Category: UK
Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’
Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’
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Mapped: Where three-day thunderstorm warning will impact UK this weekend
Temperatures could hit 30C in the UK this week, but the warm weather also brings the risk of thunderstorms
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World’s first prisoner of war camp in Cambridgeshire to open to the public
The Cambridgeshire site was once home to 7,000 French Prisoners
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Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves
In a scathing assessment, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested the Treasury was at times ‘making up the numbers’
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Mapped: Where have house prices risen the most over the past 20 years?
How do house price rises compare by region and which constituencies have seen the biggest increases?
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UK government downplays ‘understandable’ US review of Aukus submarine deal
The reported review has raised fears Trump’s administration could pull out if the deal did not meet its “America first” agenda.
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Blow for Rachel Reeves after UK economy shrinks by more than expected
The cut to GDP figures will be bad news for the chancellor in her mission to grow the UK economy
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Growing proportion of aid budget to be spent on asylum hotels next year
Hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers strips money from the aid budget and threatens the health of people seeking safety, charities warn
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Lord Brittan’s widow slams closure of police probe after fake abuse claims against husband
The Metropolitan Police’s 16-month investigation into fake claims of a VIP paedophile ring saw raids on Lord Brittan’s home.
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Why new Twix advert has been banned from television
Regulator said cars in ad drove in way ‘that appeared likely to breach the legal requirements of the Highway Code’
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