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Yvette Cooper tells parliament that Louise Casey audit found some cases were downgraded from rape to lesser charges ‘because 13- to 15-year-old is perceived to have consented’Starmer launches new grooming gangs investigationIn his interview on the Sky …
PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demandsThe news emerged in a notably low-key way: a speculative question to Keir Starmer during his Q&A with reporters on the way to the G…
Institute for Fiscal Studies says Treasury figures for projected efficiency savings are not credibleUK on track to become a ‘National Health State’, says thinktankRachel Reeves is now on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley are…
NPCC’s Gavin Stephens says settlement in spending review will cover little more than inflationary pay risesSpending review: key points at a glanceGreen party MPs and activists joined a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use t…
Conservative party leader calls for apology from Keir Starmer as Lib Dems also try to take credit for reversal of policyWinter fuel payments threshold to rise to £35,000The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are both trying to take credit for the …
The Tory leader admits she has not seen list of US president’s list of banned countriesUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump-style blanket travel bans on foreign citizens could be “viable” in the UK, Kemi Badenoch has said following a speech ab…
Labour dismisses Kemi Badenoch speech on European convention on human rights as an attempt to appease Reform UK and Robert Jenrick. This live blog is closedAs Jessica Elgot and Amelia Gentleman report, Downing Street is exploring new proposals for a di…
Former PM accuses Mel Stride of being ‘creature of system’ after his formal repudiation of 2022 unfunded tax cutsLiz Truss has hit out at the Conservatives’ shadow chancellor after he formally disowned her hastily reversed 2022 mini-budget, saying it h…
For some reason, Stride used his first keynote speech as shadow chancellor to discuss the abject failure of his partySome things in life you just don’t see coming. Like a lottery win. Like Spurs winning a European trophy. You can now add to those two: …
Conservative party urged to ‘draw a line’ under the Liz Truss era and never again endorse her as candidateStride stresses the need for politicians to consider policy carefully, saying this is harder in the era of social media.Our modern digital world h…