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ANDY Burnham will keep the fight to drive down the cost of living at the top of his agenda when Parliament returns this week. The Prime Minister will make it clear he won’t stand by and watch as every bill goes up and up, squeezing the joy out...
A RUSSIAN drone strike on a warehouse near Kyiv has killed 37 people. A further 42 people, including four children, were injured in the attack on the Bucha district that sparked a fire which damaged at least 50 residential buildings. A...
The PM is expected to make a fresh bid to reform the welfare system after Keir Starmer’s botched effort to cut the disability benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPS. No10 is waiting for the findings of two major reports due in the autumn –...
A major test will be Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget on October 28, which will set out the Prime Minister’s spending priorities. Mr Healey has downplayed its significance, seeking to quell speculation about possible tax rises.
The PM needs to decide whether to green-light two controversial oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The Rosebank oil field, off Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field, east of Aberdeen, have been subject to years of legal wrangling. Industry...
In October, thousands of prisoners will be released early to prevent jails running out of space. Mr Burnham has excluded sex offenders and groomers from being freed early, reducing the numbers being released by 1,000. But Justice Secretary...
