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The NHS is expected to receive a funding boost of up to £30 billion in the spending review next week at the expense of other public services. The Department of Health is set to be handed a 2.8% annual increase in its day-to-day budget over a three-year period. The cash injection, which amounts to a rise of about £30 billion by 2028, or £17 billion in real terms, will see […]

More than 1,200 Scots have applied for payments from a compensation scheme set up to help members of the military impacted by a ban on LGBT personnel serving in the forces. The Scottish Government confirmed the figure as it vowed to act to ensure those who suffered under the ban – which was in place until 2000 – get “every penny they are entitled to”. It comes after the UK […]

Holidaymakers have been warned of the potential for strike action at Glasgow Airport over the summer as more than 800 workers from five companies are involved in pay disputes. Holidaymakers have been warned of the potential for strike action at Glasgow Airport over the summer as more than 800 workers from five companies are involved in pay disputes. Unite the union said workers at Glasgow Airport Ltd, ICTS Central Search, […]

Well ‘Lord’s Prayer better recognised than national anthem, Churchill or Shakespeare’ An extract from the Lord’s Prayer was more recognisable to people than part of the British national anthem and one of Shakespeare’s most famous works, polling has suggested. The prayer, also known as the Our Father, also appeared better known than a famous line from Star Wars, the words of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and Liverpool football anthem […]

Rayner faces Labour backbench call to ‘smash’ existing housebuilding model Angela Rayner could face a backbench rebellion from MPs demanding a “progressive alternative to our planning system”. Labour’s Chris Hinchliff has proposed a suite of changes to the Government’s flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill, part of his party’s drive to build 1.5 million homes in England by 2029. Mr Hinchliff has proposed arming town halls with the power to block […]

David Lammy will seek to deepen UK-India economic ties as he visits New Delhi this weekend, saying Britain’s recently agreed trade deal with the country is “just the start of our ambitions”. Trade and migration will be at the top of the agenda for the Foreign Secretary’s trip, during which he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar. The Foreign Office said Mr Lammy […]

The body of a man has been discovered in the search for teenager Cole Cooper who vanished more than four weeks ago. Police said the body was found in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock, Falkirk, at around 4.15pm on Friday. Formal identification has not yet taken place but the family of Mr Cooper, 19, has been informed. Enquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances, Police Scotland said. […]

Tottenham sack Ange Postecoglou weeks after Europa League success Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by Tottenham despite leading the club to Europa League glory. Postecoglou delivered on his promise of “always” winning in his second season thanks to the 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Bilbao on May 21. It etched head coach Postecoglou’s name into the history books as only the third Spurs boss to taste European success and the first […]

A BBC Bargain Hunt art expert who failed to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing militant group Hezbollah has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artwork worth around £140,000 to Nazem Ahmad, a man designated by US authorities as a suspected financier for the Lebanese organisation. Ojiri, of Brent, north London, previously pleaded guilty to eight offences under section 21A […]