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Martin Lewis hits out at plans to introduce new energy bills ‘penalty’
The MoneySavingExpert founder has warned this ‘market stabilisation charge’ could become a ‘switching penalty’ More
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Cut public spending rather than raising taxes on banks, IMF warns Healey
Chancellor John Healey is reportedly considering raising the tax on bank profits at the Budget, as a means of dealing with the government’s spending challenges More
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Government settles after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief over Peter Mandelson vetting
The FDA union announced on Friday that the Government had chosen to settle out of court More
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National security adviser’s wife accused of supporting Palestine Action
‘God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action,’ Sarah Helm, who is the wife of Jonathan Powell, wrote on X More
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UK could rejoin EU ‘within months’ with ‘Switzerland plus’ deal, MEP says
German MEP Bernard Lange lay out a potential speedy route for Britain to rejoin the EU More
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Tory shadow minister slammed for calling Manchester Arena attack anti-terror act her ‘most hated law’
Shadow housing, communities and local government minister Katie Lam called Martyn’s law an ‘absurd set of regulations’ More
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Ex-culture secretary blasts ‘retrograde’ plan for ‘YouTube tax’ to fund BBC
Baroness Nicky Morgan said that many BBC programmes should be available for subscription instead of a levy More
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Former MI5 chief warns Burnham he can’t pit international aid against defence spending
‘My advice to the prime minister would be to say you need to think about this as a holistic issue… defence doesn’t stand alone’, says Lord Jonathan Evans More
