England’s mayors to be given power to introduce tourist tax
People staying overnight in parts of England could face an additional charge on accommodation under plans expected to give regional mayors the ability to
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The Metropolitan Police has opened a criminal investigation into claims that Reform UK may have breached rules governing political donations from overseas
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Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim British Jews in greater danger after sanctions move
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected a warning from the UK’s chief rabbi that new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied…
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Chris Mason: Burnham looks to show he will go further than Starmer with West Bank sanctions
Chris Mason reports that the UK government has announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, signalling…
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Paul Adams: British-Israeli relations at lowest ebb in decades
Relations between the United Kingdom and Israel have entered one of their most strained periods in decades after Britain joined 11 other…
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UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response
The UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlement goods in a move that instantly fractured diplomatic relations with Jerusalem. Foreign Secretary Ed…
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Ports denied request to land 120 migrants in RNLI boats
Two Royal National Lifeboat Institution vessels, each packed with migrants pulled from the English Channel, found themselves unable to dock at either…
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Harry and Meghan ‘surprised’ by King’s letter making clear they remain non-working royals
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to British soil last month with their children Archie and Lilibet, and within days a…
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Fears for children’s safety in West Bank school as settler attacks rise
Parents in a small Palestinian village north-east of Ramallah have watched their children walk to class past coils of razor-sharp fencing, a…
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A&E did not get the basics right – now my son’s life is ruined at 32
Emergency departments across England are now the single largest source of clinical negligence claims by volume, a trend that has accelerated sharply…
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