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Rachel Reeves may have U-turned on winter fuel, but her problems are far from over

Editorial: The authority of the chancellor has been badly compromised by the missteps she’s taken in her first year in office – unforced errors compounded by poor presentation

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The five key issues from chancellor’s winter fuel payment U-turn

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Author: Sam Coates

BBC Audio | Newscast | Winter Fuel’s Back, Back Again (For Most)

Three-quarters of pensioners to get winter fuel payment after U-turn.

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Author: bbc.com

Body found by police confirmed to be missing Colombian woman

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, disappeared after leaving her home in Ilford, east London, on May 29.

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Author: Ellie Ng

Yvette Cooper ‘on resignation watch’ after spending row with Reeves

PM steps in to end tense stand-off as Home Office budget negotiations go down to the wire

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Author: Ben Riley-Smith

Labour MPs in call for benefits U-turn after change to winter fuel payment cut

Rachel Reeves has announced that around nine million more pensioners will receive the fuel payment this year

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Author: Will Durrant

‘It will make a lot of difference’: Reactions to winter fuel payment U-turn

Pensioners react to the government’s decision to change the eligibility rules for winter fuel payments.

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Author: @BBCNews

Father and daughter, nine, dead after house fire

An 11-year-old girl was also taken to hospital, where she remains.

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Author: Lily Shanagher

Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?

Some inside government fear Rachel Reeves has missed the opportunity to make a moral argument.

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Author: George Eaton

‘He was a beautiful soul who had the most infectious smile’: Heartbreaking tributes paid to boy, 14, stabbed to death

Ibrahima Seck tragically died in hospital following the incident on Sunday evening

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Author: Stephen Topping

Winter fuel U-turn and spending review standoff

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the U-turn on winter fuel payments. Plus, they look ahead to this week’s spending review. And after its chair dramatically quit the party only to return 48 hours later, what’s going on with Reform UK?

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Author: Pippa Crerar,Kiran Stacey,Frankie Tobi,Axel Kacoutié,Zoe Hitch

‘Lessons to learn’ from winter fuel payments U-turn

The winter fuel payment controversy has shown just how ‘radioactive’ any attempt at reform has become, one finance expert said.

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Author: Vicky Shaw

Sadiq Khan in ‘red on red’ row with Rachel Reeves over major transport schemes

Mayor’s aides say ‘unacceptable’ if London loses out to rest of the country, amid fears that £2bn DLR extension may not be funded

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Author: Ross Lydall

UK weather: Thunderstorms forecast as warm-air plume drifts over from France

A plume of humidity from Iberia and France could cause thunderstorms across the UK

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Author: Bryony Gooch

Minister says spending review will mark ‘end to austerity’, as Home Office yet to agree deal

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is the only minister yet to agree a spending settlement with Rachel Reeves

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Author: @AndrewSparrow

Family of Cole Cooper ‘shattered’ after police find body

Officers notified relatives after a body was found in Banknock, near Falkirk, on Friday, four weeks after his disappearance.

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Author: @BBCNews

Family of missing teen ‘completely broken’ after body found in wooded area

The family of Cole Cooper was informed after a body was discovered in a wooded area on Friday afternoon.

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Author: Calum Loudon

Face it, there’s good grounds to curb the burqa

A gradual move towards lifting the veil in certain forums — education, the courts — would help community relations

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Author: Libby Purves

Nottingham victim’s parent complains about ‘offensive’ IOPC meeting

Victim’s father said a director of police watchdog had behaved inappropriately by starting meeting with a prayer

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Author: Charlie Moloney

Revealed: Nigel Farage’s big idea to help save Welsh steel industry

In a major speech, the Reform leader will put coal-mining at the centre of the party’s plans for reopening the Port Talbot Steelworks if it wins Welsh elections next year.

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Author: David Churchill

UK’s migrant hotel bill revealed & it takes all tax from city size of MANCHESTER

BRITAIN’S £4.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers. The shocking new statistic is equivalent to every grafter in Manchest…

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Author: Harry Cole,Thomas Godfrey