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January 20, 2023

Thousands suffering 'severe harm' from ambulance waits

Patient confidence in life-saving care plummets, poll reveals

2 mins

Sunak 'not embarrassed' by levelling up money going to his affluent Yorkshire seat

Rishi Sunak rejected claims that the allocation of more than £2.1bn in levelling-up money was unfairly skewed towards affluent areas - including his own North Yorkshire constituency.

4 mins

Levelling up and down...the winners and losers

Ministers have just disbursed some £2bn in the latest tranche of funding for levelling up projects, as part of the overall £4.8bn programme. Rishi Sunak has promised that the spending will be \"transformative\". The details of the announcement have been met with mixed reviews.

4 mins

Labour calls for inquiry into former chancellor's taxes

Rishi Sunak is facing a call to launch an inquiry into whether Nadhim Zahawi broke the ministerial code, after he reportedly paid millions to settle a dispute with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over his tax.

3 mins

Births to unmarried parents top the figures for first time

Births registered outside marriage and civil partnerships in England and Wales have outnumbered those registered within them for the first time.

2 mins

How the oldest president in US history keeps evolving

As Potus begins his third year at the White House, The looks at the many different sides of Joe Biden Independent

4 mins

Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter after worker shot on film set

Alec Baldwin's lawyer has described the involuntary manslaughter charges over the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins as a \"terrible miscarriage of justice\".

2 mins

Ardern quits as the PM of New Zealand citing burnout

Jacinda Ardern sent a jolt around the world yesterday with her unexpected decision to stand down as New Zealand's premier, earning warm praise from fellow leaders and triggering speculation over what she might do next.

3 mins

Thunberg: Absurd to listen to creators of climate crisis

Swedish campaigner criticises leaders gathered in Davos

2 mins

The pretty boy whose face launched a serious career

With 'Titanic' being re-released next month to mark its 25th anniversary, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how its leading man Leonardo DiCaprio went from heart-throb to Oscar winner

7 mins

Inflation drives consumer confidence to historic low

Consumer confidence has fallen again to a near-historic low as household budgets are squeezed, even as a new analysis suggests energy bills will fall faster than feared later this year. GfK's longrunning Consumer Confidence Index dropped three points in January to minus 45 after a short-lived and weak rally in the last quarter.

2 mins

City shock Spurs to keep championship hopes intact

The comeback to start hauling Arsenal back? The top of the table does look that much better for Manchester City, because Pep Guardiola's side looked like champions again.

4 mins

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