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Andy Burnham will kick off a national tour this week to ask the public how the Government can improve their lives. Officials said the Prime Minister would be in “listening mode” as he spends much of the rest of August travelling the country to discuss the cost of living. Having promised to give the public “breathing space”, he is expected to unveil a series of measures intended to help with […]

Wes Streeting said he has experienced more online homophobia since becoming Defence Secretary than in his entire previous career..

Wes Streeting said he has experienced more online homophobia since becoming Defence Secretary than in his entire previous career. Speaking at an event at the Edinburgh Fringe, Mr Streeting said he had experienced an “unbelievable volume” of homophobia from people who “cannot cope with the idea” of a gay Defence Secretary. While his appointment three weeks ago had been “almost entirely unremarked upon in the media”, he said that “online […]

The case of a serial sex attacker left free to murder two women is “symptomatic of the litany of failures” in the criminal justice system, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Conservative leader described Simon Levy, who was convicted at the Old Bailey on Friday, as a “modern-day Jack the Ripper” who was “released repeatedly and allowed to continue his campaign of terror against women”. Writing in the Daily Mail, she […]

A schoolgirl has died from her injuries after a pupil opened fire at a high school and his home outside Bangkok the day before, bringing the death toll from the attack to at least eight people.