset House closes following fire

Rebecca Hilsenrath said ‘no organisation should be beyond constructive criticism’.

Clapping for NHS during pandemic may have been ‘dangerous’, says ombudsman

Her family requested a private funeral and the MP for Southport encouraged wellwishers to ‘light a candle in Bebe’s memory’ on Saturday.

Funeral held for Southport stabbing victim Bebe King

The actor made the remark during a live recording of Radio 4’s Front Row

BBC pulls Miriam Margoyles Dickens comment from radio: ‘It should have been challenged at the time’

New York City, NY

A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim

A planned float in NYC's India Day Parade is anti-Muslim and should be removed, opponents say

The bassinet costs $1,700  — then the subscription fee kicks in

Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib for crying babies

Comedian said jokes could be used ‘to heal’

‘Sometimes people need to laugh to heal’: Matt Rife defends yet another joke controversy

The mission aims to investigate whether Jupiter’s three moons – Callisto, Europa and Ganymede – can support life in its oceans.

Juice spacecraft to pass over Earth in ‘world first’ fly-by

Levi Dewey had the lower parts of his legs amputated due to sepsis last January.

Sepsis double amputee's thanks to NHS after 'milestones'

The former Commons leader warned that the upcoming budget is a ‘diplomatic signal as well as a fiscal event’

Penny Mordaunt accuses Labour of ‘burying its head in the sand’ over defence spending

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