2 h. ago DWP update on major PIP cuts issued by Liz Kendal after £47 a week warning

The Labour Government has defended plans to cut around 400,000 claims from the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by tightening the qualifying criteria of the benefit

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10 h. ago Bank Holiday weekend weather as Met Office warns of 'unsettled' conditions

The Met Office explained that more 'unsettled conditions' are set to develop across the UK through the weekend

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28 h. ago Met Office verdict on 'mini heatwave' set to bring 27C temperatures to UK

The Met Office has revealed whether Brits could soon see a return of a 'mini heatwave' in the UK

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46 h. ago G7 nations paper over differences on tariffs and Ukraine, agree to address 'imbalances'

Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on U.S. tariffs and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances,” a swipe at China’s trade practices

Economics

47 h. ago Fury as Welsh Labour government spends £250,000 on project to count MOTHS while it cuts public services

The 'Cryptic Creatures of the Creuddyn' project is surveying the moths' limestone habitats on Llandudno's Great Orme headland and in neighbouring areas.

Economics

50 h. ago UK officer who oversaw rejections of Afghan asylum claims could be linked to war crimes inquiry, High Court hears

Senior civil servant became concerned about how Afghan claims for UK resettlement were being rejected

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51 h. ago Democrats may require 2028 contenders to release full health information after disastrous Biden campaign

Revelations regarding former president’s decline in office are set to have significant effects on how his party conducts its elections

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52 h. ago Scots could be set for scorching summer as Met Office suggests temperatures may surge

While long-range forecasting can be difficult, the weather agency reckons we may be in for a sun-kissed few months.

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2 d. ago Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti

Cyril Ramaphosa responds to hectoring stunt in Oval Office and egregious claim of white genocide by suggesting calmUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump ambushed the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, by playing him a video that he falsely claimed proved genocide was being committed against white people under “the opposite of apartheid”.The hectoring stunt on Wednesday set up the most tense Oval Office encounter since Trump’s bullying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February. But Ramaphosa – who earlier said that he had come to Washington to “reset” the relationship between the two countries – refused to take the bait and suggested that they “talk about it very calmly”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy

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4 d. ago Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance

Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first termUS politics live – latest updatesThe FBI director, Kash Patel, has scrapped a watchdog team set up to scrutinise a warrantless surveillance law he previously claimed was being abused to target supporters of Donald Trump.He has ordered the closure of the FBI’s office of internal auditing, a unit set up during Trump’s first presidency to uncover misuses of a contentious part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa), the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Post Office data breach victims to get up to £5k in compensation

The Post Office is set to compensate many former sub-postmasters after unintentionally revealing their names and addresses on its official website

Economics

5 d. ago A Place In The Sun fans claim host Jasmine Harman 'deserves a medal' after string of infuriating snubs from 'absolutely useless and time

Civil servant Lisa, from Liverpool, featured on Thursday's instalment of the Channel 4 show and asked for help finding her dream holiday home in southern Alicante.

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5 d. ago More than 65,000 holiday rentals blocked on Airbnb by Spanish government due to rule violations

It comes as the Spanish government has found that thousands of Airbnb listings did not include the necessary information

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5 d. ago Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations

Spain’s government says it has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules

Society

5 d. ago Civil servants working from home watch TV and gamble instead of working, data shows

New data has emerged that shows taxpayer funded laptops are being used to search for X-rated sites, as well as stream TV and movies while civil servants are on the clock

Culture

6 d. ago Netflix, porn and gambling websites viewed on civil servants' laptops as majority continue to WFH

Civil servants have been watching Netflix and accessing porn websites on their SNP government-issued laptops, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

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8 d. ago Britain could be hotter than Ibiza as country basks in sunshine this weekend

Temperatures could hit 25C on Sunday in western areas of England and parts of Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales, with most areas set to see blue skies over both days, the Met Office said.

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8 d. ago UAE delegation visited No 10 before law change that paves way for stake in Telegraph

Exclusive: delegates met officials weeks before UK set out higher-than-expected cap on foreign state ownership of newspapersA delegation from the United Arab Emirates met Downing Street officials weeks before ministers announced a law change that allows the state to take a 15% stake in the Telegraph titles, the Guardian understands.Ministers disclosed the cap this week as part of a long-awaited clarification on the rules around state ownership of British newspapers. It is higher than the 5-10% ceiling envisaged by the previous Conservative government. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Civil servants threaten legal action and strikes in transgender toilets row: Union says guidance is 'segregating our trans and non

Activists in Whitehall's biggest trade union are calling for 'possible industrial, legal and human rights challenges' to guidance which 'segregated' trans and non-binary' colleagues.

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