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Plaid Cymru launch manifesto with focus on fairer funding for Wales
Just half an hour before Labour’s manifesto launch, Plaid Cymru set out its own plan – with fairer funding for Wales at its heart.
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Greens launch manifesto promising to ‘mend broken Britain’
Today it was the Green Party’s turn to launch its manifesto, with co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay pledging to “mend broken Britain”.
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Labour manifesto includes ‘major changes’, says Shadow Transport Secretary
We spoke to Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh who was in Grimsby where the Sky leaders’ event took place.
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Labour insist childcare policy is fully costed as Sunak denies considering quitting
Rishi Sunak has apologised again for leaving the D-Day commemorations early, declaring, “I just hope voters can find it in their hearts to forgive me”.
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Starmer says Diane Abbott is ‘free to go forward’ as a Labour candidate
After days of speculation over her political future – the veteran MP Diane Abbott is ‘free to go forward’ as a Labour candidate in the general election, according to Sir Keir Starmer.
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NHS going through ‘worst crisis in its history,’ says Wes Streeting
We spoke to the Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and began by asking him if he thinks the NHS is broken, and why.
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Labour’s Angela Rayner will face no further police action
Greater Manchester Police said they would take no further action against the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over the sale of her council house in Stockport nine years ago.
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Why is the UK not exploiting technology for net zero trains?
About 70 percent of them are then moved by road, using cheaper, polluting diesel lorries – not the cleaner rail network. If the freight train is electric, the journey is virtually carbon free.
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Trump trial: Opening statements and first witness in hush money case
Once Donald Trump would’ve looked at the dilapidated Manhattan Criminal Courthouse and its courtrooms as a real estate opportunity. For the next six weeks it is where he will spend hour after hour, away from the campaign trail, his political and personal future on the line. The 45th president and the first to go on…
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More than 100 flights cancelled as Storm Kathleen hits UK with 70mph winds
Thousands of passengers are facing disruption after more than 100 flights were cancelled as Storm Kathleen arrived in the UK.
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Chancellor announces 2p National Insurance tax cut
With his eye firmly on the next election, Jeremy Hunt says he is delivering “much-needed help in challenging times”.
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Fashion designer Iris Apfel dies aged 102
Colourful, eye-catching, eclectic: the American designer and fashion icon Iris Apfel has died at the age of 102.
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FactCheck: England has lost 28% of local bus provision per person since 2011
The worst-hit councils have lost two thirds of bus services when we account for population rises.
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Trump wins New Hampshire primary – Nikki Haley insists fight isn’t over
The fight isn’t over yet – Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has insisted – after Donald Trump’s decisive win in the New Hampshire Primary – making history after his victory in Iowa just over a week ago.
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First woman DJ on Radio 1 Annie Nightingale dies at 83
The pioneering Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale has died at the age of 83 – as fellow stars paid tribute, calling her the “original trailblazer” for women in radio.