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Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill

The Tory leader will warn of a ‘ticking time bomb’ of welfare dependency

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits

In a speech on Thursday, Badenoch will call for benefits to be only for people with the most serious conditions

The Independent UK

HS2 should be ‘largely completed’ by now but project is just over halfway there, boss admits

HS2’s chief executive blamed the massive delays in the execution of the project on ‘inefficiency of work’

The Independent UK

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Channel crossing migrants should face prosecution if child dies – Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper appeared to suggest that getting on an overcrowded boat could result in prosecution.

Evening Standard

Greggs warns over profits as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors as Britons sweltered in blistering weather.

Evening Standard

Greggs warns of profit hit as heatwave dents sales

The group said it saw fewer customers pass through its doors

The Independent UK

Record number of NHS operations given in private hospitals

Private hospitals carried out almost one in five NHS operations.

Evening Standard

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Shop prices return to inflation for first time in almost a year

Overall shop prices were 0.4% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index.

Evening Standard

Amber heat health alerts extended as June ends with one of its hottest days ever

Scientists warned heatwaves are becoming more frequent with climate change – and hot spells earlier in the summer are particularly dangerous.

Evening Standard

Temperatures to soar again on Sunday amid amber heat health alert

The alert is in place until Tuesday.

Evening Standard

London weather: Amber heat health alert in force as temperatures set to soar to 30C

A second amber heat health alert in two weeks came into force on Friday.

Evening Standard

Temperatures could hit 30C on Saturday amid amber heat health alert

A second amber heat health alert in two weeks came into force on Friday.

The Independent UK

Bank governor flags signs that employment tax hikes are hitting pay and jobs

Andrew Bailey also said pay growth is easing but policymakers still need to ‘squeeze out’ stubborn inflation.

Evening Standard

UK hits hottest day of the year so far with provisional high of 33.2C

Parts of the country will see the ‘perfect conditions’ for thunderstorms as the heatwave continues, the Met Office said.

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Heatwaves declared across England and Wales with higher temperatures to come

Friday saw highs of 30.8C recorded in both England and Wales.

The Independent UK

Desperate patients using unregulated ADHD services due to long NHS waiting lists

A study found NHS ADHD waiting lists are now unacceptably long

The Independent UK

UK could record another warmest day of year as temperatures up to 33C forecast

Temperatures are forecast to reach the low 30s and could potentially hit 33C on Friday, the Met Office said.

Evening Standard

Warning issued as fire crews called to more than 500 wildfires in 2025 so far

As of Thursday, 564 wildfire incidents have been responded to by English and Welsh fire and rescue services so far this year, the NFCC said.

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UK records warmest day of year so far as temperature hits 32.2C

The new high was measured in Kew, west London.

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Bank of England ‘unlikely’ to cut interest rates as inflation pressure grows

Most economists think the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will opt to keep rates on hold when it meets on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Welfare reform marks moment of compassion, says Kendall amid backbench anger

Ministers are likely to face a Commons stand-off with backbench Labour MPs over their plans.

The Independent UK

Month-long heatwaves and 40C temperatures could become UK’s new normal, Met Office warns

Temperatures of 45C or more ‘may be possible’ in today’s climate, with longer and hotter spells far more likely within a few years

Evening Standard

Flagship welfare reform plans to be introduced in Parliament

The major reforms are set to include the tightening of criteria for the main disability benefit in England, personal independence payment (Pip).

The Independent UK

Shrinking number of homeowners sitting on interest-only mortgages, figures show

UK Finance said there were around 150,000 fewer mortgages on interest-only terms at the end of 2024 than at the start.

Evening Standard

Temperatures could reach 33C this weekend as heatwave set to hit parts of UK

Forecasters are expecting temperatures to climb to a peak of 33C on Sunday in the east of England.

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