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Chancellor accused of using knife crime crisis to blackmail MPs over Brexit

Philip Hammond has been accused of using the knife crime crisis to blackmail MPs over Brexit after he told media there would be cash to deal with the issue if MPs backed Theresa May’s agreement with the EU. Another teenager was stabbed to death on the streets of London yesterday, bringing the number of people knifed to death in the UK this year to at least 28. The victim, described only as being in his late teens, was stabbed in the...

Tommy Robinson faces jail as Attorney General Geoffrey Cox rules it is in public interest to prosecute

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the far-right activist who calls himself Tommy Robinson faces renewed proceedings for contempt of court after a ruling by the Attorney General. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox  has announced: "After carefully considering the details of this case, I have concluded there are strong grounds to bring fresh contempt of court proceedings against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson). "As proceedings are now under way, it would not be appropriate to comment further and I remind everyone that it is an...

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