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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 to help out”. This...
A Labour MP has said he was involved in an incident where he “felt threatened” and is cooperating with police. Mike Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn...
Is the prime minister declaring war on middle Britain in his definition of a working person and did he mislead the public in his manifesto by...
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...
Increased funding for social housing is needed to meet ambitious government building targets, according to experts. Representatives of England’s housing associations estimate they need funding for...
The amount employers pay in national insurance is set to rise in next week’s budget to raise money for public services, Sky News understands. Reports have...
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...
A knifeman 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....
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 to the...
An online predator who led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the...
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”....
Who counts as a working person will matter a lot next week when the new Labour government unveils what is being billed as a historic budget....
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 £50bn. Speaking to...
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...
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...
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three people were found dead at a care home in Swanage. Dorset Police said it had...
The investigation into a car crash that killed two eight-year-old girls at a school in Wimbledon has been reopened, the Metropolitan Police has said. Nuria Sajjad...
The King sipped a ceremonial drink and was presented with a pig for feasting during a first day of events in Samoa. The “dressed-down” monarch had...
Chris Downes’s piercing blue eyes stare out from the mugshot on a Cheshire Police news release. He “has been causing problems within this town through shoplifting...
Folkestone has been drawing in crowds in recent years with regeneration and private developments transforming parts of this port town on the Kent coast. But many...
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