5 h. ago Pregnant 'drugs mule' Bella Culley will seek a presidential pardon in a desperate last bid to avoid jail after family paid £140,000 to reduce sentence to two years

Teesside teenager, Bella Culley, reached a plea bargain this morning which will see her handed a two-year sentence on Monday after her family paid an eye-watering £140,000 fine.

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10 h. ago Reform will cut Civil Service by up to 140,000: Farage plans to make it easier to sack officials

A Nigel Farage government would change the civil service code to ban Left-wing activism that has led to a ' woke agenda that has infected so much of Whitehall', Reform vowed today.

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13 h. ago Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says

Party’s Doge chief says he would cut civil service and close six government offices – most of which are already closingUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK would allow ministers to ignore international law and give them the ability to fire civil servants in a Donald Trump-style overhaul of government powers, the party’s new efficiency tsar has said.Danny Kruger, who defected to Reform from the Conservatives last month, set out the party’s plans to change the way the government and civil service operate, handing more power to the cabinet. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Reform’s Kruger vows to change civil service code to ban ‘woke agenda’

The Tory convert said Nigel Farage’s party would cut civil service headcount and close five government buildings if it won the next general election.

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14 h. ago Reform plans to ‘dramatically’ cut civil service numbers if elected despite lack of government experience

Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories, laid out Reform’s plans for the civil service

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19 h. ago Pregnant 'drugs mule' Bella Culley will have her baby behind bars after agreeing two

The Teesside teenager's parents were given three weeks to find £215,000 to secure her freedom at the start of this month.

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63 h. ago UK tourist hotspot's railway slammed as having 'nothing to see'

Andy Lamb, who runs Wales Outdoors, has vowed to stop sending clients to visit Snowdon Mountain Railway, which draws more than 140,000 passengers each year

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4 d. ago Check your cabinets: More than 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication part of elevated recall over health risk

The tablets were distributed nationwide in up to 1,000-count bottles

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5 d. ago More than £140,000 could be awarded for community projects if councillors give green light

Officers recommend grants be allocated to Life Church, Active Communities and Renfrew Association of Growers and Gardeners.

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage savaged over shamed Russia bribe MEP in brutal clash

Reform chief Nigel Farage was brutally cut down by Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty over his links to shamed politician Nathan Gill

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8 d. ago Backlash as Reform MP Sarah Pochin refuses to rule out Falkland asylum plot

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin refused to rule out sending asylum seekers to the Falkland Islands or Gibraltar, raising further questions about Nigel Farage's immigration plans

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2 w. ago Death toll rises to 16 after factory fire in Bangladesh capital

A fire at a garment factory and a warehouse in Bangladesh’s capital has left at least 16 people dead and several others injured, the Fire Service and Civil Defense department said

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2 w. ago National Army Museum in Chelsea to get huge extension in £240m new homes plan

The new space will include 9,000 sq ft of extra gallery space and a 140 seat auditorium to enable museum to “tell the story of soldiers through the ages.”

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2 w. ago Civil service contractor among 61 London firms fined for hiring illegal workers

Some 61 firms in the capital were issued penalties totalling a record more than £3.2million

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2 w. ago Civil service contractor among 61 London businesses fined for hiring illegal workers

Some 61 firms in the capital were issued penalties totalling a record more than £3.2million

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2 w. ago Farage to give up Reform’s manifesto pledge for £90bn in tax cuts

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will promise not to reduce taxes before cutting spending and making savings in the civil service at a major speech next month

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2 w. ago Drug dealer who had £140,000 a year job turned to heroin after marriage ended

Richard Skelly, 40, was found to be involved in selling heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer ‘planning to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit’ for budget tax hikes

Sir Keir Starmer has been ramping up his attacks on Nigel Farage in recent weeks as Labour falls behind in the polls

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire plan live: Israel’s government approves deal for hostages’ release as US troops to ‘oversee’ truce

Ceasefire supposed to begin immediately after early Friday’s cabinet approval under deal, says Israeli officialIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner after a government meeting to approve the US-brokered deal to release all hostages and implement a ceasefire in Gaza.The Times of Israel reports that Gaza’s civil defence service has issued a warning to Palestinians not to approach the areas where the Israeli forces are present, particularly towards the border, until the IDF has officially announced their withdrawal and officials confirm this. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer's China spying case crisis deepens: Former civil service chief dismisses idea Beijing could not be described as a 'threat'

Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Case pointed out that intelligence chiefs had been publicly describing Beijing as a 'threat' for 'years'.

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