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London fire chief to step down earlier than expected in wake of Grenfell criticism
Dany Cotton will leave at the end of the month instead of April.
Boris Johnson confirms he is rejecting Andrew Neil interview
A senior Conservative source today said: “The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions."
Johnson refuses to apologise for austerity as he gets a much frostier reception in Derbyshire than Corbyn
On a visit to a garment factory organised by Conservative Campaign HQ, the Tory leader refused to apologise for a decade of cuts by his party.
Satellites aiming to measure carbon emissions ‘will not be used to police world’
The European Commission’s Dinka Dinkova said the data would be used as a tool to verify and monitor.
Extinction Rebellion protester, 91, tells court he ‘trembles’ for future generations
A 91-year-old man has told a court he deliberately disobeyed police orders during an Extinction Rebellion protest
Gina Miller: tactical voting only way to stop ‘autocratic Tory power grab’ on December 12
In an exclusive interview Miller warns December 12 could be a ‘watershed moment’ for British democracy and explains how tactical voting could decide it.
UK’s most polluted towns raise early death risk ‘by equivalent of 150 cigarettes a year’
The British Heart Foundation said air pollution must be declared “a public health emergency” and 11,000 coronary heart disease and stroke deaths each year in the UK are caused by particulate matter air pollution.
Labour plans free breakfasts for pupils as it vows to ‘poverty proof’ schools
Under its education proposals, the party also plans to recruit 20,000 more teachers and cap primary class sizes at 30.
Labour vows to cap class sizes for all children as headteachers reveal schools ‘at breaking point’
Primary school class sizes would be capped at 30, with a guarantee that every child is taught by a qualified teacher, under plans announced by Labour.