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Former Post Office boss says he didn’t know they were prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters
Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself.
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Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner being investigated by police
It’s the housing scandal that refuses to go away. No, not the chronic shortage of housing in Britain, but the question of which house Angela Rayner lived in some ten years ago and whether she broke electoral law.
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Blackpool South by-election: meet the candidates and the voters
Next month, voters will head to the polls in the local elections and Rishi Sunak will face another by-election test in the marginal constituency of Blackpool South.
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‘NHS waiting lists have fallen for fifth month in a row’ says health minister
We spoke to the health minister Maria Caulfield and began by pointing out that the government isn’t hitting its own targets on the NHS.
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Steelworkers in Port Talbot set to strike for first time in 40 years
Steelworkers based in Port Talbot are set to strike for the first time in more than 40 years, according to their union.
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Wandsworth Prison: ‘an incredibly nasty place to serve a sentence and to work’
Pressure is growing on the Government to tackle a growing crisis in Wandsworth Prison. Filthy, overcrowded and rife with violence – and this week we revealed a sophisticated criminal network of drugs gangs working inside the South London jail.
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Post Office bosses should ‘beg for an apology’ – former subpostmistress’ husband
The husband of a former subpostmistress who was wrongfully jailed while pregnant has rejected an apology by the man in charge of the post office at the time.
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NHS England: life in ‘no man’s land’ on the waiting list
What happens when you’re one of the 6.3 million people in England, stuck in a queue for the NHS? Patients left waiting for surgery, support and, sometimes, life itself. “The worst time in my life.” “Fallen through the cracks.” “You don’t know what the hell’s going on.” After years of Covid backlog, increased demand and…
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Richard Gadd on stalking and dark comedy
An estimated 2.5 million people are victims of stalking every year in England and Wales – but the number is believed to be much higher as many cases go unreported.
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Paula Vennells ‘chose a path to harm a lot of people’, says former chancellor
We spoke to the Conservative MP and former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, who questioned Paula Vennells on the Horizon IT scandal when she gave evidence to a select committee in 2015.
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Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells refuses to comment on whether she misled parliament
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells refused to comment today when questioned by Channel 4 News if she lied to MPs.
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More than 100 flights cancelled as Storm Kathleen hits UK with 70mph winds
Thousands of passengers are facing disruption after more than 100 flights were cancelled as Storm Kathleen arrived in the UK.
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UK government under pressure to stop selling arms to Israel after aid worker deaths
The government here is coming under increasing pressure to make a decision on the sale of arms to Israel following the deadly attack on a convoy of aid workers in Gaza.
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Parents protest against two-child benefit cap, claiming it’s pushed 250,000 kids into poverty
It’s been seven years since the two-child rule came into force, under which families can only claim benefits for up to two children, regardless of how many more they may actually have.
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Shadow Chancellor on Labour’s plans for tax and childcare
We spoke to the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and began by asking her what she thought of the government’s national insurance cut which comes into effect on April 6th.