3 hours ago Reeves plans stealth taxes as Starmer prepares to splurge billions on NHS

Rachel Reeves is considering a range of taxes in the Budget to fill a £40 billion black hole in Labour’s spending commitments but the prime minister is ready to announce billions of extra money for the NHS

Economics

6 hours ago Brit pensioner, 83, 'sexually assaults young girl' at Majorca church service

The teenage girl claimed the 83-year-old expat touched her bottom and her back several times as they queued to receive communion during the service in the municipality of Alcudia

Events

6 hours ago Sir Keir Starmer sparks backlash after 'removing Shakespeare portrait from No 10 wall'

The 18th-century portrait of the Bard has been put into storage triggering criticism from conservatives

Politics

8 hours ago Moment Ukraine prisoners of war are reunited with families as 190 freed

President Zelensky has shared footage of the moment Ukrainian prisoners of war were reunited with their families.

Events

9 hours ago UK will not apologise for role in slavery at Commonwealth summit, No 10 says

News that no symbolic apology or reparations are planned could put Starmer on collision course with other nationsThe UK government will not apologise over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade at next week’s Commonwealth heads of government (Chogm) summit in Samoa, Downing Street has said.Downing Street said on Monday that the government would not be paying reparations for slavery. News that neither an apology nor reparations are on the agenda could put Keir Starmer, who will attend the gathering, on a collision course with other nations. Continue reading...

Politics

9 hours ago Denying assisted dying ‘not very Christian’, former Supreme Court president says

Baroness Hale of Richmond said forcing life upon someone suffering is ‘terribly cruel’.

Events

9 hours ago Starmer denies election pledges will be broken as Reeves plans stealth taxes

Rachel Reeves is considering a range of taxes in the Budget to fill a £40 billion black hole in Labour’s spending commitments

Politics

11 hours ago Staggering cost of Britain’s Brexit divorce revealed – and there’s billions more to pay EU

Exclusive: Starmer urged to reverse the damage done by Brexit by pursuing closer ties with Europe after vast costs of leaving bloc revealed

Economics

11 hours ago Huge Sky TV crackdown just blocked more UK homes from viewing television for free

UK authorities have shut down another illegal streaming service which was offering Sky channels without paying the usual price.

Culture