PM set to hike taxes across the board to repair nation’s finances after Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget Rishi Sunak is preparing years of tax rises for Britain in an effort to make up for a £50bn fiscal hole left by Liz Truss’s disastrous tenure in Downing Street, according to a Treasury insider. After a meeting between the prime minister and Jeremy Hunt on Monday to plan the upcoming autumn statement, a Treasury source said things

Home secretary says she never blocked hotels for refugees and was not to blame for overcrowding at refugee centre Suella Braverman has insisted she was not to blame for the crisis at Manston refugee centre, as she attempted to shore up her precarious political position by aggressively ramping up her rhetoric over immigration. The embattled home secretary claimed she had “never blocked” the use of hotels to ease pressure on the asylum processing centre in

Labour leader sets out industrial plan including £28bn-a-year investment strategy at SME4Labour dinner Winning the battle against the climate crisis provides the biggest opportunity in decades to make the economy deliver for working people, Keir Starmer has said. Speaking at a business leaders’ dinner in London, the Labour leader said there was no cause for gloom despite the need for radical and immediate action to protect the planet from global heating. Continue reading… ​Labour leader

Child C, who was born prematurely, was the second of the seven babies Letby is accused of killing at Countess of Chester hospital A nurse accused of murdering seven babies would not leave alone the parents of a newborn boy she allegedly killed until she was ordered to do so by her supervisor, a court has heard. Lucy Letby is accused of murdering the infant days after he was born prematurely, weighing 800 grams, at

Janbaz Tarin subjected Raneem Oudeh to campaign of violence before killing her and her mother in Solihull in 2018 A domestic violence victim who was stabbed to death by her former partner felt too scared to tell police the full extent of his abuse over fears that social services would take her baby away, an inquest has heard. Raneem Oudeh, 22, was killed along with her mother, Khaola Saleem, 49, in Solihull in August 2018

Home secretary says she ‘worked hard to find accommodation to relieve pressure’ at Manston centre in Kent UK politics live – latest news updates Suella Braverman has said she “never ignored legal advice” on keeping asylum seekers at an overcrowded immigration centre. The home secretary, who is facing calls to quit for the second time, said she knows the “importance of taking legal advice” and has “worked hard to find accommodation to relieve pressure” at