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British Steel has announced it will shut blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant, putting around 2,000 jobs at risk.

British Steel workers risk losing jobs after plant closure

Tents belonging to homeless people (Getty Images)

Suella Braverman wants to outlaw tents being pitched in streets

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Credit: Getty

Rishi Sunak calls on Israel to 'protect ordinary Palestinians'

The UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has landed in Israel to show "unwavering support" to the country after an escalation with violence between the country and the Hamas militant group. (Credit: Getty Images)

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly lands in Israel to show 'solidarity'

Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance at a press conference in London's Downing Street. Picture: Adrian Dennis/PA Wire

Covid inquiry: Scientists "used as human shields" by government

Extinction Rebellion activists at the Labour headquarters on Monday (Photo: Luke Flegg/Supplied)

Extinction Rebellion activists 'pour oil' down Labour HQ steps

3,000 risk losing jobs due to planned restructuring at Tata Steel

The London to Birmingham leg of HS2 was due to open in 2026, but is now expected between 2029 and 2033 Image: Tolga Akmen/Getty Images.

HS2 project rated 'unachievable' by infrastructure watchdog

NHS at 75; who currently is responsible for running health service?

Airport Departure Tax in the UK, plus why it's so expensive, explained.

Explainer What is the Airport Departure Tax and why is it high in UK?

Baroness Hallett pictured in 2010 during the inquest into the 7/7 London bombings (Photo by Ian Nicholson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Who is the chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry?

Abdalla Sholgami, 85, (right) a retired businessman from north London, and his wife Alaweya Rishwan, 75, (left) are trapped in their home opposite the British embassy in central Khartoum.

Brit ‘shot before wife starved’ after being left in Sudan, family says

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

The British mission in Sudan is “not over yet” despite the end of the evacuation airlift, the Foreign Secretary has said (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Sudan war: government says evacuation effort 'extremely successful'

Rwanda is not a safe third country, the Court of Appeal has been told, as the UK Government faces legal challenges over its plans to deport refugees to the nation in east Africa. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Rwanda not safe for asylum seekers with ‘risk of torture’, court told

Overseas, mobile emergency alert systems can be used to let communities know about evacuations, or impending disasters like floods or fires (Photos: Adobe Stock)

Explainer What the new emergency alert system will be used for after UK test

Ministers have pledged to ensure refugee children will only be detained in the UK in “exceptional” circumstances - and only deported to another country in “very limited” ones. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

UK will only detain and deport child refugees in ‘exceptional’ cases

Some people using the Three phone network did not received the test. Credit: Getty/PA/Kim Mogg

Review announced as UK test alert fails to send to some mobile phones

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Tax codes: full list of UK tax codes for 2023/24 and what they mean

What is a freeport? New UK economic zones explained (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Explainer Freeports explained - how tax break hubs work and where they’ll be

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

Domestic abusers who kill their partners or ex-partners will face longer in prison (Photo: Adobe)

Killers with history of coercive behaviour face tougher sentences

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran for six years (images: PA/Adobe)

Who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - and why was she detained in Iran?

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Martin Lewis attends the UK Premiere of 'Arbitrage' at Odeon West End on February 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Simon Burchell/Getty Images)

Money guru Martin Lewis praises budget but warns some bills will rise

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the UK since the start of the war.

Ukraine Russia war one year on – what happened to Ukrainian refugees

A picture of the alleged ‘spy balloon’ captured by the Billings Gazette (Photo: Billings Gazette)

PM vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ to keep UK safe from spy balloons

Children eat bread as they sit under a cover in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Government to match £5m in donations for Turkey earthquake appeal

Lee Anderson said “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed” (Photo: Parliament UK)

New Tory deputy chairman says he’d support return of death penalty

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, in Berlin, Germany.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: meaning of the words Holocaust and Shoah

Jeremy Hunt is reportedly in favour of raising the retirement age to 68 in the mid-2030s (Photo: Getty Images)

Millions set to work longer under plans to raise retirement age to 68

The Scottish parliament passed the Gender Recognition Reform bill in December 2022.

Analysis What the Gender Recognition Bill row means for Scottish independence

Alireza Akbari’s family have warned that authorities in Iran are preparing to execute him. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Iran sentences British-Iranian citizen to death

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce legislation which would curb the right to strike (Photo: Getty Images)

Anti-strike laws could allow employers to sue unions and sack staff

Some people are resorting to DIY medical treatments because they cannot get a face-to-face GP appointment (Photo: Getty Images)

Patients turning to ‘DIY medicine’ because they’re unable to see a GP

Full abortion services are to be set up in Northern Ireland.

Full abortion services to be formally set up in Northern Ireland

Matt Hancock broke government rules on post-ministerial jobs by not consulting the anti-corruption watchdog (Photo: ITV)

Matt Hancock broke government rules over I’m A Celebrity appearance

David Ballantyne Smith (left) and the British embassy in Germany (right). Picture: PA/Getty

British embassy guard admits to spying for Russia

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has come under fire for comments he made ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. Credit: Getty Images

Cleverly urges LGBT fans to be ‘respectful’ of Qatar at World Cup

The ten shortest serving Premier League managers in history

National Grid have warned that some parts of the country may experience planned blackouts amid fears that power plant will not be able to run at full capacity. (Credit: Getty Images)

Government planning for blackouts but they remain ‘unlikely’

Prime Minister Liz Truss is keen to roll out dozens of investment zones, where businesses will be offered a range of tax breaks and planning rules will be relaxed

Liz Truss proposes ‘windfall tax’ cap on renewable energy firm profits

A Supreme Court case will judge whether Scotland can hold a legal referendum next year. (Credit: Getty Images)

Scottish Indyref2: what is Supreme Court case about?

Six million people to receive £150 cost of living disability payment

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How the UK compares to European nations on cost of living response

Liz Truss pledged to roll back plans to ban BOGOF offers on junk food if she becomes Prime Minister, according to the Daily Mail

‘Unbelievable’: doctors slam Liz Truss over junk food tax comments

UK government and political organisations have spent over £15m on Meta advertising since Nov 2018

Revealed: Government and political parties spent £15m on Meta adverts

More than 10,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since the UK Government’s Rwanda immigration policy was announced in April.

Rwanda plan 100 days on: 10,000 migrants cross English Channel

Rishi Sunak’s tax row backlash explained - who is wife Akshata Murty?

Health unions have reacted to the Government’s NHS pay rise announcement

‘A grave misstep by ministers’: health unions react to NHS pay rise

Dylan Healy who has reportedly been charged by Russian forces in Ukraine. SWNS

Two more Britons in Ukraine charged with being mercenaries

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out the roadmap to a new Scottish Independence vote. (Credit: Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon launches roadmap to Scottish Independence vote

Nicola Sturgeon has launched the campaign to hold the second Scottish Independence referendum. (Credit: Getty Images)

SNP launch campaign for second independence referendum

The Universal Credit changes affect how much of the benefit is removed once the claimant earns earns money above their work allowance (image: Shutterstock)

What is Universal Credit? How much can you earn and still get UC

Gatwick Airport PCR testing: how to book an on-site Covid test

What Covid tests can I get at Gatwick? How much they cost, how to book