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Energy firms face windfall tax after government U-turn
It sounds attractive but it doesn’t work. It’s disastrous – just a selection of what members of the cabinet said about a windfall tax in the last few weeks. But now Rishi Sunak is hitting the oil and gas giants with a levy, prompting consternation among some Conservatives, but jubilation from anti-poverty campaigners. The money…
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Windfall tax is response to ‘extraordinary’ global situation, says Chief Secretary to the Treasury
We were joined by Rishi Sunak’s deputy, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke.
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‘How do I feed my children? How do I survive?’ Parents on the cost of living crisis
The government’s cost of living support package amounts to £15 billion – designed to help households facing quickly rising energy bills. But with inflation at a 40-year high – and expected to rise – is it enough for those already feeling the squeeze who are worried about another energy bill price hike in October? We…
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Partygate: Four more Tory MPs call for PM to quit
After yesterday’s publication of Sue Gray’s report containing lurid details of Downing Street’s lockdown parties – today the acting commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was asked to defend the decision to issue just one fixed penalty notice to Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie. Since the publication of the Gray report, four more…
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Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges against three men
In the past few years the actor Kevin Spacey has been airbrushed from our screens following sexual misconduct allegations.
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Texas shooting: Why did it take nearly an hour for police to enter the school?
Police in Uvalde, Texas, have been criticised for the time it took to stop 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos in the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. He was reportedly in the school between 40 minutes and an hour before he was killed.
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San Antonio Archbishop calls for US lawmakers to be ‘consistent’ on abortion and guns
We spoke to Gustavo Garcia-Siller, the archbishop of San Antonio, the closest city to Uvalde, and began by asking him what the situation is there.
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Lack of gun control is costing us our children, says human rights lawyer
We were joined from Washington by American human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid, who has called on President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to enact tougher gun controls.
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Maternity Scandal: Midwife who led Shrewsbury probe will now chair Nottingham review
A review of failings in maternity services at Nottingham NHS trust will now be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden.
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Child protection in England needs fundamental change review into deaths of two children says
A national review into the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson says concerns by members of their extended families were ignored. There was weak decision making and poor information sharing within child protection services, and the way child protection is approached in England needs to “change fundamentally” – that’s according to the Child Safeguarding…
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Sue Gray ‘probably to thank’ for energy grant timing, Martin Lewis says
The chancellor’s £15 billion package which sets out to soften the impact of the cost of living crisis has been welcomed by struggling households.
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The Sue Gray report: is it too late now to say sorry?
37 pages, 16 events, nine photos – but what did Sue Gray say?
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Boris Johnson ‘caught bang to rights’, says Shadow Health Secretary
We’re joined by the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting.
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‘PM still has mandate to run this country,’ says Tory MP Miriam Cates
We spoke to the Conservative MP Miriam Cates – and began by asking her whether she still backed the Prime Minister after what he said today.
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What’s in Sue Gray’s Partygate report – and where do we go from here?
There was excessive drinking and a minor altercation. Someone was sick. A swing was broken. Cleaners were disrespected. Messages were sent later congratulating each other they’d got away with it.
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‘Thatcher would be profoundly shocked by the lawbreaking,’ says her former Private Secretary on Partygate
We spoke to Caroline Slocock, who was Private Secretary to two Conservative Prime Ministers – Margaret Thatcher and John Major – and Jill Rutter from the Institute for Government, who previously worked in the No 10 policy unit.
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‘I’m devastated nothing has changed,’ says school shooting survivor
We spoke to 17-year-old Mia Tretta. Mia was shot in the abdomen in a shooting at Saugus High School, California in November 2019.
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The history of American school shootings
It is now the case that in the United States, the biggest killer of children is guns. Not cars or cancer. And when it comes to school shootings, the US leads the world.
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Joe Biden demands gun reform as America mourns another school massacre
On a quiet Tuesday in a small rural town an 18-year-old armed with an automatic rifle burst into a primary school in Texas and barricaded himself in a classroom full of nine and ten-year-olds.
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Rishi Sunak set for major cost of living announcement tomorrow
The government are, understandably, hoping they can move on from Partygate – and shift the focus onto the cost-of-living crisis tomorrow.
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‘Very difficult for people to move on’: Voters react to Sue Gray’s report on Partygate
Most Tory MPs seem content to let the Prime Minister carry on – but what about voters?
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India and Pakistan heatwave 30 times more likely due to climate change, study finds
The devastating heatwave in India and Pakistan was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, according to scientists.
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Elizabeth Line: Passengers flock to use new service
Passengers began queueing before dawn to be the first to use London’s new £18.8 billion Elizabeth Line which opened today – linking Reading and Essex with central London.
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People forced to pull out own teeth as dentists go private
Now thousands of high street dentists in England have stopped providing care on the NHS since the pandemic – leaving millions of people who cannot afford private treatment without access to vital health services.
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Black Equity Organisation: New Black civil rights group launches in UK
From healthcare to policing and education, throughout British society Black people in the UK still face inequality and discrimination.
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Ukraine ‘extremely lucky’ to have avoided nuclear disaster, says Ukrainian historian
We spoke to Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy and started by asking him about the importance of history in this conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
