5 h. ago I could not live on £70 a week in benefits, says 'hypocrite' Labour minister as he defends Starmer cuts

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he had a 'mortgage to pay' as he explained why he thought he could not live on that amount.

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7 h. ago What a difference a job makes! Minister who used to savage benefit cuts as a lefty think

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he had a 'mortgage to pay' as he explained why he thought he could not live on that amount.

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8 h. ago Google to pay $28m to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees

Class action lawsuit alleged company discriminated against minority background staff on pay and career opportunitiesBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle has agreed to pay $28m (£22m) to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favoured white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.The accord with Google, a unit of Alphabet, won preliminary approval last week from Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara county superior court in California. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Landlord slammed for listing £750 per month room with two massive catches

Social media users have been left stunned after a landlord posted a listing on Spareroom which advertised for a live-in host - offering them no bedroom and asking them to pay £750 per month

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27 h. ago London landlord branded 'desperate' for charging tenant £750 to work as his live

Just when you thought London 's property market couldn't get worse, an X user has spotted a landlord advertising a property on Spare Room where the tenant must pay to be a live-in Airbnb host.

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53 h. ago Cheapest Council Tax in Scotland 2025: Here are the 10 local authorities with the lowest bills

How much you pay in council tax depends on which local authority area you live in.

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63 h. ago We're being swallowed by London: The town being forced to pay more

We're being swallowed by London: The town being forced to pay more  MSN

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64 h. ago We're being swallowed by London: The town being forced to pay more to live... and there's nothing they can do about it

Residents of a once thriving enclave are outraged by proposals to merge Slough into the capital - despite claims it could yet revive the place dubbed Britain's 'ugliest' and 'most miserable' town.

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64 h. ago We're being swallowed by London: The town being forced to pay more to live... and there's nothing they can do

We're being swallowed by London: The town being forced to pay more to live... and there's nothing they can do  Daily Mail

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3 d. ago I live my dream life and pay only £260 a month in bills and no rent

Robyn Swan, 33, sold all her possessions and moved out of her home in 2023 to experience a completely new way of living

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6 d. ago Russia says its forces have retaken key Kursk town of Sudzha

Push comes as Russian and US officials gear up for meeting to discuss end to Ukraine war

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6 d. ago Russian forces 'retake key town' of Sudzha in western Kursk region as Putin delays ceasefire to grab more land

Russian troops are reported to be gaining ground in the Kursk area from where Ukraine soldiers are withdrawing

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8 d. ago Ukrainian forces are cut off behind enemy lines as Russian troops surround them in Kursk 'aided by US pausing its intelligence sharing'

Kyiv's troops sustained significant losses with Russian forces taking back several settlements around the town of Sudzha just days after the US stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv

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1 week ago Moment Russian special forces attempt to ambush Ukrainians by creeping through gas pipeline

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

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1 week ago Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal town

Gunmen have ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town leaving at least 13 security members dead and many wounded, a war monitor said

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2 w. ago US supreme court upholds order requiring USAid to pay foreign aid groups – live

The decision saw the three liberal justices join with conservatives John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett in the majorityDonald Trump and Justin Trudeau will speak today, Reuters reports, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.The Canadian prime minister condemned Trump’s imposition of levies on his country yesterday, saying he was looking to make its economy collapse as part of a plan to incorporate it into the United States. Trump responded with insults, and a warning that he may tighten levies further next month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Force defends decision to close and sell off several town police stations

'The decision has been made with the best interests of taxpayers and the community in mind,' the chief constable insists

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2 w. ago Trump live: Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

Supreme Court’s intervention comes hours before midnight payment deadline arrives

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2 w. ago Trump live: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to pay $2bn foreign aid

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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3 w. ago Idaho town hall meeting turns chaotic after woman is forcibly removed for heckling speakers

A Republican-hosted legislative town hall meeting in northern Idaho became turbulent after three plainclothes security workers forcibly removed a woman who was heckling the speakers

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