In this issue

September 25, 2022

Tax breaks for affluent mean poor areas lose, says Labour

Sunderland is one of the local authority areas in discussion with the government to make it an ‘investment zone’

3 mins

Poll finds that nearly half of voters still don’t know what the Labour leader stands for

Only a third of those polled believe Keir Starmer will become prime minister

5 mins

Labour group tells Starmer he must back new EU deals

Sir Keir Starmer has sought to clamp down on debate over Brexit

3 mins

Starmer reveals plans to cut emissions and boost jobs

The Labour leader and his wife Victoria are greeted by party supporters as they arrive in Liverpool

2 mins

Climate at heart of Labour’s foreign policy, says Lammy

The shadow foreign secretary says the party will commit to ‘foreign policy with a green dimension’

6 mins

Public able to view Queen’s resting place in Windsor

The ledger stone at the King George VI memorial chapel (Royal Collection Trust/The Dean and Canons of Windsor)

2 mins

Truss to relax immigration rules to ease staff shortages

Immigration rules are set to be relaxed as part of Liz Truss’s mission to ease labour shortages and boost business growth.

1 min

Chancellor warned that tax cut will not ‘unlock growth’

CBI director general Tony Danker says Kwasi Kwarteng failed to provide a broad-based plan

2 mins

Minister faces Conservative backlash for saying tax cut criticism is ‘politics of envy’

Remarks made by Chris Philp, chief secretary to the Treasury, have been described as a ‘crisis’ for the government

3 mins

Nationalising energy could save households £4,400 in two years, analysis suggests

Taxpayers are missing out on up to £122bn of direct income as a result of privatised energy

4 mins

Children among those held at Russian anti-war protests

Several police officers detain a protester in St Petersburg demonstrating yesterday against the Kremlin’s military mobilisation order

2 mins

Party conference is set to give Starmer a PR headache

The Labour leader is facing calls to back changing the first-past-the-post system

2 mins

Putin’s nuclear threat must be taken seriously, says EU

The Russian president made a rare address to the nation

3 mins

Daughter of aid worker who died in Ukraine struggling to return his body to UK

Paul Urey went to Ukraine as an aid worker

3 mins

Eight charged over Muslim and Hindu Leicester clashes

MPs and locals say tension has been simmering before it erupted into violence this month

1 min

NHS ‘rationing’ treatment for eating disorder patients

People ‘literally on death’s door’ not being seen quickly enough, warns leading psychiatrist

4 mins

Second monkeypox jab set to be offered to most at risk

More than 45,000 people have received a dose of the vaccine

2 mins

At least 35 dead after week of hijab protests across Iran

Women and men march in a pro-hijab rally in Tehran on Friday

2 mins

Sir Elton ‘flabbergasted’ by Biden award for Aids work

The US president presents Sir Elton John with the National Humanities Medal

1 min

Record WSL crowd watch Arsenal cruise to derby win

Arsenal celebrate their third goal against Tottenham in front of 47,367 fans

3 mins

Phil and Holly have become the unnecessary villains

Reflecting on the fortnight following Queen Elizabeth’s death, Will Gore wonders what memories will stick with us

3 mins

Two shutdowns for the price of a one-day strike

Could the rail unions’ Brexit bond with the new transport secretary solve the bitter pay dispute, wonders

3 mins

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