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5,500 prisoners to be freed early amid jail capacity crisis
The Justice Secretary said the move is necessary as prisons will otherwise overflow by September.
Starmer urges action on migrant ‘crisis’ and aid for Ukraine at European summit
Sir Keir Starmer hopes the European Political Community summit will provide an early opportunity to reset relations with the UK’s neighbours.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pret: Sandwich chain overhauls its ‘too good to be true’ subscription offer
Club Pret subscribers will now get 50 per cent off up to five barista-made drinks a day for a reduced monthly fee of £10 from September.
Covid-19 Inquiry concludes: The Government ‘failed its citizens’
The Covid inquiry, which is being chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, published its 217-page report on Thursday.
Green/ Independent alliance to call for public ownership of water
Water companies in England have incurred debts of more than £64 billion and paid out £78 billion in dividends since they were privatised debt-free in 1989.
SNP demands two-child cap be scrapped ‘immediately’
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn branded a Labour taskforce on child poverty as a ‘cynical attempt to kick the issue into the long grass’.
President Biden tests positive for Covid-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas
Biden was due to speak at the Unidos event in Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon.
Labour powers ahead with plans to turn UK into ‘clean energy superpower’
The King’s Speech included Bills to accelerate the deployment of renewables.
Rudy Giuliani takes a fall and tumbles into chairs at Republican National Convention
The former mayor of New York City has taken to social media to thank people for their concern following the fall.