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Jess Phillips has perfect response to being asked about the Elgin Marbles
"It’s like a raging debate in my house with my husband"
Prestigious private school group sets up ‘hardship fund’ for parents
Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools says Sir Keir Starmer's VAT raid will force some families to rely on food banks to meet rising fees.
Reddit overtakes X as users desert Elon Musk’s platform
Reddit is now the fifth most popular social media platform in Britain.
South Korea declares martial law to ‘protect country’ from the North
The president made the surprise announcement in a late night TV address.
Post-Brexit ETA puts ‘bread-and-butter success story of the Good Friday Agreement’ at risk
Soon, visitors to the island will be required to pay and register for an ETA, even for short coach journeys to the north.
Tories spent £715m trying to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
"For the British taxpayer, it was a grotesque waste of money", Yvette Cooper said.
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
The first task will be reviewing the £8.7 billion of PPE that had to be written off the government's books.
Nigel Farage set for 38th appearance on Question Time
Only Charles Kennedy has appeared on the flagship BBC show more times.
A quarter of all England’s farmland belongs to ‘toffs and fatcats’ – report
"Most of us want to believe that the countryside belongs to small-scale farmers... But most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster."