6 h. ago Criminals held in hospital will have benefits cut under new Government plans

Nottingham attack victims' parents said they were 'delighted' by the proposed changes, which would extend the benefits ban to serious offenders detained in hospitals under court order

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36 h. ago Scots braced for council tax hikes as local government set for 'largest' cut

Kate Forbes, the Deputy First Minister, insisted there is “no need” for substantial council tax rises

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41 h. ago MPs 'not convinced' Chancellor's cash Isa limit cut to £12,000 will result in investing boom

MPs 'remain to be convinced' the Government's cut to the cash Isa allowance, unveiled in the Budget,will spark a culture of investing in stocks and shares.

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4 d. ago Trump says Cuba will receive no more Venezuelan oil as he pushes for deal

Communist government in Havana strikes defiant pose after US president vows to cut off energy lifeline

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5 d. ago SNP under fire for 'costly wasted opportunity' to cut waste and boost re

Campaigners have hit out at the Scottish Government’s blueprint to cut waste.

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6 d. ago Trump promises oil companies ‘total safety’ in Venezuela as he urges them to invest billions

Country is ‘uninvestable’ today, president told, but CEOs signal they are ready to spend with supportDonald Trump promised oil giants “total safety, total security” in Venezuela in an effort to persuade them to invest $100bn in the country’s infrastructure after US forces toppled Nicolás Maduro from power.At a roundtable press conference at the White House on Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil executives, including leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhilips, the US president doubled down on claims that Maduro’s arrest presents American oil companies with an unprecedented opportunity for extraction. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Government issues statement on the extension of the 5p fuel duty cut

The Autumn Budget revelation was discussed in Parliament this week

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7 d. ago Fact check: Defence spending fell below 3% of GDP in the 1990s

John Major’s government cut defence spending to below 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in in 1995, and it has not risen above that level since.

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8 d. ago Trump demands massive increase to defense spending budget in what he calls ‘very troubled and dangerous times’

The unprecedented funding request comes as the president has pursued military action across Latin America and is threatening to take over Greenland

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8 d. ago Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing 'dangerous times'

President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”

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1 week ago New figures confirm Livingston learner drivers face 24 weeks for practical driving test

The UK Government has pledged to cut waiting times to seven weeks. However, despite promises from Transport Minister Heidi Alexander that action was being taken to “get Britain’s drivers moving” have since been rolled back, with deadlines pushed back until next summer.

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2 w. ago We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did

Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficultElon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025When Elon Musk vowed late last year to lead a “department of government efficiency” (Doge), he claimed it would operate with “maximum transparency” as it set about saving $2tn worth of waste and exposing massive fraud.Today, with Musk out of the White House, Doge having cut only a tiny fraction of the waste it promised, and dozens of lawsuits alleging violations of privacy and transparency laws, much of what the agency has done remains a mystery. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US pledges $2bn in new UN model for delivery of humanitarian assistance

Gaza not covered in announcement and will be handled on separate track, says US state department officialThe United States on Monday pledged $2bn in assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries next year, part of what it said was a new mechanism for the delivery of life-saving assistance following major foreign aid cuts by the Trump administration.The US slashed its aid spending this year, and leading western donors such as Germany also pared back assistance as they pivoted to increased defense spending, triggering a severe funding crunch for the UN. The billions of dollars in assistance pledged by Washington on Monday will be overseen by the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, the state department said, under what it described as new model of assistance agreed with the UN that aims to make aid funding and delivery more efficient and increase accountability for the spending of funds. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago DOGE promised to cut government spending. It went up under Trump, new report shows

Elon Musk initially promised that DOGE would slash $2 trillion in ‘waste, fraud and abuse,’ a goal that was later reduced to $1 trillion

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3 w. ago The Trump administration spends $3,500 every time an immigrant self

The Department of Homeland Security has branded self-deportation a ‘dignified’ route out of the country. But advocates warn those who choose to do so may not be able to return for years — or at all. Kelly Rissman reports

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4 w. ago 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as West Wing left in chaos by kamikaze interview

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles spending most of the year slagging off Trump's team to a magazine reporter (only to be shocked when he published her comments) was on nobody's bingo card. And there were some real surprises buried in the Vanity Fair profile

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