Chancellor faces Tory calls to scrap planned visit to Beijing
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Author: Simon Walters
Liz Truss lays into Rachel Reeves over economy and trip to China
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Reeves mulls deeper cuts to public services as borrowing costs soar
Chancellor could slash departmental spending in spring after ruling out tax increase, officials reveal
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Author: Kiran Stacey,Richard Partington,Jessica Elgot,Pippa Crerar
‘Reeves has made UK more vulnerable’ says economist
We spoke to the economist Rupert Harrison who was chief of staff to former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
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Author: @cathynewman
Cuts, tax rises and doing nothing: Rachel Reeves’ options to tackle economic woe
Labour’s fiscal rules may limit the chancellor’s ability to act, but waiting it out may be the best option
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Author: Richard Partington,Julia Kollewe
Cold snap continues as temperatures set to drop during coming days
Weather warnings for ice are in place across parts of the UK until Friday morning.
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Author: PA News
Two Somerset hospitals declare critical incidents
Expect longer waiting times if you end up in A&E
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Author: Daniel Mumby
Another Merseyside hospital has declared a critical incident
A number of hospitals in our region have already taken the emergency measure as the A&E crisis deepens
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Author: Liam Thorp
‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?
The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next, asks Guardian writer Hugh Muir
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Author: Hugh Muir
From Arctic to Atlantic: Biting overnight cold to come but milder air next week
The next few nights will be very cold with a widespread hard frost, bringing a risk of ice and also freezing fog in places. It does gradually look to turn milder from Sunday, starting in the northwest then all parts through early next week.
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Author: Nick Finnis
Swinney condemns illegal release of lynx in Highlands after animals captured
The Scottish First Minister said he is ’emormously grateful’ to everyone involved in safely trapping the two cats.
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Author: Katrine Bussey
‘There’s a lot more to come, this is tiny’ – Farmer issues stern warning to Labour as he slams Steve Reed’s speech for ‘not listening’
Farmers lined their tractors outside the conference venue in Oxford, blaring their horns during Reed’s speech
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Author: Georgia Pearce
Steve Reed speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, addresses the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference.
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Author: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Manchester Airport axes ALL flights to clear ‘significant snow’
Manchester Airport stopped all flights again shortly after 9am this morning due to heavy snow with departures and arrivals thrown into chaos as teams worked to clear the runways.
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Author: Mark Duell
Major UK airport shuts all runways after ‘significant snow’
Many areas of the UK have been hit by snow and freezing temperatures
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Author: Steven Smith
North Wales Police urge caution as ice warning continues
North Wales Police has issued a fresh warning to motorists as a yellow weather warning for ice remains in place across the region. Bitterly cold conditions have left roads and pavements treacherous, with officers urging drivers to take extra care. “If you have to travel, please take extra care on the roads,” a police spokesperson […]
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Author: Deeside Dotcom
‘Gangs of Pakistani rapists…’: UK MPs vote against Tory’s call for grooming gangs inquiry
UK’s Labour government dismissed Conservatives’ call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, arguing it would delay crucial child protection legislation.
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Author: HT News Desk
Grooming gangs: do we need another inquiry? – Politics Weekly UK podcast
The government has resisted calls for another inquiry into grooming gangs. But with questions still unanswered, are survivors getting the justice they deserve? And why has the issue become so politicised? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by columnist Gaby Hinsliff and Observer columnist Sonia Sodha to discuss
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Author: John Harris,Gaby Hinsliff,Sonia Sodha,Frankie Tobi,Axel Kacoutié,Zoe Hitch
UK weather: Commuters warned of icy roads and travel disruption
Temperatures could fall as low as -16C on Thursday night, forecasters say.
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Author: bbc.com
UK weather: Fresh weather warnings across the country with temperatures as low as -16C
Travel disruption to road and rail services are likely on Thursday in the warning areas, as well as the potential for accidents in icy places, the Met Office has said.
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Author: Sky News
UK weather: Commuters warned of icy roads and travel disruption
Temperatures could fall as low as -16C on Thursday night, forecasters say.
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Author: @BBCNews
Community pays tribute to 14-year-old with ‘pure heart’ stabbed to death on bus
On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners gathered at a local church to pay tribute to Kelyan Bokassa who was fatally attacked on a bus in Woolwich.
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Author: Rosie Shead
Community pays tribute to 14-year-old with ‘pure heart’ stabbed to death on bus
On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners gathered at a local church to pay tribute to Kelyan Bokassa who was fatally attacked on a bus in Woolwich.
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Author: Rosie Shead
New weather warnings issued as temperatures set to plummet as low as minus 16C
Temperatures are set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 16C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.
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Author: PA Reporters
What real justice would look like for grooming gang victims
It is always interesting to watch a dam burst. In the past week, as Elon Musk and other prominent Americans discovered the British ‘grooming gang’ scandal, British politics has suddenly had to face up to something it has spent a quarter of a century trying to ignore. One would hope that the claim that thousands
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Author: Douglas Murray
