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John Healey has promised the benefits bill “will come down under Labour” and signalled there will be more “hard decisions” on cuts to public spending. The Chancellor on Sunday said media interpretations suggesting he wanted the bill to start falling before the general election were “simply wrong” and he “never set out the timetable for savings”. Confusion arose from Mr Healey’s comments earlier in the week over whether the ballooning […]

Britpop figure Meg Mathews has revealed she has been secretly battling breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. The 60-year-old former wife of Oasis star Noel Gallagher said she would have “never known” she had cancer as she “looked great and felt great” when she received her diagnosis in October 2024. During an interview with The Sun’s Fabulous magazine, Mathews recalled finding out she had “three pea-sized lumps” beneath her […]

Celtic paid the price for a sloppy start and a superb display from former goalkeeper Scott Bain as they fell to a 2-0 defeat at Falkirk. Ethan Ross netted in the third minute after a mistake by Cameron Carter-Vickers and Scott Tanser put Falkirk two ahead in the 38th minute. Bain made 10 saves as Martin O’Neill’s side endured an afternoon of frustration and suffered a sixth defeat in 10 […]

The King will speak about slavery with “unflinching honesty” and “sincere sorrow” in a speech to Commonwealth leaders but is not expected to offer an apology. Charles will deliver the address opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) on Tuesday, now with heightened interest after the Prime Minister offered Commonwealth nations the opportunity to discuss a slavery apology from Britain. But as the head of the Commonwealth, the King’s […]

Hundreds of thousands of protesters inspired by frustrated high school students have taken to the streets France’s protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, with Halloween costumes lightening the mood, but gatherings in Paris and other cities ended in clouds of tear gas and scattered fires set by small groups on the margins. About 70,000 police and gendarmes were deployed across the country after interior minister Laurent Nunez warned of a “very high […]

Andy Burnham’s Government is “failing to deliver the change he promised” on living standards, the SNP has said. SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan MP says the UK has reached “crisis point”, citing the Resolution Foundation’s recent claim that in the next two years, typical working-aged households in the country will see their disposable income fall by £1,050, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this decade will be the worst […]

Hundreds of people took part in the protest in Nine Elms, south-west London, on Saturday In a post on X at 6.15pm, the Metropolitan Police said it had arrested 139 people, with the majority detained for expressing support for a proscribed organisation, and further arrests were expected throughout the day. Expressing support for the group is an offence under the Terrorism Act after it was proscribed in June 2025. Many […]

Travellers wrapped in blue and yellow Ukrainian flags stepped off buses The civilians had travelled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus, after a deal was brokered by US first lady Melania Trump. Ukrainian authorities imposed restrictions on disclosing the number of evacuees or the border crossing location, to safeguard those who chose to remain in Oleshky as well as to protect future humanitarian missions, the organisers said. The […]

The chief executive of the City of London Corporation Ian Thomas has been named the UK’s most influential black person in this year’s Powerlist. Published by Powerful Media, the list identifies the UK’s most powerful people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage in the UK. The 2027 Powerlist was published on Saturday following the Celebration of Black Excellence Awards ceremony at Grosvenor House in London on Friday night, […]