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The UK government has let down Palestinian people and failed to make it economically impossible for Israel to continue to act with impunity in the West…

With remarkably poor timing, days before closing a consultation on children’s social media use, the government announced last week that it is cutting an annual £320m…

The government is urgently reviewing the “unduly lenient” sentences given to three teenage boys who avoided custody for the rape of two girls.The MP Jess Phillips,…

One in five local councils have banned swearing under new “busybody” orders, up from one in 20 councils in 2022.A new report by the Campaign for…

UAE quits Opec groupNewsflash: The United Arab Emirates has announced it is quitting the Opec group of oil producers.In an unexpected move, the UAE is leaving…

Compensation payments will rise for people affected by the infected blood scandal, including an extra £35,000 each for former pupils who were experimented on at school…

The interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6% from September, ministers have announced, amid concerns that higher inflation…

Finding out who owns land in England is to become much simpler because a paywall will be lifted from large parts of the Land Registry, the…

How many Labour policy U-turns does it take to form a complete circle? How many Labour policy complete circles does it take to form a black…

A flagship health project in Africa, which UK ministers said would play a vital role in protecting Britain from future pandemic threats, is being axed due…