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New Tory leader Badenoch promises ‘hard truths’ for country and party

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New Tory leader Badenoch promises ‘hard truths’ for country and party

Kemi Badenoch said she will tell “hard truths” to both the country and her party as she began her first full day as Conservative leader. In her first media appearance since winning the Tory leadership election, Ms Badenoch said the UK is getting poorer and older and being “outcompeted” by other countries. She told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “We need to look at how we can reorganise our economy […]

today03/11/2024

Chancellor: I was ‘wrong’ on taxes during election

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Chancellor: I was ‘wrong’ on taxes during election

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she was “wrong” when she said during the election campaign that she would not need to raise taxes, but insisted further increases will not be needed. During a campaign event on June 11, Ms Reeves said she would not need to raise taxes beyond the increases already set out in the Labour Party’s manifesto. But delivering her first Budget on Wednesday, she announced £40 billion of tax […]

today03/11/2024

Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power

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Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power

Never frightened to ruffle feathers, new Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s willingness to say what others may regard as unsayable has made her the darling of the Tory grassroots. Never frightened to ruffle feathers, new Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s willingness to say what others may regard as unsayable has made her the darling of the Tory grassroots. Her forthright views on issues from gender identity to institutional racism have thrilled supporters […]

today02/11/2024

Comedian Janey Godley, known for Sturgeon parodies and Trump sign, dies aged 63

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Comedian Janey Godley, known for Sturgeon parodies and Trump sign, dies aged 63

Scottish comedian Janey Godley has died aged 63 after receiving palliative treatment for terminal cancer, her management company has confirmed. In a statement, Chris Davis Management said she would be “hugely missed by her family, friends and her many fans”. Godley’s daughter BBC Radio Scotland presenter Ashley Storrie said “we got her longer because of all of the support and the love in the world” in a video posted to […]

today02/11/2024

Ruben Amorim confirmed as Manchester United head coach starting November 11

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Ruben Amorim confirmed as Manchester United head coach starting November 11

Ruben Amorim has been confirmed as Manchester United’s new head coach and will take charge of the Premier League club on November 11. Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday after the Old Trafford hierarchy unanimously decided enough was enough as Sunday’s late loss at West Ham continued their poor start to his third season in charge. United set their sights on highly-rated Sporting Lisbon head coach Amorim and have now […]

today01/11/2024

Time to ‘think about’ reparations for slave trade, says Doreen Lawrence

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Time to ‘think about’ reparations for slave trade, says Doreen Lawrence

Britain should apologise and “think about” paying reparations for its historical involvement in the slave trade, the mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence has said. Speaking in Parliament, Doreen Lawrence argued it was a contemporary issue given taxes had been used to help compensate slave owners up until 2015. The Jamaican-born Labour peer made her comments after the UK failed to keep language on reparations out of a joint […]

today31/10/2024

Daniel Khalife ‘thought British security services would be impressed with him’

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Daniel Khalife ‘thought British security services would be impressed with him’

A spy-accused former soldier thought British security services would be “impressed” with him after he covertly gathered the names of special forces personnel, his trial has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, told a court he was “surprised” when he discovered a “flaw” in an internal HR system for booking leave, allowing him to find further details about the soldiers on a promotions list in 2021. He took a photo of a […]

today31/10/2024

New image captures a ‘dark wolf’ in the cosmic sky

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New image captures a ‘dark wolf’ in the cosmic sky

Astronomers have unveiled an image of a giant cloud of space gas and dust that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop. Nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, the cloud is in the Scorpius constellation near the middle of the Milky Way, around 5,300 light-years from Earth. This image takes up an area in the sky equivalent to four full moons, but is actually part of […]

today31/10/2024

Tories: Farmers will have to stump up hundreds of thousands of pounds

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Tories: Farmers will have to stump up hundreds of thousands of pounds

Farmers will have to stump up hundreds of thousands of pounds under Labour’s inheritance tax plans, the Conservative Party has claimed. Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake warned Labour MPs who intend to have a pint in a local pub and a chat with farmers this weekend to “think again” following yesterday’s Budget. Greg Smith, Conservative MP for Mid Buckinghamshire, also described the Budget as a “full-frontal financial attack on our […]

today31/10/2024

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