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The government is putting a positive spin on today’s big announcement on defence spending. How strong will the armed forces really be in 2020?
Pro and anti-Sisi demonstrators clash as David Cameron welcomes the controversial leader, who is accused of mass human rights abuses.
Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe has died aged 88 after a suspected heart attack, his family has announced.
The four contenders clash over immigration, benefits cuts, “making excuses” for Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the Iraq war.
Following China’s “Black Monday” jittery global financial markets begin to recover – but do we all need to start worrying about China?
Report by TUC union show rail fares rising faster than wages over the last five years as announcement is expected that fares for next year will rise just one per cent – the lowest rise since 2002
Siobhan Kennedy
Mark Carney is saying that in order to stop inflation overshooting the target, we might have to start raising rates more quickly or more steeply than yesterday’s report would imply.
Siobhan Kennedy
At least one member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee voted for an increase in interest rates in the August meeting, the minutes of the meeting reveal today.
Venezuela’s hospitals are in disarray. Betty Zapata reports on a country where inflation is forcing doctors’ salaries below $10 a month and patients are forced to buy life-saving drugs on the street
Lawyers say the government is destroying the legal aid system. Ministers say our system is one of the most expensive in the world. Who’s right?
George Osborne surprised many by announcing that Britain will meet its Nato defence spending commitments. Is it too good to be true?
A dispute over night services on London Underground brings the tube to a standstill, causing travel chaos for millions of Londoners and a war of words between Boris Johnson and trade unions.
Workers in London head home early in a bid to avoid potential travel chaos as a 24-hour walkout by underground staff begins.
Gary Gibbon
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed the Sunday Times story that the government is handing over responsibility for the free licence fees for the over-75s policy to the BBC.
If Greece misses crucial payments to the IMF and the European Central Bank, it could force the country out of the euro and, ultimately, the EU. So what would Grexit mean for Greece?