19 minutes ago Labour warned winter fuel cuts will come back to haunt them 'again and again'

Keir Starmer insists pensioners will still be 'better off' despite scrapping Winter Fuel Payments - but thousands have poured scorn on the PM's claim, with many worried the cuts will push elderly Brits into poverty

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22 minutes ago Tulsi Gabbard faces ‘a lot of questions’ in the Senate about Syria visit, Republican lawmaker says

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence will be questioned over her 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad

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22 minutes ago UK politics live: safeguarding minister Jess Phillips urges people to intervene if women are being harassed in public

Phillips says people have to be mindful of their own safety but ‘you can definitely ask if someone is alright’Asked what his experience of government has been like, Starmer says he is taking the hard decisions first.I think anybody who’s turned around an organisation or a business will tell you, and they’re right, if you’re really going to turn something around, you have to do the hard yards upfront. Don’t look at a tough decision and then leave it for a year or two.So we’re doing the tough stuff. But in the budget, which is probably the toughest, I’m really pleased that we were able to put so much money into the National Health Service Anybody watching this who uses the NHS will know we absolutely had to make that a priority. Continue reading...

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28 minutes ago Band Aid 40 branded 'horrific' by listeners as Bob Geldof breaks down in tears over 'work of art' charity song

Listeners said the charity single doesn’t have ‘a patch on the original’ after it aired on BBC Radio 2 Monday morning - but others have leapt to defence of song

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34 minutes ago Schoolgirl, eight, and man shot in London street attack at 5.30pm on Sunday afternoon in affluent Ladbroke Grove, as police hunt gunman

Armed officers from Metropolitan Police were called to Southern Row, in Ladbroke Grove, Kensington on Sunday at around 5.30pm following reports of gunfire.

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35 minutes ago Ruben Amorim enforces new Man Utd ban as Marcus Rashford and team told rules are changing

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is keen to put in place a new set of rules at Old Trafford and has made it clear there is one thing he will no longer tolerate

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37 minutes ago Labour will abolish swathe of district councils 'blocking house building' as more town halls teeter on the brink of collapse

Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk could all see a shake-up as ministers look to reform two-tier local government structures.

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43 minutes ago Bob Geldof's emotional tribute to Liam Payne as revamped Band Aid 40 charity single is released

As creator Bob and radio host Zoe Ball played the track for listeners to hear, the Irish musician, 73, got choked up as he heard Liam's voice during One Direction 's part of the remix.

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44 minutes ago We must defend elective abortions, not just the most politically palatable cases | Moira Donegan

After Dobbs, pro-choice advocates have emphasized women in medical crises. But those tragic cases are a limited pictureA Kentucky woman known by the pseudonym Mary Poe recently filed a lawsuit against her state, seeking an abortion for what was once a banal reason: because she wanted one.Poe, who was about seven weeks pregnant at the time of the lawsuit’s filing, has since had an abortion out of state. But her attorneys argue that she still has standing to sue to overturn Kentucky’s two abortion bans – a six-week ban and a separate total ban – arguing that the laws violate the state constitution. This much, at least, is typical: lawsuits challenging abortion bans have sprung up across the country since Dobbs, with women and their families seeking to overturn bans, expand exceptions, or ...

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45 minutes ago Santa will send children free letter this Xmas if you meet this Royal Mail deadline

Countless children pen their annual letter to Santa, detailing their festive gift requests. Receiving a response from Father Christmas himself is a surefire way to reassure them that their wishes have been noted

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