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Serving Met Police officer charged with rape
A Metropolitan Police officer has been remanded in custody after he was charged with rape.


Budget 2021: What chancellor’s budget looks like at sharp end
How has the chancellor's budget gone down with people dealing with all the economic pressure and uncertainty of these times? 


Budget 2021: Lib Dems accuse chancellor of giving more tax cuts to bankers
The Lib Dems and the Scottish National Party have also been giving their reaction to the budget.


Budget set out ‘more on booze than climate change’, says Labour’s Bridget Phillipson
We spoke to the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Bridget Phillipson.


Government confident inflation will ‘peak’ and fall next year, says chief secretary to the Treasury
We spoke to Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke and began by asking him how the government intends to level up while lowering the bank levy, which could end up meaning a massive boost for the economy in the South East.


Budget 2021: Sunak unleashes spending spree partly funded by higher taxes
The chancellor hailed what he called the "age of optimism", seizing his chance to raid a public purse less battered by the pandemic than expected


‘Higher wages for all’: will Boris Johnson’s economic vision work?
Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi explains if Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak can deliver on their new economic model and create a brighter future.


‘Pull together’ like ‘Britain did against Hitler’ to tackle climate crisis, environmentalist Jane Goodall says
The environmentalist Jane Goodall achieved fame for her decades working with wild chimpanzees - encouraging people to see the creatures as capable of emotion, with their own personalities. 


Nigeria sends formal letter to British Museum demanding return of looted Benin Bronzes
The fate of the Benin Bronzes, a historic collection of thousands of artefacts looted by British forces more than a hundred years ago, is being discussed by a high-level delegation at the British Museum in London where many are on display. 


Government to impose ‘legal duty’ on water companies to combat raw sewage dumping
The Government has announced a new 'legal duty' will be imposed on water companies to reduce raw sewage being discharged into English rivers.


Queen will not attend COP26 climate summit
Buckingham Palace has said that the Queen will not be attending the COP26 reception in Glasgow next week.


Different decisions could have stopped Manchester Arena attack, senior MI5 officer says
A senior MI5 officer has told the inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing that different decisions could have stopped the atrocity from happening - although he said the judgment made not to put the attacker Salman Abedi under investigation had been...


Commons Speaker rebukes government over Budget briefings
The Speaker has rebuked the Government for releasing more details of tomorrow's Budget to the media early. 


‘Believe the whistleblowers’ of police misconduct, says Lib Dem MP
We spoke to the North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain - she's the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip and spent 12 years working as a police officer. 


Cases of police abusing position for sexual gain risen sharply, report says
A new report says that cases of police officers or staff abusing their position for sexual gain have risen sharply - after efforts to crack down on the offence. 



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