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Government minister ‘very disappointed’ with inspection result and appoints advisor as ‘improvement notice’ issued

What would the perfect tax rise look like, from the Treasury’s point of view? Ideally, it would raise stupendous amounts of money, without anyone actually noticing that they’d become poorer. In the Chancellor’s wildest dreams, she might even be able to argue that it wasn’t a tax rise at all.

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, from Scotland Yard, recalled his reaction to the first sighting of the newborn child.

Samantha Yelland, senior crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘I feel that justice has been done.’

After the crash on Sunday, all flights to and from the airport have been cancelled until further notice, the airport said in social media posts.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went on the run with tragic Victoria, the court heard.

Boss of Affinity Water, which serves 3.9 million customers in London and south-east, receives £1.6m

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Firefighters say blaze was caused by the ‘naughty tortoise’ from within its enclosure