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Tony Blair’s Labour warning: ‘Don’t resort to old ways of taxing and spending’
The former premier said criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s policy offering as too bland was ‘nonsense’.
More than 5,000 dead and 10,000 missing in flood-hit eastern Libya
"How much death and destruction will it take for world leaders to take climate change seriously?", Jeremy Corbyn has asked.
UK’s aid reputation in tatters after cuts and merger, watchdog warns
The Government added to external pressures on the development programme with political turbulence, budget reductions and Brexit, a report said.
UK recession fears grow as economy contracts
Gross domestic product contracted by 0.5% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Older tenants face housing emergency amid rising rents, says charity
Independent Age said the threat of eviction is a real fear for many people given the ‘lack of alternative affordable housing for older people’.
Legal challenge launched against ‘appalling’ use of Bibby Stockholm barge to house refugees
“Human beings do not belong in barges or camps. The correct way to house people is to house them in communities.”
Gullis says low-achieving pupils should be banned from taking out student loans
The New Conservatives group say students with low grades “tend to undertake poorer quality degrees that do not lead to graduate-level salaries”.
Mick Lynch suggests RMT union will not comply with new anti-strike legislation
It could be years before the legislation is repealed, leaving union bosses with no other choice.
Crumbling concrete found in Parliament
The collapse-risk concrete at the centre of a crisis in school buildings has been found in Parliament.