46 h. ago Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says

Robert Tickner says there are ‘no excuses for the failure to implement’ recommendations from the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custodyWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe country’s longest serving Aboriginal affairs minister has accused governments of “turning their backs” on soaring Indigenous incarceration rates, after a record number of Aboriginal deaths in custody in New South Wales this year.Before a protest march in Sydney on Saturday, Robert Tickner, the Hawke and Keating government minister who tabled a landmark royal commission report into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991, declared “time’s up” to take action on the issue. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Ministers accused of abandoning hope of tackling spiralling benefits bill after Labour revolt: White paper 'is scrapped' and disability review 'won't focus on savings'

A review into disability benefits has been told to focus on changes in line with existing spending forecasts rather than 'savings'.

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3 d. ago Labour gives latest update on PIP disability benefit review after U

Sir Stephen Timms has commissioned a review on the personal independence payment (PIP)

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3 d. ago New DWP update on plans for full review of PIP before next Autumn

The DWP has announced that disabled people will shape the Timms Review into PIP.

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3 d. ago Labour's favourite think tank urges Rachel Reeves to go the whole hog and scrap the two

The Resolution Foundation has urged the Chancellor to find an extra £3.5billion a year to ditch the whole limit as it warned that 'half measures' won't suffice.

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3 d. ago Two disability experts appointed to help lead Government review of major benefit

Sir Stephen Timms suggested disabled people would be placed ‘at the heart’ of the review he is undertaking into personal independent payments.

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3 d. ago Prince Andrew sex accuser Virginia Giuffre's memoir omitted name of 'well known' former Prime Minister who raped her because 'she feared he'd kill her'

Since Ms Giuffre's harrowing tell-all book, Nobody's Child, was published ten days ago, much of the heat has been on Prince Andrew over his friendship with billionaire paedophile Epstein

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3 d. ago This terrible government policy pushes 109 children into poverty every day. It must stop

Labour must lift the two-child benefit cap as part of efforts to ensure no child goes to bed hungry

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3 d. ago Income tax rise not ruled out by Keir Starmer in PMQs clash on Budget with Kemi Badenoch

Millions of households are set to be hit with tax rises as Rachel Reeves seeks to plug a hole in the public finances

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4 d. ago Bridge of Allan flood prevention scheme on pause amid council wrangle

The £16million plan - designed to safeguard properties and roadway identified as at risk of flooding in the town - has been put on hold after Scottish ministers accused Stirling Council of failing to provide "sufficient information".

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4 d. ago Israel strikes Gaza after Netanyahu accuses Hamas of breaching ceasefire

Prime minister accuses Hamas of ‘clear violation’ of truce as far-right ministers clamour to resume warIsraeli warplanes struck Gaza on Tuesday night, shortly after Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the military to carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, in the most serious test of the increasingly shaky US-brokered ceasefire.Witnesses reported seeing Israeli planes launch strikes on Gaza City, as well as explosions across the strip shortly after Netanyahu’s announcement. At least seven people were killed in separate strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis, including two children, medical sources said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Middle East crisis live: Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate ‘powerful strikes’ on Gaza

Israeli prime minister orders IDF to carry out strikes on Gaza after it accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefireHamas’s armed wing said it was postponing the handover of another hostage body scheduled for Tuesday evening after what it called Israeli “violations” of the US-brokered ceasefire.Hamas’s announcement came minutes after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to carry out intense strikes on the Gaza Strip, accusing the militants of violating the truce deal. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Returned body parts were of Gaza hostage recovered two years ago, Israel says

Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘clear violation’ of ceasefire as far-right ministers call for resumption of warBenjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of a “clear violation” of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, saying the militant group had returned body parts of a hostage whose remains Israeli troops had recovered two years before.Under the terms of the ceasefire, which took effect on 10 October, Hamas is required to return the remains of all Israeli hostages as soon as possible. In exchange, Israel has agreed to hand over 15 Palestinian bodies for each Israeli. Hamas has yet to return 13 bodies. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trial begins for man accused of killing former Japanese PM Abe with homemade firearm

The trial of the accused killer of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is underway

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage defends Reform MP who moaned about TV ads being 'full of black and Asian people'

Both Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have accused Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn and Helsby MP, of prejudice over her outburst.

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5 d. ago Labour minister accuses John Swinney of 'deliberate misinformation' over Petrofac administration

Petrofac includes around 2,000 employees from its UK base in Aberdeen

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial

Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe partiesIt is too early to declare Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” migration deal with France a failure, but nor can the government claim that it is working as intended. This week, the Guardian revealed that one of the first people deported under the treaty had found his way back to the UK via a small boat. On the same day, Home Office data revealed that the number of people who had made the journey so far this year – 36,886 – had surpassed the total for 2024. The usual partisan recriminations followed. Opposition parties accuse Labour of failing to grip the problem; ministers say they are burdened by a long legacy of Conservative mismanagement. Both things can be true.For all its deficiencies, Sir Keir’s deal with France recognises two facts that his Tory and Reform UK opponents cannot accept. First, engagement with EU states is...

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1 week ago 'Wild West Britain' crisis deepens: Shoplifting soars to 530,000 incidents in Labour's first year in power, as ministers accused of turning UK into 'a soft touch for criminals'

The Office for National Statistics said retail crime spiked by 13 per cent in the 12 months to June, reaching 529,994 recorded offences.

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1 week ago Jess Phillips faces demands to QUIT as Labour is accused of 'watering down' grooming gang inquiry after four victims quit panel

Furious victims have been calling for the Home Office minister to go claiming she had accused them of 'lying' about efforts to water down the probe.

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1 week ago Jess Phillips faces demands to QUIT as Labour's grooming gangs inquiry descends into shambles

Furious victims have been calling for the Home Office minister to go claiming she had accused them of 'lying' about efforts to water down the probe.

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