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Axeing of social care reform 'fails another generation'

The Labour government has “failed another generation of families” with the cancellation of a series of planned social care reforms, the architect of the plans has warned.

Planning 'revolution' scales back London housing target

Angela Rayner’s planning “revolution” will see London’s housebuilding target slashed by 20,000 homes, despite a wider push to boost the number of houses being built each year.

Reeves finally admits she will raise taxes in Budget

Taxes will almost certainly be raised in the autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves has said.

What is to be done about the blight of blade culture?

It’s fair to say that Monday’s knife attack at a dance school in Southport, which resulted in so much death and injury to children, has shocked the nation. It also follows a number of other serious, high-profile incidents.

PM 'absolutely determined' to get on top of knife crime

After visiting the scene of a brutal attack at a children’s dance class in Southport, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “absolutely determined” to get to grips with knife crime.

Far-right activists run riot outside Southport mosque

Violent clashes between far-right protesters and police erupted outside a mosque in Southport yesterday following a knife attack that killed three children. Twenty-two officers were injured during the trouble, police said.

Southport families united in grief over three lost angels.

Devastated families have paid tribute to three girls killed in a “ferocious” knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

Richards settles for silver after losing by 0.02 seconds

It was a breathtaking silver medal for Matt Richards, but Team GB suffered a cruel twist once again in what has been an agonising 24 hours in the pool.

Daley completes Olympic set as son causes a splash

Tom Daley gazed up after completing the set of Olympic medals with a fabulous silver alongside Noah Williams in the synchronised 10m platform yesterday. But then came a surprise: a juice cup launched from above in his direction.

GB shake off scandal as they strike gold in team eventing

Much of Versailles' gilded grandeur was made off with during the 1789 French Revolution but it was Great Britain who snatched the gold from under French noses at their Olympics.

Thrills and spills as Pidcock takes mountain bike gold

Three hundred and twenty-eight other gold medals will be handed out at these Paris Games, but surely none will be won as dramatically as this. Tom Pidcock lost the race to a puncture, won it back, then lost it again to the determined Frenchman Victor Koretzky before pulling off a do-or-die overtake around a tree to defend his Olympic title.

Marvel sequel claws at the very idea of cinema as art

'Deadpool & Wolverine' is uninterested in anything beyond perpetuating its own brand and making cheap meta jokes. Is this the future of film? Louis Chilton is terrified it might be

'Everyone needs reminding they were once nobody'

Actor, activist and Springsteen lieutenant Steven Van Zandt tells Craig McLean why he has no plans to 'retire on a yacht'

A CHILD OF OUR TIME

If her stepmother wins the presidency, 25-year-old artist and model Ella Emhoff will destroy the cookie-cutter stereotypes surrounding children of politicians, writes Katie Rosseinsky

'Equal Games'? Not with sexist dinosaurs on the mic

When organisers of the Paris Olympics decided to bill it as the \"equal Games\" - in celebration of the fact that, for the first time, women make up 50 per cent of the competitors - the claim was always going to come in for scrutiny. But it found itself severely tested on day two, and by a commentator who should have known better.

Only one man can stop war between Israel and Lebanon

The falling of a Hezbollah rocket on a football field in the Golan border town of Majdal Shams at the weekend was a calamity, first and foremost, for the families of the 12 innocent Druze children and teenagers who were killed - along with the dozens of others who were wounded. But it is also just the kind of incident that experts had long warned could finally turn the fierce (but so far contained) cross-border conflict that has raged between Hezbollah and Israel since last October into all-out war.

There may be trouble ahead, but Reeves's plan could work

History is written by the winners,\" one Keir Starmer ally told me. \"We have got to write the narrative for this government, not let others do it.\"

Vintage trains put forgotten Italy firmly back on the map

The 'Timeless Tracks' project takes tourists to the nation's less visited regions. Giulia Segreti is along for the ride

French telecoms network hit days after rail lines arson

Fibre-optic cables were cut across France yesterday, disrupting communications just days after the rail network was crippled by coordinated arson attacks close to Paris. Police said it was too early to tell if there was any link to the sabotage of the high-speed rail lines, which happened hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Maduro and his opponent both claim election victory

President Nicolas Maduro and opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez have both claimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election as the United States and others cast doubt on the official results.

Israel kills two Hezbollah fighters as tensions rise

Netanyahu hits back at Lebanese militant group blamed for rocket strike that killed 12 children in the Golan Heights

Far-right Robinson flees UK after breach of court order

Tommy Robinson has fled the country after committing flagrant” contempt of court relating to a film played at a protest in central London, the High Court has been told. An arrest warrant has been issued for Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, after he failed to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday for a hearing in a contempt of court case.

Labour lost almost a third of its ethnic minority support

Polling shows Black and Asian voters turned to other parties

Which Tory hopefuls pose a threat to frontrunner Kemi?

Nominations for the Conservative Party leadership contest have closed, and the long summer of campaigning now begins for the six contenders. They are, in order of declaration: James Cleverly; Tom Tugendhat; Mel Stride; Robert Jenrick; Priti Patel; and Kemi Badenoch. Whoever wins will be faced with rebuilding a demoralised party that has gone down to its worst defeat since the dawn of modern democratic politics in 1832.

Saving the Tory party might be harder than we thought...

Rachel Reeves walked into the chamber wearing a funeral director's expression that quelled any hurrahs on the Labour benches. Backbenchers took one look at her baleful glare and quietened down.

The financial hole is real but the chancellor's still digging

So there's a s£22bn \"black hole\" in Britain's public finances even larger than the £20bn we had been led to expect would be unveiled in the chancellor's Commons statement.

Reeves to fill 'black hole' by axing help for pensioners

Chancellor draws gasps from MPs by restricting winter fuel payments as she announces series of early spending cuts

England make light work of West Indies to sweep series

Mark Wood blew the West Indies away with a ferocious spell of fast bowling as England cricket racked up a thumping 10-wicket victory and a 3-0 series sweep in three days at Edgbaston.

Joy then despair for Russell after GP win chalked off

Hamilton victorious in Belgium after teammate disqualified

'Injured' Biles brings drama in a show-stopping return

The eyes of the world were on Simone Biles again yesterday. Three years after the “twisties” of Tokyo, the greatest gymnast of all time returned to continue her remarkable Olympics story.