18 h. ago Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens

Sir Keir condemns 'appalling' graffiti attack outside Ms Rayner’s Hove flat – as the Commons watchdog prepares to give its verdict on whether she broke ministerial code

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19 h. ago Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row

Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty.

Politics

22 h. ago Starmer refuses to back Rayner staying in post until the election as stamp duty row deepens: UK Politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

Politics

3 d. ago Angela Rayner faces growing pressure over her property portfolio as questions mount

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

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1 week ago ‘Sanaa wasn’t a statistic’: Baby who ‘knew nothing but war’ dies of malnutrition as Gaza crisis deepens

A toddler died in hospital as a result of prolonged nutritional deficiency and a lack of baby formula. Tara Cobham reports on the devastating impact the Israel-Hamas war is having on Palestinian children

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2 w. ago Labour braced for wave of legal action over migrant hotels as immigration crisis deepens

Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice urged residents to protest outside more migrant hotels to force councils to take legal action to ban asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Salford crisis deepens with Wakefield match cancelled over welfare concerns

Red Devils have only two senior players availableCOO Claire Bradbury accused ownership of misogynyThe crisis at Salford Red Devils has deepened on and off the field in the past 24 hours. On Thursday, their chief operating officer claimed she had resigned after the club’s ­ownership suggested she “sleep with someone at the RFL” to ­alleviate their financial issues and on Friday the club’s Super League game against Wakefield on Sunday was cancelled.The Red Devils have been embroiled in controversy for most of 2025, following a takeover by a consortium led by Dario Berta. Players and staff have repeatedly been paid late, most of their first-team squad have left and the club is in court next month over an unpaid tax bill of almost £700,000. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NHS bosses face 'difficult choices' as budget crisis deepens in Ayrshire & Arran

Bosses today confessed that hard choices will need to be made.

Economics

3 w. ago Chips and crisps 'at risk' due to looming potato shortage as 'crisis deepens'

Experts said climate change is putting Britain's favourite spud-based snacks at risk and warn global potato yields could plummet by as much as 16% by 2035 due to weather changes

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3 w. ago Boston crisis deepens as 'zombie' addict staggers through city's poshest mall, after Dem mayor gave out taxpayer

A man was seen in widely circulated images lurched over outside the city's poshest mall. 'Wow can't even shop in Mayor Wu's Boston without running into drug addicts.'

Economics

4 w. ago Japan sees nearly a million more deaths than births as demographic crisis deepens

Asian country suffers steepest annual population decline on record

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4 w. ago Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies names second seat priority as Yuki Tsunoda crisis deepens

Yuki Tsunoda has managed just 10 points as Max Verstappen's team-mate so far this year as Red Bull continue to scratch their heads over what to do with their second F1 seat

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4 w. ago Lee Bullen never feared Sheff Wed players would boycott season opener

Wednesday have spiralled into a deepening crisis this summer and are currently under various EFL-imposed embargoes for financial breaches.

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