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January 27, 2023

Now tax chief damns Zahawi: We don't fine innocent people

Rockets rain down as Russia retaliates against pledge to send Ukraine tanks

1 min

Damning blow for Zahawi after HMRC tax admission

The Tory chair is under mounting pressure to resign because of the tax saga PA)

4 mins

Tory sleaze is back and has ominous echoes of the 90s

Partygate, Wallpapergate, Zahawi - all shameful chapters that have slowly but surely eroded confidence in the government (PA)

5 mins

Zelensky: I wouldn’t back Johnson for No 10 return

Blow for former PM days after unannounced trip to Kyiv

2 mins

Taxpayers face huge bill for Johnson Partygate legal fees

The cost could rise further as the inquiry into whether the ex-PM misled parliament continues (PA)

2 mins

Arch Tory Stewart backs Labour to do a better job

Sir Rod Stewart rang into a live phone-in news segment yesterday to express his frustration (PA)

1 min

Move over Partridge it’s the Jacob Rees-Mogg Show

GB News is branching out into character comedy (EPA)

3 mins

More pressure on top civil servant as scandals pile up

Permanent secretary Simon Case faces some tough decisions in the coming weeks (PA)

3 mins

U-turn on Windrush reform branded a slap in the face’

Home secretary Suella Braverman has decided to ditch a number of review recommendations (Reuters)

3 mins

Transgender woman rapist will not be allowed to serve sentence at female prison

Isla Bryson was found guilty of raping two women and is awaiting sentencing (PA)

2 mins

Rising number of suspected incels referred to Prevent

Jake Davison shot five people dead in Plymouth in 2021 and an inquest is considering the part played by his incel beliefs PA)

3 mins

Revenge porn criminal charges still woefully low’

Police forces should receive robust and consistent training’, say campaigners PA)

3 mins

Russia launches deadly barrage of missiles at Kyiv

Assault kills 11 just days after West's pledge to send tanks

4 mins

Erdogan holds the trump card over Sweden Nato bid

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the burning of a Quran in Stockholm is an insult to Islam (AP)

6 mins

The executive tasked with managing Biden’s to-do list

Jeff Zients led the government’s Covid response and will be the next White House chief of staff, writes Andrew Feinberg

4 mins

Israeli military kills nine during West Bank attack

The aftermath of the assault in Jenin yesterday during which a four-hour gun battle took place (EPA)

2 mins

Fohnson Serves a purpose in Ukraine but ts also a liability

It has to be borne in mind that something could go drastically wrong (Reuters)

5 mins

Britain has learned nothing from the Windrush scandal

Jamaican immigrants 1948 (PA) are greeted by RAF officials after 'Empire Windrush' landed at Tilbury in 1948 (PA)

2 mins

Callous traffic schemes just hinder those with disabilities

Take it from me, the disabled traveller feels a bit like they are heading into no man's land (Getty/iStock)

3 mins

The Church is trying to undo years of LGBT+ progress

Justin Welby has the power to bless same-sex marriages but still chooses not to (PA)

3 mins

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