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Keir Starmer praises Charles after king was heckled in Australia_P

UK PM says monarch is doing ‘a fantastic job’ after protest by senator in Australian parliament ‘You are not my king’: Australian politician heckles King Charles at Parliament House – video King Charles is doing a “fantastic job”, particularly in the…

After Winter Fuel kick in teeth… now Labour has another nasty shock for 2.5m pensioners! B

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to axe the Winter Fuel Payment for 10 million pensioners was only the start. Now Labour is aiming yet another blow at pensioners. More than a million pensioners will have to pay income tax when they…

NHS delays mean ‘death sentence’ for some patients, says Wes Streeting_P

Health secretary spoke alongside Keir Starmer, who stressed the need for AI diagnosis to ‘get in earlier with cancer’ Wes Streeting said the NHS is going through ‘the worst crisis in its history’. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters Some NHS patients have received…

UK interest rates to fall to 2.75% by next autumn, Goldman Sachs predicts_P

Economists at investment bank say markets are underestimating likely extent of action by Bank of England Financial markets think there is a 98% chance of the Bank cutting rates from 5% to 4.75% next month. Photograph: Laura Rose Whereatt/The Guardian Interest…

Labour brutally mocked over new NHS transformation plan within hours of it launching! B

Waffles for all patients, serving alcohol in hospitals and handing out free cinema tickets were among suggestions submitted to the Government’s consultation on health service reform. The Prime Minister launched the public consultation on Monday (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer’s call…

Doctor spared by Keir Starmer from assisted dying charges ‘is sure PM wants law change’_P

Exclusive: Starmer, then DPP, said it was not in public interest to prosecute Dr Michael Irwin after arrest in 2009 Dr Michael Irwin: ‘The majority of people want to change the law.’ Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian A doctor who was spared…

Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay! B

Campaigners call on government to go further than current plans to prevent people off work slipping into poverty Under current plans a full-time worker on the average UK salary would still lose £419 net in the first week of illness. Photograph:…

Starmer urged to open reparations talks at Commonwealth summit! B

Five Labour MPs call on PM and foreign secretary to address issue of reparatory justice for slavery and colonialism Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…

Andrew Neil exposes how Keir Starmer duped British voters with one cynical move! B

Laying into Labour’s tax plans, Neil claimed Labour has told “barefaced lies” which the British people “will find out to our cost come its first Budget”. Andrew Neil claims Labour has shown itself to be traditional borrow, tax and spend…

Woman who threw milkshake over Nigel Farage admits assault_P

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, also admits criminal damage in relation to dousing Reform UK leader while he campaigned in Clacton Nigel Farage, who is now Clacton’s MP, was doused as he left a pub in Clacton during general election campaigning…