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British actors frozen out of Princess Diana biopic – because of Brexit
A new casting notice stipulates that only European passport holders - “NOT British-European” - can audition.
Six bits of bad news you might have missed in Sunak’s spending review
From benefits to Brexit, here's the bad news you missed from Sunak's spending review.
Covid: Hundreds of mink resurface after burial as 15 million culled
The government had announced the cull despite not having the right to order the killing of healthy animals – an embarrassing misstep that caused it to scramble to build political consensus for a new law.
‘Murderous’ English channel a ‘history of death’, report claims
The report – believed to be the first of its kind in English – documents nearly 300 border-related deaths in and around the English Channel since 1999.
The National says BBC’s “economic illiteracy” is “defending Tory austerity”
An economics expert told the newspaper that Laura Kuenssberg was speaking "absolute twaddle".
Sunak picked ‘fight over not very much money’ as public service cuts ‘may not feel much different’ to austerity
“Austerity is not going to feel like it’s over for lower-income families because the Chancellor yesterday chose to continue with plans to cut £1,000 from six million households’ benefits next April at a time when unemployment will be nearing its peak."
Government Covid-19 tier postcode checker immediately crashes
Anxious Brits were greeted with an error message: “Sorry, we’re experiencing technical difficulties”.
Only 18% of Brits oppose cutting the foreign aid budget
And just 3 per cent of Tory voters, according to polling released today.
Benefits for millions to rise by just 37p next year, government says
"Away from the headlines, the Government has slipped out an announcement on benefit rates that will come as a major blow."