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PM all at sea after 'cock-up' over freeports statement

Sir Keir Starmer mistakenly announced that Rachel Reeves would unveil five new freeports in tomorrow’s Budget, in what officials have reportedly dubbed a “total cock-up”.

Private schools 'could fall apart' if hit by double tax

Private school parents could face a further fee hike if a national insurance increase is announced in the Budget in what has been called an “extra tax” on top of the government’s controversial new VAT policy.

Robinson handed 18-month jail term for court breach

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months for contempt of court after he admitted breaching an injunction preventing him from repeating libellous allegations against a Syrian refugee.

Fears over 120,000 OAPS losing winter fuel payments

Pensioners eligible for help to pay their heating bills this year, even after Rachel Reeves's reforms, still face monthslong delays in processing claims, The Independent can reveal

Streeting: NHS cash will not ward off winter woes

The NHS faces “real problems this winter”, the health secretary has admitted as he refused to rule out the prospect of people waiting on trolleys and in corridors over the coming months.

Reeves warns one Budget can't fix 14 years of damage

Rachel Reeves has warned that tomorrow’s Budget will just be the beginning of painful measures to fix “14 years of Tory damage”.

No shortcuts in a realistic Budget, country is warned

Sir Keir Starmer has issued a grim warning on a Budget that is expected to feature record-breaking tax rises.

Minister Says Government Considering Smacking Ban

The new Labour government is considering a ban on smacking, a cabinet minister has said.

Netanyahu: 'Precise' Attack Hit The Defences Of Iran Hard

Tehran plays down airstrikes as UN set to discuss escalation

Japan's Uncertain Future As Coalition Majority In Doubt

Economic fallout feared as country loses its political stability

Norris pips Verstappen as world title battle heats up

Carlos Sainz for Ferrari won the race in Mexico City

Catterall deserves a world title shot after Prograis win

It took Jack Catterall six rounds to solve Regis Prograis at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester late on Saturday night and when he did, he looked brilliant.

Ten Hag under pressure as Hammers dent Man Utd

There was a time when Manchester United came to West Ham, Wayne Rooney took aim from 57 yards and scored. Many a comparison with the past can damn this United side but, a decade on, Diogo Dalot came to West Ham, took aim at an unguarded goal from eight yards and missed. Whether it was excruciating or merely amusing depends on your perspective, but it was costly, summing up Manchester United’s selfdestructive streak.

Superb Salah strike earns Liverpool lucky late draw

For a game that was supposed to tell us more about both sides, especially a Liverpool who claimed a 2-2 away draw, it strangely leaves more questions.

Georgia ruling party faces 'constitutional coup' claims

Pro-Putin Georgian Dream beats EU-aligned oppostition in election with ballot-stuffing, bribery and voter intimidation

China says it will respond to $2bn US-Taiwan arms sale

China has strongly condemned the latest 2bn 1.5bn) arms sale approved by the US for Taiwan, declaring it a threat to regional peace and promising decisive counter-measures in response.

Farage wants Trump to veto Chagos Islands handover

Republican candidate has received legal advice over deal after Reform UK leader raised concerns with his team

'She was a good basic cook.Roast chicken, scrambled eggs... all very English stuff'

Food critic Tom Parker Bowles describes the dishes his mother Queen Camilla made during his childhood and which meal still causes Buckingham Palace to grind to a halt

Clarkson details 'terrifying' changes after heart surgery

Jeremy Clarkson has shared his angst over adapting to a new wellness regime after undergoing “extremely urgent” heart surgery.

Family left without heating or hot water after being sent back to flood-damaged flat

A young mother and her two children were moved back into a flat without hot water, heating or a bed for the mother after a flood forced them to live in temporary accommodation for more than 10 months.

Hoy reveals wife kept MS a secret as he fought cancer

Chris Hoy, who revealed last week that his cancer is terminal, has praised his wife for her unwavering support as she lives with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Dad goes on run to escape 'unfair' indefinite recall to prison for adolescent crime

A terrified father has gone on the run after learning he is to be hauled back to prison indefinitely over claims he has restarted a relationship with the mother of his children.

Soundbites that bit back

From working people’ to alarm clock Britain’, the phrases that came to haunt the unlucky politicians who coined them

Murdered MP was failed by Home Office, says daughter

The daughter of David Amess, murdered by an Isis supporter at his MP surgery, says she and her family were “catastrophically” failed by the government’s Prevent programme.

Tice talks of ‘stand-off' with France over boat migrants

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, has admitted his party’s policy of picking up and taking migrants back to France could result in a “friendly stand-off” between the countries in the English Channel.

Labour suspends MP after punch captured on CCTV

Mike Amesbury MP has been suspended from the Labour Party after CCTV footage emerged that appears to show he punched one of his constituents in the face before attacking the victim while he was on the floor.

Hunt accuses financial watchdog of political bias

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the Office for Budget Responsibility OBR) of shielding the Labour Party from scrutiny as it prepares to announce tax hikes.

Chancellor sells Budget for 'strivers' as taxes set to rise

Rachel Reeves has borrowed the language of the former Tory chancellor George Osborne to say her first Budget will be for “strivers” as her party faced a deepening row over the definition of “working people”.

Verstappen qualifies ahead of Norris to set up thriller

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz claims pole in Mexico City today

Slot has counted the cost if Liverpool slip up at Arsenal

Arne Slot's preparations for a trip to the Emirates Stadium involved doing the maths.