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Voices: The spending review will reveal how far the government has been blown off course

COMMENT: In her last-man-standing battle with the Treasury, Yvette Cooper has shone a light on how Starmer’s administration is now quietly tacking to the left, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Winter fuel payments U-turn likely to lead to higher taxes or other welfare cuts, says IFS director – as it happened

Treasury says move to restore the funding for most pensioners will cost around £1.25bn

The Guardian - UK

Cooper still in last-minute talks with Treasury over spending review

Reports suggesting greater police spending will mean a squeeze on other areas of the Home Office’s budget.

Evening Standard

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The winners and losers in Labour’s first spending review

Rachel Reeves will promise a £113bn capital boost for infrastructure – but there will be day-to-day spending cuts too

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner to break cabinet civil war deadlock

Exclusive: The Treasury agrees a late deal with housing and local government department on Sunday evening, just days before chancellor publishes the spending review

The Independent UK

France plans to begin intercepting small boats at sea, says UK Home Office

Officials have agreed to begin offshore interceptions, it is claimed, in change of policy that NGOs say will risk lives

The Guardian - UK

Met chief clashes with Rachel Reeves as he appeals to PM for Spending Review funds to fight crime in London

Scotland Yard boss warns of ‘stark choices about which crimes we no longer prioritise’ if the police’s funding plea is ignored

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Rachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside London

Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for voters

The Guardian - UK

It’s a love-in at the home affairs committee as Yvette Cooper runs down the clock

Forget tough scrutiny of small boats or asylum hotels – this home secretary appears to lead a charmed life

The Guardian - UK

Police in England and Wales identify 287 child sexual exploitation cases for review

Yvette Cooper discloses figure and unveils measure to wipe soliciting convictions of grooming victims

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 300 historic child grooming gang cases to be looked at again – Cooper

Some 287 closed cases have been identified so far by police forces to be reviewed again by a national task force on child sexual exploitation.

Evening Standard

Prevent referrals for young people has doubled since last summer, says Cooper

The Home Secretary told the Commons Home Affairs Committee she was ‘really worried’ about ‘increasing extremism among young people’.

Evening Standard

Home Office accused of 'dog ate my homework' excuse as it blames good weather for record migrant crossings

Home Office report links the mild, calm start to 2025 to the dramatic rise in small boat crossings

Evening Standard

UK pressures France to crack down on small boat crossings

Opposition politicians in Britain say that smugglers are exploiting a French law that bars police from acting once migrants are in the water.

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Evening Standard

Starmer faces further calls to sack his Attorney General

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp argued Lord Richard Hermer should be fired for having ‘appalling judgment’.

The Independent UK

Voices: Well done, Rishi – you handed Keir Starmer his immigration ‘win’ on a plate

COMMENT: By taking office just as net migration was passing its peak, the prime minister has been a lucky general, says John Rentoul – but there is more than meets the eye in new figures showing it has halved in a year

International Business Times UK

UK Accuses Iran of Spying as Government Unveils Tougher Immigration Crackdown

Both the UK and Iran called each other's envoys after Iranian asylum seekers allegedly spied on some journalists. Will this trigger stricter immigration rules?

The Guardian - UK

UK to proscribe state-backed groups such as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Announcement by home secretary Yvette Cooper comes after Iranian nationals charged with spying in Britain

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Evening Standard

New powers to tackle hostile state threats after Iran spying charges

The Home Office will introduce new laws that will allow the UK to proscribe state-based groups such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Guardian - UK

Labour can’t keep papering over the cracks in the care sector

Improving pay and conditions for neglected workers is an urgent national challenge

International Business Times

Three Iranians Charged With Suspected Espionage In UK

Three Iranian men appeared in a London court Saturday charged with spying for Iran's intelligence services, as the UK interior ministry said they had arrived "by irregular means including small boats".

The Guardian - UK

Three Iranians in UK charged after counter-terrorism investigation

Met police say the three charged under National Security Act for allegedly assisting Iranian foreign intelligence service

The Independent UK

Hundreds of MPs and peers call for Starmer to ban Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Three Iranian men in London were charged with spying offences after a counter terror probe

The Independent UK

Mapped: Knife crime is rising – how many attacks in your area and why is it increasing?

The number of knife crime offences in England and Wales rose to almost 55,000 last year. We take a look at what is driving the increase and the number recorded by each police force ahead of National Crime Awareness Week

The Independent UK

Refugee charities demand meeting with Yvette Cooper after sweeping changes to immigration rules

Exclusive: More than 100 charities and civil society groups call for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with home secretary after tough new immigration plans unveiled

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