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Tory councillor’s wife facing substantial jail sentence after pleading guilty over race hate tweet
Lucy Connolly will be sentenced in October for writing an X post on the day of the Southport attacks calling for mass deportations.
Starmer criticises ‘unacceptable’ condition of Labour MP’s rental properties
Sir Keir Starmer said Jas Athwal, the MP for Ilford South in east London, had to ‘put it right’ as quickly as possible.
Russians furious at Putin as Kremlin ‘burns through cash’ and tax doubles
"The more he squeezes Russian society for money to pay for this war the more Russian society is going to say, 'what exactly are we fighting for?"
Railcard train travel discounts to be cut
Pro-rail groups are describing the move as “a step in the wrong direction”.
More than half of UK musicians no longer tour the EU
"I took it for granted"
Labour ‘make progress’ in stopping small boats – after redeploying 300 Rwanda officials
Although vessels continue to cross the channel, there is quiet optimism within the Labour camp that their small boats plan is working already.
“King Charles’ pay rise could fund fuel bills for 150,000 pensioners” – Matthew Wright lets rip
Speaking on his LBC radio show this weekend,, host Matthew Wright slammed King Charles for 'living his life in a Disney movie'.
Angela Rayner goes raving in Ibiza – and rattles the right-wing bores
Get the rave on! Angela Rayner went for a dance in Ibiza this week - and it's ended boiling a lot p**s among her biggest critics.
Social media platform X blocked in Brazil
Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s X as part of an ongoing legal row.