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PM makes final attempt to get bill over the line – with Pip cuts planned for 2026 now shelved until after reviewUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has offered Labour backbenchers a major concession over disability benefits in a last-ditch at…
Rise in number of babies born to men over 60 a factor in small rise in birthrate, shows ONS dataAn increase in babies born to fathers over 60 helped trigger the first increase in the number of births in England and Wales since 2021.Data from the Office…
NGO says rise in interventions has only increased danger as new data shows at least 15 children died in transit last yearChildren and babies coming to the UK on small boats from northern France have been teargassed and subjected to tactics such as the …
Ryland Headley sentenced to minimum of 20 years after what is thought to be oldest cold case solved in modern English policing history A 92-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of…
MPs vote through welfare bill by 335 votes to 260 after rebel amendment to kill off bill defeated easily after concession over planned Pip cutsCompass, the leftwing group urging Labour to be more pluralistic, has put out a statement condemning the UC a…
Health ombudsman says number of last-resort investigations into care in England up two-thirds in four yearsThe NHS has repeatedly failed in its diagnosis and care of stroke patients, England’s health ombudsman has said.According to the World Stroke Ass…
Survey reveals 69% of women have seen or experienced sexual harassment, domestic abuse, violence, stalking or other offencesA majority of women have direct experience of violence or harassment, or know someone who has suffered it, in the last year, a p…
MPs including select committee chairs express doubts that concessions agreed last week go far enoughDowning Street’s plans to see off a major Labour welfare rebellion were in chaos on Monday night, amid continued brinkmanship between MPs and the govern…
Education secretary says she hopes new nurseries will make it easier for those who want children, after ‘worrying’ fall in birthrateUK politics live – latest updatesBridget Phillipson has expressed concern at the UK’s falling birthrate, with the educat…
Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billingFor more than a century, astronomers assumed she had simply “computed” complex calculations for the Victorian men who had exclusive …