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• Dangerous inmates should not have access to prison kitchen, union chair says

  14-04-2025 21:01
  
  Prison Officers’ Association official says staff are furious after attack by Hashem AbediInmates in the jail where three guards were allegedly attacked by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber were allowed in a kitchen with knives despite being assessed as being so dangerous they should be isolated from other prisoners, according to claims by a union official.The prime suspect for the attack is Hashem Abedi, 28, brother of the Manchester Arena bomber. The attacker used a makeshift sha
  
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• British Steel crisis spurs greater scrutiny of Chinese investment in UK

  14-04-2025 19:55
  Ministers urged to review Beijing’s role in critical national infrastructure and supply chains
  
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• Ben Jennings on Zelenskyy’s invite to Donald Trump – cartoon

  14-04-2025 19:52
  
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• Keir Starmer paid £54,718 in tax last year

  14-04-2025 19:49 via bbc.com
  The prime minister, his deputy and the chancellor publish summaries of their taxes for 2023/24.
  
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• Birmingham bin workers reject deal to end strike

  14-04-2025 19:01
  
  Unite leader says ‘partial deal on pay protection for a few’ was overwhelmingly rejected in vote, as rubbish piles upBin workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected a deal that would have ended the all-out strike in Birmingham that has caused bin bags to pile up in the streets and an influx of rats in the city.Negotiations between the council and Unite, which is representing the striking workers, have stalled for months, and refuse workers have been on indefinite strike since
  
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• Striking Birmingham bin workers reject council deal

  14-04-2025 18:35
  
  Decision extends industrial action that has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• Birmingham bin strike to continue after workers reject pay deal

  14-04-2025 18:35
  Industrial action has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• Another UK government is doing contradictory things when it comes to China

  14-04-2025 17:15
  
  Approach to expanding trade has been castigated for allowing Beijing to invest heavily in vital UK infrastructureUK politics live – latest updatesAs even Donald Trump was forced to accept in scaling back his latest tariffs, China is just too big to ignore. And so it is, on a much smaller scale, that yet another UK government is doing several contradictory things at once when it comes to Beijing.This weekend brought a particularly resonant example. On the one hand, the business secretary, J
  
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• Bin workers in Birmingham reject pay deal

  14-04-2025 17:01
  
  Decision extends strike that has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’

  14-04-2025 16:59
  
  Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh HasinaThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said an arrest warrant issued against her in Bangladesh over allegations she illegally received a plot of land from her aunt, the country’s ousted former prime minister, is a “politically motivated smear campaign”.Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Hampstead and Highgate MP said: “No one from the Bangladeshi authorities
  
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• UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened

  14-04-2025 16:43
  
  PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in LincolnshireAlso on the morning media round today was shadow business minister Harriett Baldwin, who endured a torrid time on Sky News while being repeatedly pressed to acknowledge any culpability for the British Steel crisis by the previous Conservative administration that sold the company to current Chinese owners Jingye in 2019.The MP for West Worcestershire was told the appearance was “a wond
  
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• SNP brings forward government programme due to Trump turmoil

  14-04-2025 16:03
  
  Scottish first minister John Swinney says move will allow for year of ‘delivery’ ahead of Holyrood elections
  
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• Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say

  14-04-2025 15:59
  
  Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point outEd Miliband and the UK’s net zero target are being falsely blamed for the UK’s steel crisis, experts have said.On Saturday, parliament passed a law containing emergency powers to gain control of the last remaining maker of mass-produced virgin steel in England, based in Scunthrope, after its Chinese owner, Jingye, declined government support to keep the plant running over the next few weeks. Continu
  
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• Former Tory MP Craig Williams charged over election betting scandal

  14-04-2025 13:01
  
  Total of 15 people face charges after Gambling Commission probe
  
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• UK government says raw materials on way to British Steel furnaces

  14-04-2025 12:48
  
  China warns against politicising crisis at Scunthorpe plant after ministers step in to take control
  
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• China warns UK not to politicise trade after British Steel seizure

  14-04-2025 12:48
  
  Management races to secure raw materials to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces in operation after emergency legislation
  
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• ‘Stop Brexit Man’ cleared of flouting ban on playing music outside parliament

  14-04-2025 12:09
  Court ruled Steve Bray’s anti-Tory and anti-Brexit protest featuring The Muppet Show and Darth Vader themes was lawful expression of his viewsAn activist known as Stop Brexit Man has been cleared of flouting a police ban after playing anti-Conservative and anti-Brexit edits of The Muppet Show and Darth Vader’s theme outside parliament.Steve Bray, 56, was playing music on 20 March last year before the then prime minister, Rishi Sunak, arrived for prime minister’s questions. Cont
  
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• Military planners called in to ease Birmingham rubbish pile-up

  14-04-2025 11:27
  Move by government comes as workers vote on pay deal from local authority in UK’s second city
  
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• In defence of Milton Keynes

  14-04-2025 10:45
  It is not perfect, but city’s infrastructure-led development and long-term planning may hold key to Labour’s new towns agenda
  
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• MPs reject two-tier policing claims in 2024 riots

  14-04-2025 10:08 via bbc.com
  
  The policing response was "entirely appropriate" given the violence and criminality, a report finds.
  
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• Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for British MP Tulip Siddiq

  14-04-2025 10:00 via bbc.com
  
  Lawyers acting for the ex-minister denied the charges, which they said were "politically motivated".
  
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• UK MP refused entry to Hong Kong accuses China of ‘hidden blacklist’

  14-04-2025 09:50
  Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a targetA Liberal Democrat MP refused entry to Hong Kong to see her young grandson has said her experience should be “a wake-up call for any parliamentarian”, given that it seems to show China holds a secret list of banned politicians.Wera Hobhouse, who was turned back by officials on Thursday, said she was given no explanation as to why this happened, and could only ass
  
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• British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnaces

  14-04-2025 09:14
  Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needsBritish Steel is to deploy emergency measures in a race against time to save the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, as the business secretary refused to guarantee the plant could get what it needed in time.The company is understood to be looking at offers of help from more than a dozen businesses to obtain materials such as iron ore and coking coal, potentially allowing it to avoid the temp
  
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• In the shadow of Grenfell, tenants are living with damp, mould and rats – there’s no faith in politics without a safe home | Joe Powell

  14-04-2025 09:00
  The positive news is that better laws, regulations and rights for residents are on the wayJoe Powell is the Labour MP for Kensington and BayswaterDamp, mould, rats in children’s bedrooms – no one should be living in the conditions many of my constituents do. And yet, in one of the wealthiest parts of the country, this is the daily reality for far too many families.Since being elected as MP for Kensington and Bayswater last year, I have been contacted more about housing than any other
  
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• Ministers try to encourage Windrush compensation claims with £1.5m fund

  14-04-2025 07:00
  Government acknowledges that many victims have felt too nervous to engage with officials from Home OfficeA £1.5m fund has been launched to encourage people affected by the Windrush scandal to come forward to seek compensation, as ministers finally acknowledge that many victims have felt too nervous to engage with officials from the Home Office.Since the compensation fund was launched in 2019 it has been the subject of intense criticism over long processing delays, low offers of payment, an
  
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• ‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

  14-04-2025 07:00
  Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trapWinston Jones has worked hard to rebuild his life after Home Office errors meant he was unable to return to his family in the UK for 10 years after taking a short holiday in Jamaica in 2005, enduring a decade of near destitution and homelessness in Kingston.Jones, 64, a former bakery manager at Sainsbury’s, has used the money he received from the Windrush
  
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• UK and EU close ranks on defence amid Trump turmoil

  14-04-2025 06:00
  British PM next month will host first summit with bloc’s leaders since Brexit
  
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• Only 3% of fines collected over non-disclosure of UK property

  14-04-2025 06:00
  Transparency campaigners say government must deal with failure to enforce penalties on offshore companies
  
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• ‘Electoral wake-up call’: dozens of Labour MPs risk losing majorities over welfare cuts

  14-04-2025 06:00
  New data shows cabinet ministers among MPs at risk as campaign to pressure government over proposed benefit cuts to step upAt least 80 Labour MPs are at risk of losing their majorities over proposed welfare cuts, according to data shared between Labour MPs who are warning the government that the changes “pose a real electoral risk”.The analysis suggests almost 200 Labour MPs have a majority smaller than the number of recipients of personal independent payments in their constituencies
  
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• Claims of two-tier policing during 2024 summer riots ‘baseless’, report finds

  14-04-2025 06:00
  Police response to disorder after Southport attack was ‘entirely appropriate’, says home affairs committeeThe way police responded to the riots that swept the country last summer was “entirely appropriate”, a parliamentary report has found.MPs considered accusations that the riots were policed more strongly than previous protests, but said that claims of “two-tier policing” were “baseless”. Continue reading...
  
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• Army experts called in over Birmingham bin strike

  14-04-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  The government says office-based military experts will help because of the "public health risk".
  
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• Record number of migrants cross Channel in 2025 so far

  14-04-2025 00:17 via bbc.com
  
  Some 656 people crossed the Channel on Saturday, the highest number recorded in a single day this year.
  
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