68 m. ago Starmer braced for biggest rebellion of premiership as Labour MPs rail against benefit cuts

PM facing criticism from backbenchers over welfare bill ahead of key vote on Tuesday

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76 m. ago Starmer’s authority under fire as Labour MPs threaten biggest revolt yet in crunch vote on benefit reforms

Ministers hope that the PM’s partial U-turn will be enough to win over sufficient Labour rebels to pass the Government’s welfare changes when MPs vote on Tuesday

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2 h. ago Labour benefits cuts latest: Starmer braces for major rebellion over crunch welfare bill vote today

More than 120 Labour backbenchers had signed an amendment that would have effectively killed the legislation

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2 h. ago Keir Starmer still faces biggest rebellion of premiership over welfare reforms despite concessions

Ministers hopeful PM’s partial U-turn enough to win over sufficient Labour rebels to pass Government’s welfare changes when MPs vote on Tuesday

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2 h. ago Labour contingent urged by Lanarkshire MSP not to back 'shameful' disability cuts

The SNP's Clare Adamson says they are 'playing games with people’s lives'

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4 h. ago Transform your tiny garden into a lush haven with these creative tips

Space, or the lack of it, doesn't have to stand between you and a fruitful garden

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4 h. ago Pyrrhic victory on UK welfare shows need for systemic reform, analysts say

Think-tanks argue sensitive policy change should not be driven by need to meet fiscal rules

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4 h. ago ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France

Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004When 14-year-old Pascal Gélie saw a brochure for an elite French Catholic boarding school boasting swimming in summer and skiing in winter, he begged his parents to send him. He had just watched the American school drama Dead Poets Society and was expecting “sport and friendship”.“On the first night, I realised I’d made a terrible mistake,” said Gélie, now a 51-year-old office-worker in Bordeaux. “There were 40 of us in a dormitory with decrepit mattresses. When I whispered to another boy for some toilet paper to take to the bathroom, the supervisor grabbed me by the face and pointed to the stone terrace outside. Someone told me to take my coat because you could be forced to stand outside for hours in the cold and damp. I was made to stand there all night.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Backlash from campaigners has forced welcome rethink on PIP plans

We must now hope the UK Government continues to listen to MPs and anti-poverty campaigners to ensure robust safeguards are in place to protect the most vulnerable in society.

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7 h. ago Referee forced to ignore VAR rule due to furious player reaction in Man City vs Al Hilal

Al Hilal players were left furious after Bernardo Silva's early goal for Manchester City against Al Hilal in the Club World Cup was allowed to stand

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7 h. ago Glastonbury proves that I was right to try to reform the BBC: NADINE DORRIES

I have long believed that the BBC is one of the main supporting pillars of socialism in Britain today and that many who work for it are rootedly anti-Semitic.

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8 h. ago Revealed: The areas where one in 20 adults get PIP benefits for depression or anxiety

MailOnline analysis of Britain's spiralling PIP bill names Labour-run constituencies of Liverpool Walton, Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, and Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare as the hotspots.

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8 h. ago Labour has failed to make any notable improvements to the NHS

Patients say they are not finding it any easier to access a GP, dentist, routine hospital treatment or A&E care, according to an Ipsos poll for the Daily Mail.

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9 h. ago Welfare rebellion looms for Starmer despite concessions to Labour rebels

Backbench anger has continued to simmer.

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9 h. ago Major plan paves way for parental leave reforms in hope for millions of families

Deputy PM Angela Rayner said a major review into the parental leave and pay system would leave 'no stone unturned' as it looks to improve the situation for families

Society

9 h. ago Immigration reforms for ‘complete reset’ to be introduced in Parliament

The legislative measures are the first policy changes to be introduced from the Government’s Immigration White Paper.

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9 h. ago Labour benefits cuts latest: Rebels urge Starmer to ‘think again’ as PM tries to quell party mutiny

More than 130 Labour backbenchers had signed an amendment that would have effectively killed the legislation

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10 h. ago Crime Scene Cleaners review – Warning! This show is truly vomit

In this astonishing and gross series, we stand witness as teams battle to clean up blood, guts and body fluids. Viewer discretion is very much advised – there will be maggotsIt has been a while since we had a good, honest point-and-boke documentary, is it not? “Boke”, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, means to be sick. I use it here because the onomatopoeia gives a better sense of the fight that precedes the act, especially if – say – a programme is unspooling in front of you that keeps the nausea building until you are past the point of no return. Viewer discretion – and a plastic bowl – is advised.So, then, to Crime Scene Cleaners, a 10-part documentary – yes, 10! – that does exactly what it says on the tin. It follows teams from British and American companies as they move in after bodies have been removed and evidence bagged and tagged by police to clean up anything left behind. “Anything” can mean blood – spattered, accumulated in the bottom of a bath tub, trailed along...

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11 h. ago Council executive defies Reform leadership by refusing to take down Pride flag

Warwickshire county council's chief executive has been blasted by Zia Yusuf as acting like the 'monarch of Warwickshire' when she defied their party orders.

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12 h. ago PETER TATCHELL: How can chanting five words provoke more outrage than Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza? 

No-one at Glastonbury is going to kill an Israeli soldier as a result of Bob Vylan’s words. It’s protest rhetoric - says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell

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