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Bill of Rights: Liz Truss shelves plans to reform human rights law - BBC News | 2022-09-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Bill of Rights bill was aimed at reasserting the role of UK courts but it is not likely to proceed. | UK Politics | The Bill of Rights was aimed at reasserting the primacy of UK courts in human rights cases
Liz Truss's government has shelved plans for a law designed to give ministers the power to ignore human rights rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The Bill of Rights bill, championed by former Justice Secret... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62818286 | news_uk-politics-62818286 | |
Keir Starmer: Labour would reverse cut to top income tax rate - BBC News | 2022-09-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scrapping the 45% rate is the "wrong choice" during a cost-of living crisis, the Labour leader says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer tells Laura Kuenssberg that his government would reverse the cut to the top income tax rate
Labour would reverse the government's cut to the top rate of income tax, leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.
He told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63025443 | news_uk-politics-63025443 | |
Tax cuts: Kwasi Kwarteng's measures benefit richest, Labour says - BBC News | 2022-09-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government is taking a dangerous gamble, Angela Rayner says, but ministers argue tax cuts will get the economy growing. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner: "I felt that it (the mini-budget) was casino economics"
The government's tax cuts will benefit the richest 1% and make the next generation worse off, Labour has said.
Deputy leader Angela Rayner told the BBC ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63019307 | news_uk-politics-63019307 | |
Tax cuts signal radical shift in No 10 policy - BBC News | 2022-09-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | For something that wasn't even technically a Budget, it was one heck of a statement of intent. | UK Politics | For something that wasn't even technically a Budget, it was one heck of a statement of intent from the new prime minister and new chancellor.
It amounts to the wholesale shredding of previous economic policy: both the ones adopted by Conservative governments over the last 12 years (which Liz Truss sat within for most ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63016807 | news_uk-politics-63016807 | |
Ashfield councillor guilty of harassing neighbours in hot tub row - BBC News | 2022-09-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Tom Hollis is found guilty of harassment following a dispute with neighbours over Covid rules. | Nottingham | Tom Hollis, the deputy leader of Ashfield District Council, denied the charges against him
A councillor has been found guilty of harassing his neighbours after they accused him of holding meetings in his hot tub during a Covid lockdown.
Tom Hollis, deputy leader of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, had de... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62985587 | news_uk-england-nottinghamshire-62985587 | |
Kwasi Kwarteng considers scrapping bankers’ bonus cap to boost City - BBC News | 2022-09-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor believes removing a cap on bankers' bonuses could boost growth in the City. | Business | The Treasury is considering removing a cap on bankers' bonuses as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules.
Sources said no final decisions had been made, but confirmed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng considered it a way of making London a more attractive place for global banks to do business.
City bosses have long com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62906854 | news_business-62906854 | |
What kind of king will Charles be? - BBC News | 2022-09-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | How will a former prince used to speaking out on issues he cared deeply about adapt to the neutrality of a monarch? | UK | Charles, the longest-serving heir to the throne in British history, is now King. His apprenticeship as heir, lasting 70 years, has made him the best-prepared and oldest new monarch ever to take to the throne.
The 73-year-old King was there throughout his mother's long reign, witnessing generations of world leaders com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62849818 | news_uk-62849818 | |
William and Harry united in grief - BBC News | 2022-09-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What messages were sent by Prince William and Catherine, Prince Harry and Meghan, appearing together? | UK | The couples went on an unexpected walkabout together in Windsor
Headline writers would have been thinking about "Brothers in arms" or maybe "Brothers in grief" for their coverage.
The sight of Princes William and Harry meeting the crowds together will become one of the stand-out and most unexpected images from what h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62866245 | news_uk-62866245 | |
Pound hits record low after tax cut plans - BBC News | 2022-09-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sterling sinks close to $1.03 as global markets react to the UK's biggest tax cuts in 50 years. | Business | The pound has fallen to a record low against the dollar as markets react to the UK's biggest tax cuts in 50 years.
Sterling fell close to $1.03 early on Monday before regaining some ground to stand at $1.08.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has promised more tax cuts on top of a £45bn package he announced on Friday amid exp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63030208 | news_business-63030208 | |
Judges unlawfully releasing defendants, court hears - BBC News | 2022-09-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It comes as some trial dates have been put off for months due to the criminal barristers' strike. | UK | Crown Court judges have been releasing potentially dangerous criminals unlawfully because of delays linked to the criminal barristers' strike, the High Court has heard.
Lawyers for the director of public prosecutions (DPP) said judges must be stopped from bailing defendants whose trials have been put off for months.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63039273 | news_uk-63039273 | |
NHS Scotland strikes are last resort, says union leader - BBC News | 2022-09-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned that NHS union members are prepared to strike. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Scotland's NHS staff could strike soon but it remains a "last resort", a trade union leader has warned.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said healthcare workers do not want to see longer waiting times and cancelled app... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63026682 | news_uk-scotland-63026682 | |
Keir Starmer: Labour would reverse cut to top income tax rate - BBC News | 2022-09-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scrapping the 45% rate is the "wrong choice" during a cost-of living crisis, the Labour leader says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer tells Laura Kuenssberg that his government would reverse the cut to the top income tax rate
Labour would reverse the government's cut to the top rate of income tax, leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.
He told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63025443 | news_uk-politics-63025443 | |
I hope King Charles will push for action on climate change, says John Kerry - BBC News | 2022-09-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US presidential envoy says the King can "leverage" the action needed to tackle global warming. | UK | John Kerry - seen here with the then-Prince of Wales in 2021 - says the King knows the climate issue "inside out"
President Biden's climate envoy has told the BBC he hopes King Charles will continue his work on global warming.
John Kerry told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he would welcome the King's involvement becaus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62940512 | news_uk-62940512 | |
William and Harry united in grief - BBC News | 2022-09-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What messages were sent by Prince William and Catherine, Prince Harry and Meghan, appearing together? | UK | The couples went on an unexpected walkabout together in Windsor
Headline writers would have been thinking about "Brothers in arms" or maybe "Brothers in grief" for their coverage.
The sight of Princes William and Harry meeting the crowds together will become one of the stand-out and most unexpected images from what h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62866245 | news_uk-62866245 | |
Kwasi Kwarteng considers scrapping bankers’ bonus cap to boost City - BBC News | 2022-09-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor believes removing a cap on bankers' bonuses could boost growth in the City. | Business | The Treasury is considering removing a cap on bankers' bonuses as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules.
Sources said no final decisions had been made, but confirmed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng considered it a way of making London a more attractive place for global banks to do business.
City bosses have long com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62906854 | news_business-62906854 | |
Liz Truss defends plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses - BBC News | 2022-09-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prime minister tells the BBC lifting a cap on bonuses is part of a plan to increase growth. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Truss: "I will always work to make sure we are helping those who are struggling."
Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she is prepared to take "difficult decisions" such as removing a cap on bankers' bonuses to boost the ec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62968072 | news_uk-politics-62968072 | |
Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United forward charged by FA over fan's phone incident - BBC Sport | 2022-09-23 | [] | Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo is charged by the Football Association over footage which appeared to show him knocking a phone out of a fan's hand. | null | Last updated on .From the section Man Utd
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been charged by the Football Association over footage which appeared to show him knocking a phone out of a fan's hand.
A video was shared on social media alongside comments claiming he smashed the device as he left the pitch aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63012264 | rt_football_63012264 | |
January 6: Ex-police officer gets record 10-year sentence over Capitol riots - BBC News | 2022-09-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thomas Webster, 56, attacked officers with a metal flagpole during the riots in January 2021. | US & Canada | An ex-New York City police officer who assaulted law enforcement officials during the 6 January riots has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Thomas Webster, 56, was convicted in May on multiple charges, including assaulting police and violent and disorderly conduct.
More than 850 people have been charged over thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62761037 | news_world-us-canada-62761037 | |
Shamima Begum: Canada will investigate spy smuggling allegations - BBC News | 2022-09-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | PM Justin Trudeau will examine accusations that Shamima Begum was smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shamima Begum speaks of her regret at joining ISIS: 'It kills me inside'
Canada says it will "follow up" claims that one of its spies smuggled three UK schoolgirls into Syria in 2015.
A BBC investigation revealed Shamima Be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62747901 | news_world-us-canada-62747901 | |
Bill Turnbull: Former BBC Breakfast presenter dies aged 66 - BBC News | 2022-09-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The presenter hosted BBC Breakfast for 15 years and more recently hosted programmes on Classic FM. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Memories of broadcaster Bill Turnbull, who has died at the age of 66
Broadcaster Bill Turnbull has died at the age of 66, his representatives have confirmed.
Turnbull hosted BBC Breakfast for 15 years, in both London and la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62714293 | news_entertainment-arts-62714293 | |
Uyghurs: China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang - UN - BBC News | 2022-09-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | China urged the UN not to release the report - Beijing called it a "farce" arranged by the West. | China | China is accused of detaining up to a million Uyghurs and other Muslims in detention camps in Xinjiang
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
China had urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "fa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62744522 | news_world-asia-62744522 | |
What kind of king will Charles be? - BBC News | 2022-09-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | How will a former prince used to speaking out on issues he cared deeply about adapt to the neutrality of a monarch? | UK | Charles, the longest-serving heir to the throne in British history, is now King. His apprenticeship as heir, lasting 70 years, has made him the best-prepared and oldest new monarch ever to take to the throne.
The 73-year-old King was there throughout his mother's long reign, witnessing generations of world leaders com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62849818 | news_uk-62849818 | |
Tax cuts signal radical shift in No 10 policy - BBC News | 2022-09-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | For something that wasn't even technically a Budget, it was one heck of a statement of intent. | UK Politics | For something that wasn't even technically a Budget, it was one heck of a statement of intent from the new prime minister and new chancellor.
It amounts to the wholesale shredding of previous economic policy: both the ones adopted by Conservative governments over the last 12 years (which Liz Truss sat within for most ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63016807 | news_uk-politics-63016807 | |
Tax cuts: Kwasi Kwarteng's measures benefit richest, Labour says - BBC News | 2022-09-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government is taking a dangerous gamble, Angela Rayner says, but ministers argue tax cuts will get the economy growing. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Rayner: "I felt that it (the mini-budget) was casino economics"
The government's tax cuts will benefit the richest 1% and make the next generation worse off, Labour has said.
Deputy leader Angela Rayner told the BBC ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63019307 | news_uk-politics-63019307 | |
William and Harry united in grief - BBC News | 2022-09-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What messages were sent by Prince William and Catherine, Prince Harry and Meghan, appearing together? | UK | The couples went on an unexpected walkabout together in Windsor
Headline writers would have been thinking about "Brothers in arms" or maybe "Brothers in grief" for their coverage.
The sight of Princes William and Harry meeting the crowds together will become one of the stand-out and most unexpected images from what h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62866245 | news_uk-62866245 | |
Liz Truss admits no US trade deal in 'short to medium term' - BBC News | 2022-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Liz Truss is to meet US President Joe Biden for the first time as prime minister, at the UN in New York. | UK Politics | Liz Truss is due to to meet with world leaders including Mr Biden, at the UN General Assembly
Liz Truss has said a new trade deal with the United States is unlikely in the "short to medium term".
The prime minister is in New York for the UN General Assembly, where she will meet US President Joe Biden.
The UK governm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62959374 | news_uk-politics-62959374 | |
Chris Mason: Noisy politics back after pause for mourning - BBC News | 2022-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After the solemnity and silence of the Queen's funeral, UK politics comes roaring back. | UK Politics | Prepare for the roaring return of politics.
Families, businesses and the country face grave threats: soaring prices, crippling fuel costs and the prospect of recession.
It is two-and-a-half months - 76 days - since Boris Johnson said he was resigning as prime minister, draining his already crippled government of its ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62959380 | news_uk-politics-62959380 | |
Kwasi Kwarteng considers scrapping bankers’ bonus cap to boost City - BBC News | 2022-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor believes removing a cap on bankers' bonuses could boost growth in the City. | Business | The Treasury is considering removing a cap on bankers' bonuses as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules.
Sources said no final decisions had been made, but confirmed chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng considered it a way of making London a more attractive place for global banks to do business.
City bosses have long com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62906854 | news_business-62906854 | |
Liz Truss defends plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses - BBC News | 2022-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prime minister tells the BBC lifting a cap on bonuses is part of a plan to increase growth. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Truss: "I will always work to make sure we are helping those who are struggling."
Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she is prepared to take "difficult decisions" such as removing a cap on bankers' bonuses to boost the ec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62968072 | news_uk-politics-62968072 | |
January 6: Ex-police officer gets record 10-year sentence over Capitol riots - BBC News | 2022-09-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thomas Webster, 56, attacked officers with a metal flagpole during the riots in January 2021. | US & Canada | An ex-New York City police officer who assaulted law enforcement officials during the 6 January riots has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Thomas Webster, 56, was convicted in May on multiple charges, including assaulting police and violent and disorderly conduct.
More than 850 people have been charged over thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62761037 | news_world-us-canada-62761037 | |
Bill Turnbull: Former BBC Breakfast presenter dies aged 66 - BBC News | 2022-09-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The presenter hosted BBC Breakfast for 15 years and more recently hosted programmes on Classic FM. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Memories of broadcaster Bill Turnbull, who has died at the age of 66
Broadcaster Bill Turnbull has died at the age of 66, his representatives have confirmed.
Turnbull hosted BBC Breakfast for 15 years, in both London and la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62714293 | news_entertainment-arts-62714293 | |
Partygate probe is flawed and unfair, says lawyer advising Boris Johnson - BBC News | 2022-09-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | MPs are examining whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over Covid rule-breaking events in No 10. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has said he did not deliberately mislead MPs over Partygate
An inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs over Partygate is "unfair" and "fundamentally flawed", a lawyer hired by the government has said.
A Commons committee is investigating what the outgoing prime minister told Parliament about Covid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62763975 | news_uk-politics-62763975 | |
Gleision mine disaster: Families' inquest wait goes on - BBC News | 2022-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Four men died when thousands of gallons of water flooded the Gleision drift mine in 2011. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nigel Evans (left) and Jake Wyatt spoke about their "survivors' guilt" in 2011
Families have been told they must continue to wait for a decision on whether an inquest will be held on four men killed in a 2011 mine disaster.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63334527 | news_uk-wales-63334527 | |
How big are Donald Trump's legal problems? - BBC News | 2022-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He has been criminally indicted four times and will have a series of trials to attend in 2024. | US & Canada | Donald Trump has been criminally indicted four times, and will have a series of trials to attend in 2024 as he runs again for the White House.
His candidacy now also faces a challenge from the Colorado Supreme Court, which has ruled Mr Trump cannot run for president because he engaged in an insurrection with his actio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61084161 | news_world-us-canada-61084161 | |
Steve Bannon verdict: Ex-Trump adviser sentenced to four months in jail - BBC News | 2022-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-Trump adviser is also fined $6,500 after refusing to testify to Congress about the Capitol riot. | US & Canada | Bannon's lawyer David Schoen has also worked with Donald Trump Image caption: Bannon's lawyer David Schoen has also worked with Donald Trump
Lawyers on both sides are making their final pitches to Judge Carl Nichols before he rules on Steve Bannon's sentence.
Bannon's lawyer David Schoen says the government has appli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-63337233 | news_live_world-us-canada-63337233 | |
How big-bang economic plan and political turmoil sank Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The outgoing PM won power promising radical change, but it ended in disaster, after just 45 days. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after political and economic turmoil engulfed her government
Liz Truss came to power promising a new economic and political era. It is 45 days since she became PM - the shortest premiership in British history.
Yet that period saw an historic economic gamble, an almost unthinkable num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63335671 | news_uk-politics-63335671 | |
Tory leadership: Hopefuls jostle for MPs' support - BBC News | 2022-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he will not run to replace Liz Truss, as others race to secure backing. | UK Politics | Liz Truss was spotted out jogging on Friday, a day after her dramatic resignation
Conservative MPs hoping to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister are racing to find backers before a Monday deadline.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has ruled himself out of the contest, adding he is "leaning towards" backing Boris Johnson... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63338171 | news_uk-politics-63338171 | |
Tory conference: We must stay the course, insists Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng - BBC News | 2022-10-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Kwasi Kwarteng will defend his tax cuts during his Conservative Party conference speech. | UK Politics | Kwasi Kwarteng will use his Conservative conference speech later to insist the government will "stay the course" on his tax-cutting growth plan.
The chancellor's approach has sparked market turmoil and disquiet among some Conservative MPs, but he will argue his plan is "the right one".
Without action, the country is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63108242 | news_uk-politics-63108242 | |
Ukraine war: Questions over France's weapons supply to Kyiv - BBC News | 2022-10-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Paris's relative absence in its supply of weapons to Ukraine leaves eastern European countries wary. | Europe | Less than 2% of foreign arms deliveries to Ukraine are contributed by France
If France wants to lead Europe to a new era of military self-reliance, how come its contribution to the war effort in Ukraine is so small?
That is the awkward question being posed by some of the country's top strategic thinkers, who are push... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644 | news_world-europe-63090644 | |
Wayne Couzens appears in court on flashing charges - BBC News | 2022-10-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former Met Police officer is accused of indecent exposures pre-dating Sarah Everard's murder. | London | Wayne Couzens is a former armed officer with the Met's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command
Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens has appeared in court on flashing charges but was not asked to enter pleas amid the barristers' strike.
The 49-year-old ex-Met Police officer is accused of two counts of indecent... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63114500 | news_uk-england-london-63114500 | |
Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But the prime minister says she sticks by her mini budget, despite a bad reaction from the markets. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Prime Minister Liz Truss says she stands by plans announced in the mini-budget
Liz Truss has admitted she should have "laid the ground better" for her mini-budget, after it sparked days of market turmoil.
The prime m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63107649 | news_uk-politics-63107649 | |
US President Biden calls Truss's economic policies 'a mistake' - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US president spoke out as the UK pays a diplomatic price for turmoil, the BBC’s James Landale writes. | World | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Joe Biden voices his disagreement to cutting taxes for the UK's "super wealthy"
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has called Liz Truss's original economic policies "a mistake".
In an unusual intervention... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63276374 | news_world-63276374 | |
Jeremy Hunt buries Truss’s economic experiment - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor has quickly made it clear he will not be pursuing so-called "Trussonomics". | Business | Having just conducted what turned out to be the last interview with former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng while across the pond, it certainly seemed like the economic experiment known as "Trussonomics" was dead - even if Liz Truss remained prime minister.
I had not expected the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to seal the coffin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63275969 | news_business-63275969 | |
Who is in charge? Liz Truss or Jeremy Hunt? - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor has junked the prime minister's economic strategy in 24 hours, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Who is in charge? Over the last couple of days you'd be forgiven for wondering if anyone was running the country.
The dizzying ups and downs of the mighty financial markets suggest they didn't really have faith that anyone had a grip on things either.
What happens on traders' screens affects the costs we have to grap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63268860 | news_uk-politics-63268860 | |
Liz Truss tries to cling on as MPs work out next step - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Few Tory MPs think she should lead them into an election but they are trying to work out their next move. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
There was a tense mood in the building.
Liz Truss knows. Her team knows. Even the dogs in the street know. She is in serious peril.
But she appeared stoical and philosophical about things - and had time to chat about the a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63294833 | news_uk-politics-63294833 | |
Independent Scotland to have own currency when 'time right' - Sturgeon - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The first minister publishes a paper on the case for Scotland becoming an independent nation. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. FM Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland would continue to use the pound sterling while the Scottish pound is introduced in a "careful and responsible phased approach".
An independent Scotland would keep the pound and move to its ow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63278974 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63278974 | |
Kevin Spacey denies sex abuse claim during testimony at his trial - BBC News | 2022-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The actor is on trial in New York over an allegation he touched a 14-year-old boy at a party in 1986. | US & Canada | Actor Kevin Spacey has taken the stand at his civil trial in New York to deny the claim that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old at a house party in 1986.
"They are not true," he said of the allegations by Anthony Rapp, who is seeking $40m (£36m) in damages.
Before taking the stand on Monday, Mr Spacey won a victory ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63293995 | news_world-us-canada-63293995 | |
Rwanda three-week removals plan revealed - BBC News | 2022-10-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda three weeks after their arrival in the UK, High Court hears. | UK | The first flight to take refugees from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled at the last moment in June
Asylum seekers crossing the English Channel could be sent to Rwanda in as little as three weeks after their arrival, it has been claimed.
In the latest stage of a High Court legal battle over the controversial Home Office... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63248214 | news_uk-63248214 | |
Alex Jones told to pay $965m damages to Sandy Hook victims' families - BBC News | 2022-10-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shock jock is ordered to pay huge damages after branding the Connecticut school shooting a hoax. | US & Canada | Alex Jones now acknowledges that the Sandy Hook shooting was "100% real"
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965m (£869m) in damages after falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
The families of eight victims, and an FBI agent who responded to the attack, had sought at lea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63237092 | news_world-us-canada-63237092 | |
Chinese cotton sold in UK could be from persecuted Uyghurs, court hears - BBC News | 2022-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Reasonable grounds to believe cotton on sale in the UK was from persecuted Uyghurs, High Court told. | UK | Rahima Mahmut, UK director of the World Uyghur Congress, wants cotton products thought to have been made in Xinjiang to be banned
The UK government acted unlawfully by not investigating whether some cotton imports come from Uyghur forced-labour camps in China, a court has heard.
Lawyers for the World Uyghur Congress ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63390458 | news_uk-63390458 | |
Harvey Weinstein rape trial begins in Los Angeles - BBC News | 2022-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former film producer is currently serving a 23-year jail term following a previous trial in New York. | Entertainment & Arts | In 2020, Weinstein was convicted on charges of rape and criminal sexual acts, and was sentenced to 23 years in prison
An actress and model identified as Jane Doe 1 accused former Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault during the first day of his Los Angeles rape trial.
She tearfully recounted being forced to perform oral... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63384384 | news_entertainment-arts-63384384 | |
John Cleese to host new GB News TV show - BBC News | 2022-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Fawlty Towers star will appear on the network alongside satirist Andrew Doyle from next year. | Entertainment & Arts | John Cleese rose to fame as part of the British surreal comedy troupe Monty Python
Actor and comedian John Cleese has confirmed he will host his own GB News TV show from next year.
The Fawlty Towers star told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the new show will see him work alongside satirist Andrew Doyle, and encourage "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63197829 | news_entertainment-arts-63197829 | |
Tory conference: Rebellion in the air over possible benefit squeeze - BBC News | 2022-10-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Tory MPs are clear they will not back a move to end the link between benefits and inflation. | UK Politics | This has not been an easy party conference for the government.
Some in Birmingham think it's been a disaster.
First, a colossal U-turn on the 45p tax rate, then being forced to bring forward the next step of the chancellor's economic growth plan under pressure from Tory MPs.
Now, there's another mutiny brewing over ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63130852 | news_uk-politics-63130852 | |
Rishi Sunak defends return of Suella Braverman to Home Office - BBC News | 2022-10-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But opposition MPs claim it undermines the new PM's pledge to have integrity in his new government. | UK Politics | Rishi Sunak has defended re-appointing Suella Braverman as home secretary days after she quit over data breaches.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the new PM of doing a "grubby deal" with Ms Braverman to secure her support in the recent Tory leadership contest.
He also asked if officials had raised concern over... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63397590 | news_uk-politics-63397590 | |
Waukesha trial: Man convicted of deadly car-ramming at Wisconsin parade - BBC News | 2022-10-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Dozens more were injured when an SUV ploughed into a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last November. | US & Canada | The attack took place on Main Street in downtown Waukesha last November
A jury in Wisconsin has convicted a man for killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove through a Christmas parade last year.
Prosecutors argued he was filled with rage and his actions had shown "utter disregard for human life".
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63402243 | news_world-us-canada-63402243 | |
Liz Truss tries to cling on as MPs work out next step - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Few Tory MPs think she should lead them into an election but they are trying to work out their next move. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
There was a tense mood in the building.
Liz Truss knows. Her team knows. Even the dogs in the street know. She is in serious peril.
But she appeared stoical and philosophical about things - and had time to chat about the a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63294833 | news_uk-politics-63294833 | |
Kevin Spacey denies sex abuse claim during testimony at his trial - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The actor is on trial in New York over an allegation he touched a 14-year-old boy at a party in 1986. | US & Canada | Actor Kevin Spacey has taken the stand at his civil trial in New York to deny the claim that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old at a house party in 1986.
"They are not true," he said of the allegations by Anthony Rapp, who is seeking $40m (£36m) in damages.
Before taking the stand on Monday, Mr Spacey won a victory ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63293995 | news_world-us-canada-63293995 | |
Five challenges the BBC faces as it turns 100 - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's media editor on how the BBC has to prove its worth, as it reaches its 100th birthday. | Entertainment & Arts | As the BBC celebrates its 100th anniversary, our media editor looks ahead at the challenges it faces, from competition from streaming services to reaching young people on TikTok.
Great institutions, like great literature, are often born from existential angst, as urgent responses to the prevailing horrors of their era... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63262251 | news_entertainment-arts-63262251 | |
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford loses temper with Tories in Senedd - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Wales' first minister erupted as he accused Conservatives of making a mess of the UK's reputation. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The first minister was reacting to a series of questions about poor ambulance response times
Wales' first minister lost his temper in the Senedd on Tuesday under questioning from the Welsh Conservative leader.
Mark Drakefor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-63303690 | news_uk-wales-politics-63303690 | |
PM Truss has days to turn this around or quit, says MSP Smith - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Scottish Conservatives' economy spokesperson Liz Smith says Liz Truss is in "very grave difficulty". | Scotland politics | Liz Smith said the prime minister was in "very grave difficulty"
The prime minister should stand down if she cannot salvage her authority within days, the Scottish Conservatives' finance spokesperson has said.
Liz Smith said Liz Truss was still in "very grave difficulty" despite a slight improvement in the markets.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63299269 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63299269 | |
Unions will fight government over workers' rights, vows TUC - BBC News | 2022-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The TUC says it is "putting ministers on notice" that it will challenge any attempt to remove rights. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In her final speech as TUC leader, Frances O Grady criticised government policies over workers' rights.
The unions are ready to take on the government if it attempts to strip away workers' rights, the head of the Trades Unio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63287456 | news_business-63287456 | |
SNP conference: Sturgeon will seek to exploit Truss's faltering start as PM - BBC News | 2022-10-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The SNP conference will hear much about the fallout from the UK government's mini-budget. | Scotland politics | Chaos. Chaos. Chaos. It is a word you can expect to hear a lot this weekend as the SNP meets in Aberdeen.
Nicola Sturgeon has already deployed it during a round of pre-conference interviews with broadcasters.
Not to describe her own party's gathering, of course. Instead, to characterise the political and economic fal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63180758 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63180758 | |
Tory conference: Rebellion in the air over possible benefit squeeze - BBC News | 2022-10-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Tory MPs are clear they will not back a move to end the link between benefits and inflation. | UK Politics | This has not been an easy party conference for the government.
Some in Birmingham think it's been a disaster.
First, a colossal U-turn on the 45p tax rate, then being forced to bring forward the next step of the chancellor's economic growth plan under pressure from Tory MPs.
Now, there's another mutiny brewing over ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63130852 | news_uk-politics-63130852 | |
Bruce Lehrmann: Australia parliament rape trial abandoned over juror 'misconduct' - BBC News | 2022-10-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A jury has been dismissed after "misconduct" during deliberations in a trial that has shocked Australia. | Australia | The case of a former political adviser accused of raping a colleague inside Australia's Parliament House has been aborted after juror "misconduct".
Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a government minister's sofa after a night out in Canberra in 2019.
He says they did not have sex at al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63395607 | news_world-australia-63395607 | |
No 10 backs Suella Braverman amid MI5 leak row - BBC News | 2022-10-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Opposition parties and some Tory MPs have raised concerns about her reappointment as home secretary. | UK Politics | No 10 has said Suella Braverman has "strong relationships" with the security services, following concerns about her return as home secretary.
Reports have emerged suggesting that, as attorney general, she was investigated over the leak of a story involving MI5.
Ms Braverman was reappointed as home secretary just days... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63410737 | news_uk-politics-63410737 | |
Judgement on indyref2 court case 'requires time' - BBC News | 2022-10-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Supreme Court judges hear legal arguments on whether the Scottish government can hold a second independence referendum. | Scotland | It will be a while before there is a result - the judges warned they may need “some months” to chew things over.
Court President Lord Reed noted that the arguments heard in court were “the tip of the iceberg”, with thousands of pages of written material to wade through.
There are three potential outcomes:
• MSPs have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-63202031 | news_live_uk-scotland-63202031 | |
Who is in charge? Liz Truss or Jeremy Hunt? - BBC News | 2022-10-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor has junked the prime minister's economic strategy in 24 hours, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Who is in charge? Over the last couple of days you'd be forgiven for wondering if anyone was running the country.
The dizzying ups and downs of the mighty financial markets suggest they didn't really have faith that anyone had a grip on things either.
What happens on traders' screens affects the costs we have to grap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63268860 | news_uk-politics-63268860 | |
How big-bang economic plan and political turmoil sank Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The outgoing PM won power promising radical change, but it ended in disaster, after just 45 days. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after political and economic turmoil engulfed her government
Liz Truss came to power promising a new economic and political era. It is 45 days since she became PM - the shortest premiership in British history.
Yet that period saw an historic economic gamble, an almost unthinkable num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63335671 | news_uk-politics-63335671 | |
Tory leadership: Why would anyone want to be prime minister now anyway? - BBC News | 2022-10-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An economy in crisis and an unruly party await the new Tory leader, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Why on earth would anyone - especially those seeking to lead the Conservative Party - want to be prime minister?
Well, you get a fancy Georgian house in central London, hundreds of staff, private travel and a chat with the King every week.
You even get the chance to do some good and improve people's lives. And whatev... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63343723 | news_uk-politics-63343723 | |
Roblox removes 'meat grinder' Ukraine v Russia game - BBC News | 2022-10-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The War on Larkiv game was accepted and promoted by the world's largest children's game platform. | Technology | The world's biggest gaming platform for children, Roblox, has removed two games that allowed players to fight and kill each other as Russians or Ukrainians.
One of them, called War on Larkiv: Ukraine, was showcased to users in the Roblox discovery section.
It clocked up 90,000 plays in less than two weeks.
Roblox sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63078950 | news_technology-63078950 | |
So what are the prime minister's options now? - BBC News | 2022-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | One senior Tory MP said Liz Truss' actions have been "unforgivable," "terrible" and "appalling". | UK Politics | Crises engulfing the government by the hour.
It seems near impossible that this chaos can be bottled and buried.
The dysfunction is too profound, the outrage among Conservatives too loud for any sense of serenity to return.
A prime minister who had already shredded her programme for government and sacked her first c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63323985 | news_uk-politics-63323985 | |
Should public sector workers get bigger pay rises? - BBC News | 2022-10-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government risks economic dynamite as some state workers lobby for double-digit wage rises. | Business | The reports of the public sector pay review bodies are arriving across Whitehall right now, with the potential to become both economic and political dynamite.
They cover eight areas and just under half the public sector workforce but it may be the case that the evidence submitted, mainly at the turn of the year, is al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61874732 | news_business-61874732 | |
Tory conference: Rebellion in the air over possible benefit squeeze - BBC News | 2022-10-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Tory MPs are clear they will not back a move to end the link between benefits and inflation. | UK Politics | This has not been an easy party conference for the government.
Some in Birmingham think it's been a disaster.
First, a colossal U-turn on the 45p tax rate, then being forced to bring forward the next step of the chancellor's economic growth plan under pressure from Tory MPs.
Now, there's another mutiny brewing over ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63130852 | news_uk-politics-63130852 | |
Tory leadership: Why would anyone want to be prime minister now anyway? - BBC News | 2022-10-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An economy in crisis and an unruly party await the new Tory leader, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Why on earth would anyone - especially those seeking to lead the Conservative Party - want to be prime minister?
Well, you get a fancy Georgian house in central London, hundreds of staff, private travel and a chat with the King every week.
You even get the chance to do some good and improve people's lives. And whatev... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63343723 | news_uk-politics-63343723 | |
How big-bang economic plan and political turmoil sank Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The outgoing PM won power promising radical change, but it ended in disaster, after just 45 days. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after political and economic turmoil engulfed her government
Liz Truss came to power promising a new economic and political era. It is 45 days since she became PM - the shortest premiership in British history.
Yet that period saw an historic economic gamble, an almost unthinkable num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63335671 | news_uk-politics-63335671 | |
US President Biden calls Truss's economic policies 'a mistake' - BBC News | 2022-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US president spoke out as the UK pays a diplomatic price for turmoil, the BBC’s James Landale writes. | World | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Joe Biden voices his disagreement to cutting taxes for the UK's "super wealthy"
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has called Liz Truss's original economic policies "a mistake".
In an unusual intervention... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63276374 | news_world-63276374 | |
Liz Truss: Jamie Wallis asks PM to resign over 'basic errors' - BBC News | 2022-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jamie Wallis accuses her of "very basic and avoidable errors" over the government's mini-budget. | Wales | Jamie Wallis published his letter to Liz Truss on Twitter criticising her performance as prime minister
A Welsh MP has written to Prime Minister Liz Truss calling on her to resign.
Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis accused her of "very basic and avoidable errors" over the government's mini-budget and her sacking of Chancellor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63275665 | news_uk-wales-63275665 | |
Jeremy Hunt buries Truss’s economic experiment - BBC News | 2022-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor has quickly made it clear he will not be pursuing so-called "Trussonomics". | Business | Having just conducted what turned out to be the last interview with former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng while across the pond, it certainly seemed like the economic experiment known as "Trussonomics" was dead - even if Liz Truss remained prime minister.
I had not expected the new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to seal the coffin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63275969 | news_business-63275969 | |
Who is in charge? Liz Truss or Jeremy Hunt? - BBC News | 2022-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new chancellor has junked the prime minister's economic strategy in 24 hours, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Who is in charge? Over the last couple of days you'd be forgiven for wondering if anyone was running the country.
The dizzying ups and downs of the mighty financial markets suggest they didn't really have faith that anyone had a grip on things either.
What happens on traders' screens affects the costs we have to grap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63268860 | news_uk-politics-63268860 | |
Tory leadership: Hopefuls jostle for MPs' support - BBC News | 2022-10-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he will not run to replace Liz Truss, as others race to secure backing. | UK Politics | Liz Truss was spotted out jogging on Friday, a day after her dramatic resignation
Conservative MPs hoping to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister are racing to find backers before a Monday deadline.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has ruled himself out of the contest, adding he is "leaning towards" backing Boris Johnson... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63338171 | news_uk-politics-63338171 | |
How big-bang economic plan and political turmoil sank Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The outgoing PM won power promising radical change, but it ended in disaster, after just 45 days. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after political and economic turmoil engulfed her government
Liz Truss came to power promising a new economic and political era. It is 45 days since she became PM - the shortest premiership in British history.
Yet that period saw an historic economic gamble, an almost unthinkable num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63335671 | news_uk-politics-63335671 | |
So what are the prime minister's options now? - BBC News | 2022-10-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | One senior Tory MP said Liz Truss' actions have been "unforgivable," "terrible" and "appalling". | UK Politics | Crises engulfing the government by the hour.
It seems near impossible that this chaos can be bottled and buried.
The dysfunction is too profound, the outrage among Conservatives too loud for any sense of serenity to return.
A prime minister who had already shredded her programme for government and sacked her first c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63323985 | news_uk-politics-63323985 | |
Ground should have been laid for tax cuts, admits Liz Truss - BBC News | 2022-10-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But the prime minister says she sticks by her mini budget, despite a bad reaction from the markets. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Prime Minister Liz Truss says she stands by plans announced in the mini-budget
Liz Truss has admitted she should have "laid the ground better" for her mini-budget, after it sparked days of market turmoil.
The prime m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63107649 | news_uk-politics-63107649 | |
Tory conference: We must stay the course, insists Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng - BBC News | 2022-10-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Kwasi Kwarteng will defend his tax cuts during his Conservative Party conference speech. | UK Politics | Kwasi Kwarteng will use his Conservative conference speech later to insist the government will "stay the course" on his tax-cutting growth plan.
The chancellor's approach has sparked market turmoil and disquiet among some Conservative MPs, but he will argue his plan is "the right one".
Without action, the country is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63108242 | news_uk-politics-63108242 | |
England 6-2 Iran: Three Lions win World Cup opener emphatically - BBC Sport | 2022-11-21 | None | Bukayo Saka scores twice as England cruise to a comfortable win against Iran in their Qatar 2022 opener. | null | Last updated on .From the section World Cup
England's Fifa World Cup campaign opened in thoroughly convincing fashion as they outclassed Iran in an incident-packed match in Doha.
Gareth Southgate's side strolled to victory, with Iran's hopeless plight made worse by the early loss of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand to c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63603382 | rt_football_63603382 | |
Bounty bars removed from Celebrations tubs in trial - BBC News | 2022-11-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mars Wrigley is removing the treat from some tubs after finding 40% of people hate the coconut-filled sweet. | Business | Bounty hunters may have their work cut out this Christmas, after chocolate manufacturer Mars Wrigley said it would be eliminating the sweet from some of its tubs.
The coconut-flavoured treat may be marketed as a slice of paradise, but nearly 40% of us hate them, Mars says.
So a limited run of "No Bounty" tubs will go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63497187 | news_business-63497187 | |
Supreme Court to rule on indyref2 powers next week - BBC News | 2022-11-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The judgement on powers to stage a second referendum will be handed down next Wednesday. | Scotland politics | The Supreme Court will deliver its judgement next Wednesday on whether the Scottish Parliament can hold a second independence referendum without Westminster's approval.
The UK's highest court heard arguments in the case last month.
The Scottish government said a referendum would fall within devolved powers, but the U... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63649795 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63649795 | |
Autumn Statement: Who do spending cuts hit the most? - BBC News | 2022-11-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ahead of the Autumn Statement, what do the 2010 austerity cuts tell us about who was worst affected? | UK | The government is expected to announce plans to raise £20bn in tax alongside extensive spending cuts, as part of its Autumn Statement on Thursday.
It's a bid to plug an estimated £55bn black hole in the nation's finances, and it echoes the original austerity plans unveiled back in 2010.
Over the last 12 years, I've s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63625510 | news_uk-63625510 | |
Ukraine war: Russia's uncertain future a product of its past - BBC News | 2022-11-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russia's invasion of Ukraine is making its future uncertain - but so too is its authoritarian past. | Europe | In his St Petersburg apartment, university lecturer Denis Skopin shows me the document which has changed his life.
Until recently Denis was associate professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St Petersburg State University. But on 20 October the university sacked him for "an immoral act incompatible wit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63471505 | news_world-europe-63471505 | |
Should public sector workers get bigger pay rises? - BBC News | 2022-11-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government risks economic dynamite as some state workers lobby for double-digit wage rises. | Business | The reports of the public sector pay review bodies are arriving across Whitehall right now, with the potential to become both economic and political dynamite.
They cover eight areas and just under half the public sector workforce but it may be the case that the evidence submitted, mainly at the turn of the year, is al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61874732 | news_business-61874732 | |
Jeffrey Epstein victims sue several major banks - BBC News | 2022-11-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two women have claimed JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank "facilitated" the late sex offender's crimes. | Business | Financier Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges when he was found dead in his cell in 2019
Two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse have filed lawsuits against JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank.
They accuse the banks of ignoring "red flags" about their client and benefiting from the late ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63750504 | news_business-63750504 | |
World Cup 2022: Who could be England’s Plan B against USA if they don't risk Harry Kane? - BBC Sport | 2022-11-25 | None | BBC pundit Martin Keown feels Gareth Southgate will turn to Marcus Rashford to lead England's attack against the USA, if he does not want to risk Harry Kane after his injury. | null | Host nation:Dates: Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.
I'm really pleased Harry Kane has been declared fit for England to face the United States but we have to look after him - and Gareth Southgate could still turn to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63724446 | rt_football_63724446 | |
Political parties want to appear tough on immigration but numbers tell different story - BBC News | 2022-11-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK net migration was the highest ever in the year to June, creating many political and societal quandaries. | UK Politics | In recent days, the prime minister has said immigration should fall.
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK's "immigration dependency", as he put it, must end.
Even if, in an interview I did with him, he wasn't willing to explicitly say he wanted the numbers to fall.
This video can not be played To play ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63751867 | news_uk-politics-63751867 | |
Brexit: No case for UK returning to EU, Labour leader Starmer says - BBC News | 2022-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's leader says "we cannot afford to look back" as he sets out his plan to "make Brexit work". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Keir Starmer: We're not trading on divisions
The UK "will not go back into the EU" under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer has said, in a speech attacking the government's record on Brexit.
The Labour leader vowed to "m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62034754 | news_uk-politics-62034754 | |
Why Labour's leader has made peace with Brexit - BBC News | 2022-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Keir Starmer's vow to "make Brexit work" feels like a moment for Labour after years of argument. | UK Politics | The man who dreamed of overturning Brexit in a second referendum has categorically and clearly made peace with it.
It is one heck of an about-turn from Sir Keir Starmer, who just three years ago turned up at a rally for what was called a People's Vote - another referendum in which he hoped for a Remain victory.
Now, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62045237 | news_uk-politics-62045237 | |
Chris Mason: Brexit has shifted Labour's instinct on immigration - BBC News | 2022-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour is keen to be seen to be learning a lesson of the Brexit vote - a concern about immigration. | UK Politics | Yes, it's been in the offing for a while.
But it is worth emphasising what an about-turn Sir Keir Starmer's call to wean the UK off its "immigration dependency" amounts to.
This from a party that oversaw huge levels of immigration from central and eastern Europe almost two decades ago, which transformed many communit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63722553 | news_uk-politics-63722553 | |
Owen Paterson takes UK government to European court over lobbying probe - BBC News | 2022-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Owen Paterson, who was forced to quit as an MP after a lobbying probe, claims his right to privacy was infringed. | UK Politics | Owen Paterson has been at the centre of a row over how to police MPs' conduct
Ex-minister Owen Paterson is taking the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights over a standards watchdog verdict that he broke lobbying rules.
He resigned from Parliament last year after he was found to have abused his role as ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63714944 | news_uk-politics-63714944 | |
England 6-2 Iran: Three Lions win World Cup opener emphatically - BBC Sport | 2022-11-22 | None | Bukayo Saka scores twice as England cruise to a comfortable win against Iran in their Qatar 2022 opener. | null | Last updated on .From the section World Cup
England's Fifa World Cup campaign opened in thoroughly convincing fashion as they outclassed Iran in an incident-packed match in Doha.
Gareth Southgate's side strolled to victory, with Iran's hopeless plight made worse by the early loss of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand to c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63603382 | rt_football_63603382 | |
UK music festivals: 'Drug checking could have saved Georgia' - BBC News | 2022-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The mum of an 18-year-old backs new findings which suggests on-site drug testing makes events safer. | Newsbeat | Georgia Jones' mum believes there's "too much stigma" around drugs
An 18-year-old who died after taking high-strength MDMA at a festival might be alive if on-site drugs tests had been at the event, her mum says.
Her mum Janine Milburn believes there's still too much stigma around drugs, and substance tests would have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-63599505 | news_newsbeat-63599505 | |
Rishi Sunak grilled over tax rises, spending cuts and small boat crossings - BBC News | 2022-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On his way to the G20 in Indonesia, the PM explains his thinking on the Autumn Statement and migrant crisis. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took questions from the travelling press pack on the way to the G20 summit in Indonesia.
I've been the BBC's political editor for six months, but this is the first overseas trip I've done where the prime minister travelling is the same as the one on my previous trip.
In June, I travelled wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63619412 | news_uk-politics-63619412 |
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