6 h. ago Voices: Labour can’t hit ‘working people’, so now they’re after people who used to work

Whatever weasel words they may use to justify any changes to inheritance tax, the message is clear: you’re better off not making money under Labour, because they will get you in the long run, writes Chris Blackhurst

Events

9 h. ago Voices: Is Keir Starmer just one crisis away from a Labour coup?

Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her boss’s ability to lead his party into the next general election. But the race to replace the PM may already have begun, says Andrew Grice

Events

13 h. ago Mapped: Where in the UK are people most at risk from potentially deadly heatwave?

New analysis shows thousands of young children, hospital patients and elderly people at risk as UK hit by fourth heatwave of summer

Events

23 h. ago Mapped: Areas most at risk during deadly heatwaves as charity urges government to protect vulnerable

New analysis shows thousands of young children, hospital patients and elderly people at risk as UK hit by fourth heatwave of summer

Events

26 h. ago If stopping the boats were simple, it would have happened by now

Editorial: With the number of people who have crossed the Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer came to power passing 50,000, it is a reminder that, during the election, Labour gave the impression it had a plan to fix the problem of irregular migration. But that is not to decry their efforts so far

Politics

28 h. ago Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

Events

29 h. ago Britain's ballooning benefits bill: Universal Credit claimants hit record high of eight million people

The capital, which has the highest rate of unemployment in the UK, has more than 364,000 people claiming benefits, a 2.8% rise in the past year

Economics

30 h. ago Jobless benefits claimants up by a million since Labour came to power: Record 8million are on Universal Credit

New figures, published by the Department for Work and Pensions, showed the number of people claiming Universal Credit hit 8 million last month.

Politics

35 h. ago Universal credit claimants hit record high of eight million people

The benefit is available for people in work who are on low incomes, as well as those who are out of work or cannot work.

Events

59 h. ago ITV Tipping Point star says there's one secret people never guess about hit show

Game show regular Tony Fillingham has racked up an impressive list of appearances on some of the nation's favourite TV shows

Events

3 d. ago Voices: Labour’s new cosmetic industry regulations could have saved my face

The government is finally waking up to the fact that the cosmetic industry needs regulating, writes Charlotte Cripps. But for many, like me, who are suffering after botched procedures, the damage is already done

Politics

3 d. ago Number of people paying dividend tax DOUBLES in two years to hit record 3.7m

Record numbers of investors are being stung by the dividend tax as they breach the reduced £500 tax-free allowance.

Economics

4 d. ago Times Square shooter was a child who opened fire into busy New York crowd with multiple hit

The Time Square shooting suspect was taken into custody by New York City officers after opening fire at crowds early on Saturday morning, with multiple people hit

Events

4 d. ago Voices: Why Starmer will be back for another stab at welfare cuts

Despite the humiliating U-turn on cuts to disability benefits, the prime minister has not given up on reducing ballooning social security spending. Ministers believe they have now found a way to proceed – and how to quash any rebellion, says Andrew Grice

Politics

5 d. ago Dexys Midnight Runners star says huge hit became 'a millstone'

Singer Kevin Rowland said it was 'tough' when people would only talk about the band's biggest hit, Come On Eileen, because there were other ones during their 33 year career together

Events

5 d. ago Horrified onlooker films after helicopter hits power lines and crashes into Mississippi river, killing two

A helicopter in Mississippi crashed into a barge after it hit power lines, killing two people.

Events

5 d. ago Voices: The Rushanara Ali scandal exposes Starmer’s double standards on sleaze

The prime minister was elected on a pledge to end the abuse of power by Boris Johnson and the Tories – but his feeble response to the hypocrisy of his homelessness minister suggests he has failed to do so, says Simon Walters

Politics

6 d. ago Voices: With its youth clubs idea, Labour might just have won the parent vote

Forget dingy community halls with anti-drug posters and a broken basketball hoop – the government’s plans to tackle teenage boredom might actually be... cool, says Victoria Richards

Politics

7 d. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves must learn a hard lesson from Labour history – wealth taxes simply don’t work

Taxing unearned income is no way for the chancellor to plug her £41bn spending black hole – the better-off are best placed to find a way around paying it, says Chris Blackhurst

Economics

8 d. ago Nearly 3m savers will be hit by tax bill this year as more fall into the net than previously forecast

A total of 2.64million people will be hit with a savings tax bill in the 2025/26 financial year.

Economics