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Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of kicking defence spending into the long grass

Badenoch repeated existing Conservative plans to fund an increase in defence spending, including by reimposing the two-child benefit cap. The cap, which was scrapped...

Burnham to tackle ‘mega-donors’ in UK politics, minister says

Reform has been critical of measures contained in the bill and the impact they could have on funding the party receives from donors.There are...

Reform up against ‘complainants’ society’, Nigel Farage tells BBC

Asked if he knew whether or not money donated by Fiona Cottrell had come from her son George, Farage said he was not "involved...

UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget

All of those factors will make the Budget process trickier for Burnham, who on Tuesday addressed MPs for the first time as prime minister,...

A66 crash Cleveland Police get extra £2m to tackle crime

Labour MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, Andy McDonald, told Mahmood that Cleveland Police had the highest rate of crime for any police force...

Spaces in male prisons in England and Wales fall to lowest level of year, sources say

An investment of £110m, which will come from existing budgets, will be used to convert unused office space, laundry rooms and storage space into...

PC Harper’s killers to stay in jail as PM announces early release scheme changes

Pressed on how many foreign prisoners could be returned, Burnham said it was "hundreds". Government figures show there were 10,134 foreign nationals in custody...

Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres

The Water Research Centre consultancy estimated in February that centres in England currently use about 1.9bn litres of drinkable water a year – around...

South of France holiday scuppers Ed Davey’s blood donation

A summer holiday to the south of France scuppered Sir Ed Davey's attempt to give blood to the NHS.The Liberal Democrat leader had been...

UK soldiers could get paragliders to drop behind enemy lines

British soldiers could soon be given powered paragliders to enable them to fly up to 200 miles behind enemy lines.The backpack-sized gliders mean Royal...

Clean-up of illegal Kidlington waste supersite costs £6m

The government estimates that 20% of waste in England is illegally managed. In the Waste Crime Action Plan, external, launched under Keir Starmer's administration,...

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