Rachel Reeves has promised £1.4bn to rebuild crumbling schools and triple funding for free breakfast clubs, as she gears up for her first budget. The...
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In a classic piece of political understatement, a government source justified the coming £20bn rise in employer national insurance as “asking businesses...
Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public in the general election after hinting at tax rises for those who own shares and assets. Labour’s...
In a classic piece of political understatement, a government source justified the coming £20bn rise in employer national insurance as “asking businesses...
A man has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in north London. Francie McCarthy, 21, is set to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on...
More migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023, Home Office figures show. It comes after 424 people crossed...
Increased funding for social housing is needed to meet ambitious government building targets, according to experts. Representatives of England’s housing...
Sir Keir Starmer says those with assets are ‘not working people’ – paving way for possible tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not fit his definition of “working people”...
A mother has been handed an indefinite hospital order after admitting to killing her 10-year-old daughter. Jaskirat Kaur, 33, denied murder but pleaded guilty...
An online predator whose abuse led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK’s largest...
A man with Hitler’s signature tattooed on his arm has been found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing an asylum seeker in the chest and hand. Callum...
Sir Keir Starmer says those with are assets ‘not working people’ – paving way for possible tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not fit his definition of “working people”...
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around...
The family of a woman who died after being stabbed at a railway station have paid tribute to her as “the most selfless person”. Rhiannon Skye...
Lucy Letby’s bid to appeal a conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The convicted child serial...
There is turmoil at Scotland’s national rape crisis charity after one of the country’s biggest support centres cut all ties over a row about gender...
