2 h. ago Nigel Farage vows to reverse Keir Starmer's cut to winter fuel payments as part of £85bn package

The Reform UK leader unveiled a string of policies in a major speech, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap and fully reinstating winter fuel payments.

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3 h. ago Personal use of small amounts of cannabis should be decriminalised, major report demands

Former Labour Justice Secretary Lord Charlie Falconer, who chaired the independent London Drugs Commission, called for 'a fundamental reset' in the way cannabis use is dealt with

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4 h. ago P Diddy's ex Cassie Ventura has gone into labour after testifying in trial

Cassie Ventura has reportedly gone into labour with her third child, just days after taking the stand.

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5 h. ago Planning reforms seek to boost smaller developers to build homes faster

The Government will set out proposals to cut red tape and for planning decisions to be shifted away from councillors and towards expert officers.

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6 h. ago Celtic see Veljko Milosavljevic bid 'rejected' amid Kvistgaarden transfer issue as Greg Taylor contract pitched

The wheels are already in motion for a summer overhaul at Celtic Park

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7 h. ago Philadelphia mass shooting: Cops hunting three gunmen after two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park

Police named two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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8 h. ago 2 killed and 9 injured in a Memorial Day shooting at a Philadelphia park

Philadelphia's mayor says there are no excuses for violence like the Memorial Day shooting that killed two people and injured another nine at a park in the city

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8 h. ago P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura 'goes into labour' just days after testifying in rapper's trial

P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura has reportedly gone into labour with her third child, just days after taking the stand at the rapper's sex abuse trial

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8 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of ‘fantasy promises’ with expensive policy pledges

Reform UK leader unveils plans to reverse benefit cuts and bring in tax breaks without explaining how they would be fundedNigel Farage has been accused of leaving a multibillion-pound black hole at the heart of his party’s spending plans after unveiling a series of expensive policy pledges to be paid for by cutting nonexistent items of government spending.The Reform UK leader laid out a series of economic promises at a speech on Tuesday designed to take advantage of disquiet among Labour voters at the government’s policies on taxes and benefits. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago The Guardian view on Farage’s cynical pitch: Labour must be bolder to see off the threat | Editorial

The Reform UK leader spies a route to power through appealing to blue collar voters. His speech is another wake-up call for Sir Keir Starmer’s governmentLast July, concluding his election victory speech after winning in Clacton, Nigel Farage announced that after inflicting grievous damage on the Conservative party that night, Reform UK would now “be coming for Labour”. Since then, on issues such as the nationalisation of Britain’s beleaguered steel industry, Mr Farage has carefully positioned his party as sympathetic to working-class concerns and fears. His heavily-trailed speech on Tuesday, in Westminster, was the most direct attempt yet to present himself as a new spokesperson for Labour’s traditional blue-collar voters.The most talented and cynical political opportunist of his generation, Mr Farage knows where the openings lie. Labour has tied itself in unedifying knots over its deeply unpopular cuts to the winter fuel allowance, and agonised over reversing the Tories’ ...

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9 h. ago Britain is still hoping to slash Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on UK goods, says Peter Mandelson

The Labour peer, who is the UK's ambassador to the US, outlined how work is ongoing to 'address' the 'reciprocal' tariffs the US President has imposed.

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10 h. ago Labour admit Nigel Farage is running the country. Furious insiders tell DAN HODGES Reform is 'killing them', they're copying his every move... and that it'll spell end of Starmer

Over the past few months, Westminster has reverberated with the same angst-ridden question: 'Could Nigel Farage really become prime minister?'

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10 h. ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Cops hunting three gunmen after two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park

Police have named the two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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10 h. ago Wrexham star speaks out on transfer plans months after dad called out Ryan Reynolds

Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer has made his future plans clear after being frozen out of the squad by manager Phil Parkinson during the second half of their League One campaign

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10 h. ago Victoria and David Beckham take minds off son Brooklyn and wife Nicola 'feud' with New York date night

The couple dined at the renowned Eleven Madison Park, indulging in the restaurant's ten-course £270 vegan tasting menu

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10 h. ago Frankie Bridge fears she 'might not end up' with husband Wayne as she shares concern

Loose Women star Frankie Bridge has been married to former footballer Wayne Bridge since 2014 and the couple share two sons, Parker and Carter, but Frankie is worried about their future

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10 h. ago Israeli gunfire heard as crowds of Palestinians try to reach an aid center in Gaza

An AP journalist says Israeli tank and gunfire has been heard while giant crowds of Palestinians tried to reach a newly opened aid distribution center in southern Gaza

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11 h. ago How WILL you pay for that, Nigel? Farage admits Reform's costings might be 'optimistic' as he vows '£80bn' tax cut while axing two

Nigel Farage trolled that Keir Starmer is 'terrified' of the threat from the insurgents as he committed to scrap the two-child benefit cap and fully restore winter fuel payments.

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11 h. ago Philadelphia mass shooting latest: Two killed in Fairmount Park named with 15

Police have named the two people killed in the shooting as 23-year-old Amya Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers as their investigation continues

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12 h. ago DWP reveals the 700,000 people who will avoid Starmer’s PIP benefits changes

Minister for social security and disability Sir Stephen Timms confirmed which group will be unaffected by PIP changes

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