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Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary after pleading guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. It is understood the incident was disclosed to Sir Keir Starmer […]

Parliament has a chance to “correct injustice and reduce human suffering” when it debates assisted dying, the MP behind the Bill said – but opposition campaigners have warned of “inevitable abuse, pressure, coercion and mistakes”. The divisive issue is being debated in the Commons on Friday for the first time in almost a decade – having been voted down by MPs in 2015. Five hours have been set aside for […]

Former Conservative MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK and will run to be mayor of Lincolnshire. Dame Andrea joined Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at a press conference where he announced her defection and said she had become the 100,000th member of his party. She will run for the newly created role of Greater Lincolnshire Mayor in the May local elections. Meanwhile, former party deputy leader Ben Habib […]

Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting BBC cooking show MasterChef while complaints made by individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are externally reviewed. It comes as the 60-year-old faces allegations of inappropriate sexual comments from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period, as reported by BBC News which said it sent a letter to the TV star’s representatives earlier this week. Among the BBC […]

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets and Terrorism Acts by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of Iran. The 23-year-old spy, who has already admitted escaping from prison, was cleared at Woolwich Crown Court of carrying out a bomb hoax. Prosecutors told his trial he played “a cynical game”, claiming he wanted a career as a double agent to help the […]

Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show. The measure for the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country then dropped by 20% in the latest period, the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000. The total for the year to June 2023 has been revised upwards […]

Parents of teenagers can track their Uber journeys under a new scheme. They can also be alerted every time a new trip is requested by their child, and only “highly-rated and experienced” drivers will be allowed to accept the bookings, the ride-hailing app company said. The Uber Teen product is being rolled out from Thursday and will be available in all UK cities served by Uber over the coming months, […]

Sir Ed Davey is launching a bid for Christmas number one with a charity single called Love Is Enough. The Liberal Democrat leader is teaming up with Bath Philharmonia’s Young Carers’ Choir for the song written by six current and former young carers. The song was recorded in Bath last month with a full orchestra, 20 singers and Sir Ed. The proceeds from downloads and streams of the single will […]

Talking therapies and physical and mental rehabilitation “probably improve symptoms of long Covid”, a new study suggests. But “no compelling evidence supported the effectiveness” of other treatments including certain drugs, dietary supplements or oxygen therapy, academics said. An international team of researchers said that current guidance on treating long Covid is “limited” and often based on consensus among medics rather than on systematic reviews of data. So they set out […]