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November 18, 2021

Christmas Shoppers Told To Be ‘Vigilant' By Terror Police

Christmas shoppers and revellers must be “more vigilant”, the head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing has warned, as terrorists may be “emboldened” by two recent attacks in the UK within a month.

2 mins

Bills for most vulnerable could double as plans to cap care costs are watered down

Ministers have quietly watered down plans for a cap on social care costs – a move that experts warn will hit the poorest hardest and could leave some paying twice as much.

3 mins

Once Again The Poorest Will Suffer The Most Under The Tories' Plans For Social Care

The problem of social care has been ducked by successive governments going back decades and, despite his promise on the steps of Downing Street to fix it once and for all, Boris Johnson has yet to fully deliver on this pledge.

2 mins

PM admits getting it wrong on sleaze as MPs vote for restrictions on second jobs

Boris Johnson has admitted he got it wrong on Owen Paterson, as a fortnight of sleaze rows sparked by his attempt to save the disgraced former MP ended with the Commons voting for a ban on consultancy jobs.

5 mins

Vote to clean up politics (at some point) won by the PM

Labour will say that Conservative MPs voted against its motion to ban MPs from taking paid consultancy jobs, after the government won last night’s vote with a slightly reduced majority of 51.

3 mins

Minutes of Randox contract call ‘missing', says minister

No minutes of a key telephone call about a Covid contract awarded to Randox after it employed Owen Paterson as a consultant can be found, a minister said yesterday.

2 mins

PM's Sister Says Johnson Knew Maxwell At University

Boris Johnson’s sister has suggested that the prime minister was a university friend of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is awaiting trial in the US on charges of grooming underage girls for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

1 min

Patel Is Equating Refugees With Terrorists To Appeal To The Base Tory Constituency

Home secretaries, by convention, are supposed to be wary of speaking out about sensitive cases, even where it involves a dead suicide bomber. Investigations into the declared terrorist incident in Liverpool are continuing, and the orderly process of justice requires that politicians should keep their views to themselves.

2 mins

Inflation Is Climbing – Can The Bank Of England Fix It?

Inflation is soaring in the UK and politicians are looking to the central bank for a solution.

4 mins

Lidl workers should be happy with 6% pay rise

Many in the public sector will be lucky to get half that

3 mins

Queen ‘alright' says Charles

Prince of Wales seeks to reassure after monarch makes first official engagement since missing Remembrance Sunday

1 min

PM facing backlash from Tory MPs as he unveils cuts to HS3 northern rail plan

Boris Johnson is facing a furious backlash from northern Tory MPs if he breaks his promise to build a new railway line for the north of England.

4 mins

Paedophile aristocrat spared prison due to brain injury

An aristocrat has been spared jail over the sexual abuse of a young girl at the stately home used in the 1981 ITV series Brideshead Revisited after a brain injury meant he was deemed unfit to stand trial.

3 mins

Insulate Britain activists jailed for injunction breach

Protesters gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday as nine Insulate Britain activists were jailed for breaching a government injunction that banned them from blocking roads.

2 mins

Geordie Greig replaced by Ted Verity as Mail editor

Geordie Greig has been replaced as editor of the Daily Mail after three years. Mail on Sunday editor Ted Verity will take over the running of the daily newspaper, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) chair Lord Rothermere told staff in an email yesterday afternoon.

2 mins

British fighter jet crashes into sea after pilot ejects

An investigation has been launched after the pilot of a British F35 fighter jet was forced to eject during routine operations over the Mediterranean Sea.

1 min

Shots And Screenings Can ‘Eliminate' Cervical Cancer

The success of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine means the elimination of cervical cancer is “in our sights”, according to a charity.

2 mins

Home news in brief

The RAF has set a new world record after completing the first successful flight using only synthetic fuel.

2 mins

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