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The agreement on a “fluid border” will allow travellers to cross by land without checks.

'Never on the table': Gibraltar not joining Schengen free travel area under deal with EU, says David Lammy

UK nuclear submarine with Trident missile capability takes part in exercises in the Solent near Portsmouth

White House 'reviewing' landmark AUKUS submarine deal with UK and Australia

Rachel Reeves failed to rule out further tax increases in the Autumn

Rachel Reeves fails to rule out tax rises and rejects being labelled ‘buy now, pay later’ Chancellor

According to the Treasury, the Scottish Government will see an increase of £9.1 billion over the next three years

Powerful new supercomputer to be built in Scotland in government U-turn - as £750m reinstated by Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves' spending review, at a glance.

Police accuse Reeves of leaving them with 'crumbs' as Chancellor unveils £300bn spending review

Jonathan Brash MP has called for the abolition of the Sentencing Council.

First Labour MP calls for abolition of 'two-tier' Sentencing Council as justice row erupts

Nigel Farage has yet again distanced himself from Donald Trump over his stance on Russia

Farage claims Trump could make Putin a 'winner' - as he distances himself from US President over stance on Russia

Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood

Judges reject Government's request to change 'corrosive' sentencing rules as 'two-tier justice' row erupts

Keir Starmer Visits the Siemens Energy plant

Northern England will no longer be 'held to ransom' by poor transport systems, says Starmer

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Australia to hold federal election in May as housing and inflation among key issues

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Reform deputy says mental health is modern equivalent of ‘back pain’ - and disabled people are ‘swinging the lead’

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I look forward to a statement that hits people like me, rather than those who can’t afford to eat, writes Andrew Marr

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in Stoke-on-Trent. Picture date: Monday March 24, 2025.

Labour's worker's rights reforms to have 'net negative' impact on the economy, says OBR

Online Islamophobic abuse about the Mayor of London more than doubled in a single year during 2024, according to new research.

Online Islamophobic abuse targeting Sadiq Khan more than doubled last year, figures suggest

Rachel Reeves is set to cut tens of thousands of civil service jobs, a union has warned

Reeves 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs' as she pushes to cut spending by £2 billion per year

Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Starmer's ultimatum to councils: Prove you're tackling potholes or face losing cash

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall

Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election as he says Donald Trump 'wants to break us' with trade war

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Reeves to slash civil service spending by £2bn as Jeremy Hunt tells LBC chancellor must be 'bolder' to fix UK economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Rachel Reeves takes axe to Civil Service: Government departments to make £2billion cuts

Sir Ed said a lack of 'clarity' around the changes was causing 'fear'

Sir Ed Davey: Disabled people and carers will be 'kept awake' by benefits shake-up

Gibraltar and Britain are said to have agreed the deal to hand control of border to Europe

UK agrees to 'fluid border' between Gibraltar and Spain as Labour finalises post-Brexit deal

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Keir Starmer Departs Downing Street for PMQs in London

Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises amid winter fuel U-turn and £300bn spending pledge

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Doug Barrowman and Baroness Michelle Mone watch the racing as they attend day 4 'Gold Cup Day' of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 15, 2019 in Cheltenham, England.

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm should pay back £122m for breaching contract during Covid pandemic, High Court hears

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Government's spending review to MPs in the House of Commons

From transport to teachers and housing to health: How Rachel Reeves' spending review affects you

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Tourists and Spanish workers walking across the airport runway, Winston Churchill Avenue, into Gibraltar from the Spanish border point.

What UK-Gibraltar deal means as 'agreement reached over border to EU'

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Speaking in the Commons on Wednesday, the Chancellor said: “To support the integrity of our borders I can announce that funding of up to £280 million more per year by the end of the spending review for our new Border Security Command."

Reeves vows to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by next election

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Rachel Reeves said her fiscal rules have allowed her to allocate £190 billion more to the day-to-day running of public services

Spending review LIVE: Reeves unveils £190bn public spending boost but faces questions over how to pay for it

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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who is also Housing Secretary, said Labour is “drawing a line under nearly two centuries of injustice towards some of the most vulnerable in society”.

Angela Rayner hails end of 'two centuries of injustice' as 'archaic' Vagrancy Act criminalising homeless is to be scrapped

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, London, ahead of delivering her spending review in the House of Commons

Reeves to unveil £113 billion boost for NHS, defence and schools as voters ‘yet to feel’ benefits of Labour government

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Far-right Israeli lawmakers Itamar Ben Gvir, center, and Bezalel Smotrich, right.

Top Trump official Marco Rubio says US condemns UK sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers

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Members of the Chagossian community and supporters protest outside the High Court in London on May 22, 2025.

UN calls on Starmer to suspend Chagos Islands deal over concerns that expelled Chagossians won’t be able to return

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Rachel Reeves stands alongside First Bus staff as the Chancellor announced the allocation of £2.1 billion of local transport funding to West Yorkshire.

Reeves set to extend £3 bus fare cap until 2027 in relief for commuters, LBC understands

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A headteacher said that his school cannot afford an unfunded pay-rise - but they be forced to award one.

‘I’m not sure I can balance the books’: Headteacher speaks out over funding struggles that have left staff ‘demoralised’

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Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Bezalel Smotrich

UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers as it ramps up pressure over Gaza

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with his new party chairman David Bull during a press conference at Church House today (June 10) in Westminster, London

Former Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull named new chairman of Reform UK

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves making a keynote speech to the GMB Union Congress in Brighton

'Working people are not yet feeling progress,' admits Rachel Reeves ahead of spending review

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Tottenham have appointed Thomas Frank as their new head coach, the Premier League club have announced.

Thomas Frank joins Spurs as new boss on three-year deal

A family-of-three, a wellness influencer couple, and a hotel manager travelling with his wife and two children, are among the Brits who were on board the Air India Flight.

The Brits on board crashed Air India flight as 52 UK nationals confirmed dead

Aria Aber, Miranda July, Nussaibah Younis, Elizabeth Strout, Sanam Mahloudji and Yael van der Wouden attend the 2025 Women's Prize Winner's Ceremony, taking place at Bedford Square Gardens, London.

'A classic in the making': Debut novel by Dutch author wins 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Walker looking out over the peak of Yr Aran and a fog filled Nant Gwynant Valley

Two women dead after 'incident' in Snowdonia National Park

The Belgium midfielder was warmly greeted by fans in Italy as he arrived for his medical on Thursday having agreed a deal with the Serie A champions

Kevin De Bruyne joins Napoli on free transfer after Man City exit

Sverre Halseth Nypan of Rosenborg during the Eliteserien match between Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg on May 24, 2025 in Bodø.

Manchester City agree £12.5m fee for Rosenberg teen Sverre Nypan as summer spending spree continues

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Air India confirms only one survivor from 242 people on board Ahmedabad plane crash

Air India confirms only one survivor from 242 people on board Ahmedabad plane crash

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Pro-Palestinian activists shout slogans while waving Palestinian flags as around one and a half thousand participants in the Resilience Convoy depart from Tunis, Tunisia.

Egypt deports and detains dozens of activists participating in march to Gaza in bid to end Israeli blockade

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Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told the Hindustan Times he heard a "loud noise" around 30 seconds after take-off before the plane plummeted to earth.

British passenger walks away as sole survivor on Air India plane crash that killed more than 290 people

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