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Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:57:13 GMTFormer chancellor George Osborne reportedly in running to be chairman of HSBC
The former London Standard editor is said to be a surprising candidate for the position
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:26:05 GMTShabana Mahmood vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers in Labour immigration crackdown - latest
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under radical asylum reforms
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:09:45 GMTAngela Rayner insists she hasn’t ‘gone away’ as speculation mounts over return to frontline politics
The former deputy prime minister said she would ‘keep fighting’ for ordinary people as she hit out at Westminster ‘tittle tattle’
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:54:13 GMTRachel Reeves urged to scrap international student levy over concerns for growth
Business groups slammed ‘university tax’ and warned a rise in fees will have ‘unintended consequences’ for the UK
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:14:36 GMTAsylum seekers to lose housing and benefit rights under Labour immigration system overhaul
Home secretary will also lay out plans meaning refugees who arrive in Britain on small boats or lorries need to wait 20 years before applying to settle permanently
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 07:19:33 GMTMonmouth devastated by Storm Claudia flooding in shocking drone footage
Drone footage shows devastating flooding in Monmouth, where a major incident was declared, in the aftermath of Storm Claudia on Saturday, 15 November.
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMTLabour warned its planning reforms will fail nature and homes goals
The government can’t build 1.5 million homes without addressing skills shortages, cross-party MPs say
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:41:20 GMTBritain’s youth at risk of becoming ‘lost generation’, Labour peer warns Starmer
New analysis shows young people have borne the brunt of job losses since June last year
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:37:36 GMTTeen charged with murder after death of 17-year-old girl
Lainie Williams, of South Wales, died on Thursday
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:56:46 GMTBBC bias row: How the spat between the broadcaster and Trump unfolded
The saga has seen two senior executives resign and threats of a $5bn lawsuit
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:26:55 GMTHuntingdon train attack hero discharged from hospital as family make plea to public
Samir Zitouni is credited with saving ‘multiple lives’ on board the train
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:08:06 GMTBritish woman, 85, killed after Storm Claudia hits campsite in Portugal
Storm Claudia hit the UK on Friday and caused devastating floods in Monmouth, Wales, where a major incident was declared
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:12:16 GMT‘Cold, sinister and calculated’: Teenage nursery worker jailed for raping three-year-old boy
Thomas Waller, 18, has been sentenced to ten years in a young offender institution and five years on licence
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:54:02 GMTKeir Starmer urged to intervene in Trump-BBC row
The prime minister has a moment to ‘stand up for Britain’ over the row, Ed Davey says
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:22:33 GMTHuge search underway after UK Navy crew member goes missing off Irish coast
The person was last seen late on Friday, with a distress call put out the next morning
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:58:13 GMTBlunkett tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief Morgan McSweeney
The intervention comes after a row at the top of Labour following anonymous briefings against health secretary Wes Streeting
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:41:00 GMTIncome tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn
Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:19:01 GMTMan charged over allegedly posing as admiral at Remembrance Sunday event
Jonathan Carley will appear in court next week over incident at remembrance event in Llandudno
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:15:12 GMTMartin Lewis issues warning to people who use debit cards over credit cards
The personal finance expert explained why credit cards are not always ‘bad’
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:01:57 GMTMonmouth shops left underwater as ‘major incident’ declared after severe flooding
Monmouth was hit by severe flooding in the early hours of Saturday (15 November), prompting South Wales Fire and Rescue to declare a major incident as the aftermath of Storm Claudia continues in Wales.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:57:31 GMTStorm Claudia mapped: Where rain could fall today as flooding triggers ‘danger to life’ fears
Yellow weather warning for rain in Northern Ireland issued as downpours of up to 44mm are expected
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:33:55 GMTMoment thief steals £270,000 Banksy print to pay off drug debt
A dramatic smash-and-grab burglary of a £270,000 Banksy print from a London gallery was captured on video.