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Starmer: Spending review marks new phase after first year of ‘cleaning up mess’

Starmer: Spending review marks new phase after first year of ‘cleaning up mess’

Starmer: Spending review marks new phase after first year of ‘cleaning up mess’

16 June 2025

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour spent most of its first year since winning power in July 2024 taking ‘tough but necessary decisions’.


UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Donald Trump says as he meets Keir Starmer at G7

UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Donald Trump says as he meets Keir Starmer at G7

UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Donald Trump says as he meets Keir Starmer at G7

16 June 2025

The Prime Minister said the completed deal ‘implements on car tariffs and aerospace’.


Inquiries ongoing into cause of Perth blaze that left one dead and four injured

Inquiries ongoing into cause of Perth blaze that left one dead and four injured

Inquiries ongoing into cause of Perth blaze that left one dead and four injured

16 June 2025

The fire in a four storey building on Scott Street was discovered by police officers on patrol at about 1.50am on Saturday.


Tearing up strikes law branded ‘recklessness’ by Government opponents

Tearing up strikes law branded ‘recklessness’ by Government opponents

Tearing up strikes law branded ‘recklessness’ by Government opponents

16 June 2025

Ministers say the Conservative legislation has not prevented a single day of industrial action and fuelled unrest.


Woman found dead in house named as man appears in court charged with murder

Woman found dead in house named as man appears in court charged with murder

Woman found dead in house named as man appears in court charged with murder

16 June 2025

Isobella Knight, known as Izzy, was found dead at a property in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire on Friday afternoon.


Poll suggests support for better end-of-life care over assisted dying Bill

Poll suggests support for better end-of-life care over assisted dying Bill

Poll suggests support for better end-of-life care over assisted dying Bill

16 June 2025

MPs are likely to have a vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday.


Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

16 June 2025

Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde told the Commons he was ‘disgusted’ by the Conservative leader’s ‘party political assault’.


Air ambulance called following motorbike and campervan crash near Stranraer

Air ambulance called following motorbike and campervan crash near Stranraer

Air ambulance called following motorbike and campervan crash near Stranraer

16 June 2025

Police said they were alerted to the incident on the A77 at about 4.35pm on Monday.


Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey

Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey

Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey

16 June 2025

Victims told her they are unable to live the lives they wanted and continued to see their abusers walk free.


Rail deal worth £500m will help save Scunthorpe steelworks, says minister

Rail deal worth £500m will help save Scunthorpe steelworks, says minister

Rail deal worth £500m will help save Scunthorpe steelworks, says minister

16 June 2025

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is visiting the Scunthorpe plant to finalise a major rail steel deal between Network Rail and British Steel.


Report criticises ‘major failing’ to gather ethnicity data on grooming gangs

Report criticises ‘major failing’ to gather ethnicity data on grooming gangs

Report criticises ‘major failing’ to gather ethnicity data on grooming gangs

16 June 2025

Baroness Louise Casey said questions about ethnicity had been ‘dodged for years’.


‘I do not believe I have done anything worthy of an apology’ – Lyons

‘I do not believe I have done anything worthy of an apology’ – Lyons

‘I do not believe I have done anything worthy of an apology’ – Lyons

16 June 2025

The Communities Minister has been accused of ‘poor judgment’ over a social media post hours before Larne Leisure Centre was attacked.


Driver who killed two while on immigration centre bail given life term

Driver who killed two while on immigration centre bail given life term

Driver who killed two while on immigration centre bail given life term

16 June 2025

Albanian Emiljano Kasaj, 34, will initially be treated for mental illness at a hospital after being handed a hospital order as part of his sentence.


Man, 92, was charged after police found DNA match almost 60 years on, jury told

Man, 92, was charged after police found DNA match almost 60 years on, jury told

Man, 92, was charged after police found DNA match almost 60 years on, jury told

16 June 2025

Ryland Headley, who raped two women a decade after the death of Louisa Dunne, denies the charges against him.


Starmer and Trump to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks at G7 in push to wrap up trade deal

Starmer and Trump to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks at G7 in push to wrap up trade deal

Starmer and Trump to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks at G7 in push to wrap up trade deal

16 June 2025

The Prime Minister said he expected the economic pact to be completed ‘very soon’.


Starmer urges Britons in Israel to register their presence

Starmer urges Britons in Israel to register their presence

Starmer urges Britons in Israel to register their presence

16 June 2025

The Foreign Office has advised against all travel to Israel.


Man arrested after crash involving car and lorry which left teenage girl dead

Man arrested after crash involving car and lorry which left teenage girl dead

Man arrested after crash involving car and lorry which left teenage girl dead

16 June 2025

The crash involving a Volkswagen Polo and an HGV happened in Bathgate, West Lothian, on the evening of Monday June 9.


Mother-of-four who died while skydiving ‘just trying something new’

Mother-of-four who died while skydiving ‘just trying something new’

Mother-of-four who died while skydiving ‘just trying something new’

16 June 2025

Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, Devon, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, died in the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome on Friday.


Two women who died after being pulled from Eryri pools named

Two women who died after being pulled from Eryri pools named

Two women who died after being pulled from Eryri pools named

16 June 2025

The incident happened at the pools on the Watkin Path on Wednesday June 11.


Irish politician detained again by Egyptian authorities

Irish politician detained again by Egyptian authorities

Irish politician detained again by Egyptian authorities

16 June 2025

Paul Murphy said he went to retrieve his confiscated phone from a Cairo police station but was prevented from leaving.


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