9 h. ago Labour minister hints at tax hikes for middle class – but rules out rises for people on ‘modest incomes’

Transport secretary says ministers have promised not to raise taxes for ‘people on modest incomes’

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9 h. ago Brexit: Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain want UK to rejoin EU, poll finds – but on new terms

Poll results after Labour prime minister Keir Starmer welcomed the French President to the UK for the first state visit from a European Union leader since the UK left the bloc

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27 h. ago Wales' Labour First Minister backs Wealth Tax and piles pressure on Keir Starmer

Eluned Morgan said those with the broadest shoulders pay more as ordinary people were desperately struggling with the cost of living

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50 h. ago DAME ANGELA EAGLE: Historic migrant return deal shows we're replacing chaos with control

Writing for The Mirror, Border Security and Asylum Minister Dame Angela Eagle says Labour is finally replacing chaos with control, after a groundbreaking returns deal was agreed with France

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58 h. ago Unite votes to suspend Angela Rayner membership over Birmingham bin strikes

Union, to which deputy PM may not belong, also votes to reconsider ties with Labour if council forces through redundanciesUK politics live – latest updatesUnite has voted to suspend the membership of the deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, and reconsider its ties with Labour over their approach to the Birmingham bin workers’ strike.Labour’s biggest union donor passed the motion at its policy conference on Friday, despite party sources saying Rayner had resigned her membership of Unite months ago. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Angela Rayner SUSPENDED from Unite union after emergency motion over bin strike row

Unite has also voted to 're-examine its relationship' with Labour after suspending the Deputy Prime Minister

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58 h. ago Almost 800 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid since end of May, says UN – Middle East crisis live

Majority of those killed were in the vicinity of sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation The number of people killed by strikes in Gaza on Friday has risen to seven, according to the region’s civil defence agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.Nearly all of Gaza’s population has been displaced at least once during the more than 21-month war, which has created dire humanitarian conditions for the more than two million people living there. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago People on highest PIP could see payments rise to nearly £800 each month from next April

The September CPI figure published in October will determine the annual uprating for DWP disability benefits.

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66 h. ago Zonal pricing 'uncertainty' would have hit Scotland worst in UK, says Labour energy minister

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Shanks said charging Scottish electricity users less than the south of England would have been a "huge risk" to investment north of the border.

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3 d. ago Firefighters rescue dozens from burning high rise in Santiago

Firefighters in Chile’s capital have rescued over 100 people from a high-rise fire

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3 d. ago Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers sayMore than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned.A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating. Researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine compared different potential scenarios, looking at levels of warming, measures to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, regional climatic differences and potential power outages. They also modelled the ageing population. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Texas flooding death toll climbs to 119 as search for more people continues

Amid cleanup efforts, residents and news outlets question the government’s pre-flooding alarm and warning systemsAmong the Texas flood victims: campers, staff, grandparents and teachersThe number of people who have died from the flooding in Texas continues to rise, with at least 119 people dead throughout the state, officials said on Wednesday morning.Search crews continue to look for people, as residents and news organizations question the government’s alarm and warning systems. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago John Swinney 'from age of Taggart rather than Department Q', claims Labour minister

Kirsty McNeill made the jibe about the two Scottish crime dramas in the House of Commons on Wednesday morning.

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4 d. ago Starmer declines to rule out wealth tax as Badenoch brands him ‘weak’

The Conservative leader claimed the Prime Minister had been ‘forced into a series of chaotic U-turns’ and failed to prevent doctors’ strikes.

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4 d. ago ‘We must unite’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s rallying cry at Nigerian literature festival

Author’s keynote speech calls for preservation of Igbo worldview, culture and traditions amid separatist movement turning increasingly violentAs Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took to the stage in a hall in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu, dressed in a vibrant burnt orange African-print outfit, her hair styled in an elegant afro, the audience clapped and ululated in appreciation.“It’s always a homecoming when I return to the south-east,” the novelist, who was born in the city, began. “But it no longer feels like home – the calm, the warmth, the essence seems to have faded,” she added, in an allusion to the violence associated with an armed separatist movement in the region – where 90% of people are from the Igbo ethnic group – and a recent rise in ritual killings. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Moment house is swept away in New Mexico flash flooding – video

At least three people were reported missing in Ruidoso, southern New Mexico, after heavy rain triggered flash flooding on Tuesday. The US National Weather Service (NWS) reported the water level of the Rio Ruidoso rose to 20ft (6 metres), a record high crest if confirmed. The NWS also reported a father and two children had been washed away by flash floods in New Mexico and rescue crews were searching for themTexas floods: more than 100 people dead and at least 161 still missingAs the flood risk rises around the world, what can we do to adapt? Continue reading...

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5 d. ago First Minister says Labour are taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’

Eluned Morgan told Sky News voters in Wales needed to understand Reform as a "threat", warning that "things that they're used to" such as free prescriptions and free school meals for primary school children "could be snatched away"

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5 d. ago Labour taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’, says Morgan

The First Minister said there was no point Labour trying to “out-Reform Reform” as a poll suggested the party could become the biggest in the Senedd.

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6 d. ago Tony Blair think tank 'involved in talks over plan for Gaza Riviera holiday destination' with staff saying Israeli attacks created redevelopment 'opportunity'

Staff from the former Labour prime minister's Institute for Global Change said the damage caused by months of Israeli attacks had created a 'once-in-a-century opportunity' to redevelop it.

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6 d. ago John Swinney branded an 'analogue politician' by UK Labour's Wes Streeting in 'second

UK ministers have hit out at Scotland’s “second-rate” NHS app as it promises a “supercharged” version south of the border.

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