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BBC apologises for ‘inappropriate comment’ during D-Day programme
An edited version of the programme has been uploaded to BBC iPlayer.
Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says
During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.
Tory candidate withdraws from election after ‘wholly inappropriate’ comments
Sam Trask had been standing as a candidate in the Bridgend constituency in south Wales.
D-Day veteran stuns listeners with powerful message to young people
"What a waste of time war is…there's no need for it, it can be avoided"
AWKS: Mel Stride stunned after figures show Tories have hiked taxes by £13k per household since 2019
Sky News used the same modelling deployed by the Tories during the leader's debate to calculate tax increases since the last election.
Tories will ‘sell influence to anyone’ – Good Law Project
The comments come after it was revealed the party has accepted another £5 million in donations from Frank Hester.
‘Peak Brexit’: British paratroopers storm Normandy (via passport control)
The British Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade sent 250 paratroopers to the event.
Sunak’s £2k whopper makes international news
'The UK Prime Minister was just fact-checked by his own government', CNN reported in the US.
Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of threatening pensioners’ living standards
The party said the number of over- 65s paying income tax has almost doubled, from 4.5 million in 2009/10, to 8.5 million in 2023/24.