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Councils in England to get emergency £500 million to tackle funding crisis
Councils in England will be given an emergency £500 million from the Government to tackle their funding crisis.
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Senior Tories reject call for Rishi Sunak to resign
“Foolish”, “self-indulgent” and “divisive” – that’s the furious response from Conservative MPs to one of their colleagues who called on Rishi Sunak to resign yesterday.
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Donald Trump most ‘unfit person’ in US history to run for presidency, says Democratic pollster
Earlier we spoke to Democratic pollster and political strategist, Simon Rosenberg.
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Welsh government launches controversial plan to target child poverty
The Welsh government has just launched its new strategy to combat child poverty – but it’s already come in for fierce criticism from charities and campaigners, who say it lacks any specific targets to measure progress.
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‘UK will not hesitate to take further action against Houthis’, says Sunak after strikes
Rishi Sunak has warned that Britain and the United States will not hesitate to take further action against Houthi rebels – to protect against attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The prime minister said the UK was not seeking confrontation, but had acted in self defence. And he said that new sanctions to…
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Paula Vennells was ‘lying’ about Post Office scandal, claims forensic accountant
It might have taken a drama to galvanise the response to a crisis – but the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal is gradually bringing more details to light, as hundreds of victims seek justice for their ruined lives. The inquiry will be hoping to uncover more details when it examines a series…
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Cameroon launches world-first mass malaria vaccine programme
Cameroon has become the first country in the world to start routine vaccinations against malaria.
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Gaza-Israel: Fighting engulfs Khan Younis as Palestinian authorities say Israeli troops storm hospital
Fierce fighting has engulfed Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis today, with gun battles in the streets and an intensive bombing campaign from the sky.
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Israel-Gaza: Fears hostilities could spread across Middle East as UN chief calls for ceasefire
“The Middle East is a tinderbox” the United Nations chief Antonio Gutteres warned today – amid mounting fears that the war in Gaza risks spreading the hostilities across the region.
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Fighting in Gaza is ‘unbearable and needs to stop now’, says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy
We spoke to Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy.
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We got ‘too close to the truth’, says forensic accountant who was called in by the Post Office to investigate then sacked
We spoke to Ian Henderson from Second Sight forensic accountants, who were called in by the Post Office to investigate.
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‘We’ll be there with Ukrainians until the end’, says UK Foreign Minister
We spoke to Foreign Minister Andrew Mitchell, and began by asking him, in this ‘crucial year’, as President Zelenskyy described it, has Ukraine got Britain on its side?
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‘Every stone we unturn, we find even more to worry about’, says Conservative MP on Post Office scandal
We spoke to Conservative MP Duncan Baker, who was a sub-postmaster himself.
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Unexpected inflation rise could delay interest rate cuts
There’s been an unexpected increase in the rate of inflation. It’s the first rise in inflation for 10 months and could mean that the Bank of England delays any cuts in interest rates this year.
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Rwanda Bill: Sunak expected to overcome second day of rebellion
Rishi Sunak is expecting to face down a second day of rebellion by backbenchers who want him to toughen up his plans to deport migrants to Rwanda. MPs are just voting on a rebel amendment that would give ministers the power to ignore emergency injunctions from the European Court of Human Rights. The rebels say…