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Which? and Ofcom call on firms to ‘do more’ to help in cost-of-living crisis

Both Which? and Ofcom have reported record numbers of households struggling to pay their bills.

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Starmer says he is ‘serious’ alternative to Truss with ‘common sense’ plans

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was time for a ‘serious prime minister’.

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UK braced for heavy rain and 60mph winds amid fallout from Hurricane Ian

Flooding and wind damage could affect areas across the country.

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Fraud crimes up by 25% in two years, figures suggest

The Office for National Statistics said there were 4.5 million fraud offences in the year to March 2022.

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Reeves: I’ll reverse abolition of 45% income tax rate to fund NHS staffing surge

The shadow chancellor said a Labour administration would also implement the “biggest expansion of medical school places in British history”.

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Labour pledges 13,000 new officers in ‘return to neighbourhood policing’

Shadow ministers said Labour would also overhaul police standards procedures in the wake of recent scandals.

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Shadow NI secretary ‘would call border poll if circumstances right’

However, Peter Kyle said things are currently a ‘long way off’.

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Kwarteng ‘betting the house’ with tax plans helping only those on above £155k

Institute of Fiscal Studies warned there was no ‘semblance of an effort to make the public finance numbers add up’.

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Trussonomics: Chancellor’s budget marks sharp break in economic policy

The Prime Minister sat nodding approvingly behind Kwasi Kwarteng as the Chancellor announced a multi-billion pound package of tax cuts.

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Putin’s war lie is increasingly ‘threadbare’ to Russians, Western officials say

One official said Russia has ‘effectively exhausted the pool of willing volunteers’ to fight in Ukraine.

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Pound plummets as Kwasi Kwarteng sets out biggest raft of tax cuts for 50 years

The Chancellor abolished the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.

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How will mini-budget announcements affect UK households?

The Government has unveiled a raft of tax cuts as part of plans to drive up growth during the cost-of-living…

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Liz Truss risks Tory backlash over end to fracking ban

Liz Truss’s Government has abandoned the Tory 2019 commitment to maintain a ban on fracking until there was scientific proof…

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Fracking ban lifted as energy security made ‘absolute priority’ by Government

Prime Minister Liz Truss and Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg said the move is vital to improve domestic gas supply.

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Nasa spacecraft set to smash into asteroid in planetary protection test mission

Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.

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Rising support for increased taxes and public spending amid inequality concerns

The public is supportive of Government cost-of-living intervention at a similar scale to its actions during the pandemic, research suggests.

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Russia and Putin must leave Ukraine and pay ‘proper recompense’, says Truss

The Prime Minister also doubled down on her campaign trail commitment to increase defence spending to 3% of UK GDP…

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Covid and poor access to NHS care ‘may be driving irregular heartbeat deaths’

The number of deaths registered in England and Wales due to cardiac arrhythmias was well above average for much of…

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Liz Truss: Rising power bills are ‘price worth paying’ for long-term UK security

Households have been warned they could see their fuel bills cost more than their monthly mortgage payments next year.

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Prime Minister Liz Truss admits not all her policies will be ‘popular’

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is set to announce his mini-budget on Friday.

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Nation says ‘thank you and goodbye’ as Queen laid to rest after 70-year reign

King Charles III and his family have been consoled by the support and love they have received from the public.

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Sleep, Dearie, Sleep: Second Elizabethan age comes to emotional end

A piper played the traditional lament to conclude the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.

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Queen’s coffin makes its final journey to Windsor Castle

Around 2,000 people attended the late monarch’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey, including members of royal families from across Europe.

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Queen’s funeral music contains echoes of happier times

The pieces played at the funeral had links to the Queen’s marriage and coronation.

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‘We will meet again’, archbishop tells mourners at Queen’s funeral

Grief felt across the world arises from the Queen’s ‘abundant life and loving service, now gone from us’, the Archbishop…

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