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The Guardian has defended its decision not to publish a letter signed by 205 Jewish women. (See full letter published below.) The letter responded to a Guardian article on March 9: “Just Close Them Down: Margaret Hodge on anti-semitism in Labour’s branches.” Labour MP for Barking Margaret Hodge has been a long-running opponent of the Labour leader, submitting a vote of no confidence in his leadership in 2016. Within 24 hours of Hodge’s latest attack on Jeremy Corbyn in the...

A recent survey found that 57% of Americans expressed concern that the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are at risk.

As Theresa May heads to the EU to beg for a delay to Brexit, she was warned by her cabinet that delaying Britain’s exit from the EU risked “the end of the Conservative Party”. There were angry scenes in a cabinet meeting this morning as she refused to guarantee how long a delay she would be asking for. EU leaders, fed up with the uncertainty of the UK position insist that any delay granted has to be for a good...

Boring canteen food, long hours and incompetent bosses are among the most common reasons why Brits quit their jobs, it has emerged. Researchers who polled 2,000 workers found employees start thinking about leaving a job an average of three years and six months after starting. The list of reasons for quitting also includes feeling too old in the workplace compared to younger members of staff and not getting a pay rise. The research, commissioned by working animal charity SPANA, also...

But detectives warned that the figures "represent only a snapshot of the true scale" of slavery and trafficking in Britain

Watchdogs found it breached rules regarding responsible advertising plus harm and offence

The decomposed remains of the woman - now named as Lamduan Armitage nee Seekanya - were discovered in the Yorkshire Dales

Paul Newbury, 50, used the online nickname ‘north London’ while watching a 10-year-old child being sexually abused online

Terrifying video footage shows a mother and child trapped on the second floor of a burning building near the Champs-Elysées, Paris