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Wes Streeting in last-minute plea to doctors to call off strike

The Health Secretary said he would not move further on pay, despite BMA calls for a 26% uplift to counter what it says is pay erosion over time.

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The Standard podcast: London’s unemployment rate hits 11-year-high ahead of Autumn Budget

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Take some green levies, not VAT, off bills to cut energy costs, Treasury urged

A package of measures could take £178 a year off bills and more than three times that amount for households renting draughty homes, think tank says.

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Voices: ‘Tax the wealthy, not the workers’: Readers divided on how Reeves should tackle £20bn Budget blackhole

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over reports Rachel Reeves’ is set to hike income tax by 2p, with some supporting higher taxes on the wealthy as fair and necessary, while others warn it could harm low-income earners, pensioners, and overall economic growth

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Rachel Reeves heads to Saudi Arabia on trade deal mission as Autumn Budget looms

Trip comes amid speculation Ms Reeves could impose tax hikes in upcoming Budget

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin bombards Kyiv after ‘invincible’ nuclear-capable missile test

Russia claims nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile can ‘pierce any defence shield’

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Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members

Exclusive: Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’

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UK judge sentences 5 men for roles in Russia-linked arson attack in London

A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption

The Independent UK

What to know about Ireland's election as the country votes for a new president

Voters in Ireland are going to the polls to elect one of two women as their new president

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UK Government borrowing surges to highest September figure in five years

Public sector net borrowing rose to £20.2 billion last month, £1.6 billion higher than the same month last year.

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Call for new investment around rail stations to boost housing and growth

The Railway Industry Association cited the area around London’s King’s Cross and St Pancras stations as an example of what can happen.

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Rachel Reeves to lay out plans to scrap paperwork for thousands of UK firms

The Chancellor is set to launch a fresh ‘crackdown on needless form-filling’ at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham on Tuesday.

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Mark Sedwill is frontrunner to become new UK ambassador to US, sources say

Former cabinet secretary seen as favourite despite running risk of angering No 10 with China spy trial comments

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City council approves plans to make SUV drivers pay more for parking

Cardiff Council will increase the cost of parking permits for owners of sports utility vehicles or cars weighing more than 2,400kg.

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Labour bank spying bill will bring ‘unprecedented surveillance,’ charities warn

Exclusive: Government warned new counter-fraud powers risk ‘recreating Horizon-scale scandal’

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Margaret Thatcher 'had two affairs' while married to husband Denis, new book claims

The former Conservative Party leader, who died in 2013 aged 87, previously described her partner of more than half a century as ‘the golden thread running through my life’

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Government moves to block payouts to Gerry Adams and other Troubles detainees

A 2020 Supreme Court ruling had paved the way for Mr Adams to secure compensation for his detention without trial in the early 1970s.

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UK inflation to rise to highest in G7, warns IMF as food costs surge

It came as the IMF increased its UK growth forecast for this year but reduced its prediction for 2026 amid concerns over the labour market.

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Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday

The Independent UK

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

The Independent UK

Trump has shaken America’s faith in most government agencies since his return to White House, polls show

While certain agencies that Trump has targeted have fallen out of public favor, others have seen their approval ratings rise in line with the administration’s policies

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Gaza latest LIVE: Donald Trump hails 'historic dawn of new Middle East' as freed Israeli hostages reunited with loved ones

US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament after declaring ‘the war is over’

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Tony Blair met with Jeffrey Epstein while he was prime minister, new documents reveal

Lord Mandelson described Epstein, then 49, as ‘vibrant and young’ and ‘safe’ according to emails released by the National Archives

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Rishi Sunak takes job with Microsoft and US-based AI firm – but will donate salary

Sunak will donate his salary from this part-time, paid role to his and his wife’s numeracy skills charity The Richmond Project

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Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week

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