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Angela Rayner prepares unprecedented crackdown on Right to Buy! B

Deputy Prime Minister to take an axe to Margaret Thatcher era scheme, despite previously benefitting from it Angela Rayner visits a housing development site in Basingstoke Credit: IAN VOGLER/AFP Angela Rayner is set to slash Right to Buy discounts by two-thirds in an…

Top Labour minister flounders as Kay Burley asks him the same question 10 times! B

Stephen Kinnock was asked a simple question about Labour’s tax promise at the election multiple times. Sky’s  Kay Burley was forced to ask a senior minister 10 times this morning a simple question about Labour’s tax policy – and repeatedly received no…

Pensioners could get £434 a month by filling out form – check to see if you’re eligible! B

The new benefit with aim to support anyone over the age of 66 who fits into three categories. New benefit for pensioners with disabilities opens for applications in pilot areas (Image: Getty) A new benefit for pensioners with disabilities has been rolled out in some…

Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay_p

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:…

AA calls for ban on new drivers under 21 carrying passengers of similar age in UK_p

Motoring organisation estimates introduction of graduated driving licences would save at least 58 lives a year The Department for Transport announced in July 2019 it was considering GDL in England, but the assessment was halted in autumn 2020. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The…

Serial returners send back £6.6bn of online purchases a year in UK, report finds! B

Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practice Younger shoppers are more likely to over-order with the intention of returning a high proportion of the items. Photograph: Tang Ming Tung/Getty Shoppers with a habit of…

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 Bristol Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…

Starmer urged to open reparations talks at Commonwealth summit_P

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 Bristol Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…

Labour risks breaking manifesto pledge by Budget cut to farming fund! B

Senior Tories urge Chancellor not to cut £100m from Elms which encourages greener land management The Government risks breaching its manifesto promises if it cuts a flagship farming fund at the Budget, critics have claimed. The Chancellor has been warned that…

Angela Rayner given permanent seat on UK national security council_P

Exclusive: Rebooted Downing Street operation seeks to smooth over reports of tensions with deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will more formally deputise for Keir Starmer at events such as prime minister’s questions. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Angela Rayner has been…