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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says the latest inflation rates are 'encouraging' alongside 'strong' fundementals that show the British economy is set to grow after a tough period.
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Drivers have been warned that this little-known dash cam mistake could be invalidating their car insurance - find out how.
- HuffPost UK
'Where Are Those 40 Hospitals?': Health Secretary Victoria Atkins Skewered Over Tory Election Pledge
"You're doing this thing where you ask me to remember all the stats in my brain."
- Birmingham Live
DWP confirms new powers to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts
The Department for Work and Pensions says checks on claimants' accounts will form a key part of its battle against fraud through two key sets of legislation
- The Telegraph
Labour is plotting the greatest assault on property rights in living memory
Labour has come a long way since Jeremy Corbyn called for the requisition of empty luxury homes to rehouse the victims of the Grenfell fire, and suggested extending “right to buy” to tenants of private landlords – a policy that would, in essence, have forced property owners to sell at a discount.
- The Telegraph
Behind enemy lines, Ukraine is busy setting Russia ablaze
Sometimes the metaphors write themselves. As Putin purportedly seeks to showcase the illusion of Russian strength by parading a captured British Saxon armoured personnel carrier from the 1970s in Red Square – donated to Ukraine in 2015 from mothballed British stocks – Ukrainian saboteurs are deep behind Russian lines actually doing the business.
- Wales Online
New DWP and HMRC service launched today 'to help people increase their State Pension'
The service went live on Monday, April 29
- HuffPost
OOPS! Kayleigh McEnany Gets Quick Math Lesson After Awkward Trump Blunder
The former White House press secretary gets a blunt reminder on social media.
- HuffPost
Ex-U.S. Attorney Trashes Donald Trump Lawyer's 'Terrible Strategy' In Trial
It's "only going to get worse," predicted Harry Litman.
- The Telegraph
Humza Yousaf was even worse than Nicola Sturgeon
In the end, Humza Yousaf surprised us all. This time last week, no one could have predicted he had only a week of his tenure as First Minister left. Even fewer could have guessed that his decision to end his party’s parliamentary agreement with the Scottish Greens would be the spark that led to the shortest term in Bute House since Labour’s Henry McLeish.
- The Independent
Putin puts captured British armoured cars and American tanks on display after they were captured in Ukraine
Display in Moscow features British Saxon armoured personnel carrier, US Bradley tank and Swedish CV90
- The Telegraph
Watch: China attacks Filipino ship with our reporter on board – here’s what happened next
Nicola Smith, The Telegraph’s Asia Correspondent, was aboard a Philippine coast guard ship accompanying fishermen near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday when her vessel was attacked by the China coast guard
- The Telegraph
SNP’s Westminster leader ‘had pivotal role in Yousaf’s downfall’
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, is believed to have played a pivotal role in Humza Yousaf’s downfall.
- Devon Live
DWP disability benefit cuts will affect 450,000
Over 450,000 people are set to be affected by the changes from next year
- HuffPost
Ex-Aide Reveals What Trump's Birthday Message To Melania Trump Was Really All About
Stephanie Grisham also predicted how the former first lady would have responded to her husband's courthouse stunt.
- Birmingham Live
HMRC to hit pet owners with tax bill that millions don't know about
Taxpayers are under siege like never before as allowances are cut or frozen and even pets across the country cannot escape the HMRC onslaught, according to experts.
- The Telegraph
Who gets to ask the questions on Question Time?
Last Thursday, I appeared on BBC Question Time. On being told, when invited, that the venue would be the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, I had asked how the studio audience would be selected.
- HuffPost
'MAGA Hero To Zero': MSNBC Host Predicts Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Humiliating' Fall
The far-right lawmaker's own colleagues are starting to turn against her.
- HuffPost UK
Sophy Ridge Calls Out Leader Of Scottish Tories For Party's Hypocritical Criticism Of SNP
High turnover within the party's leadership and no public mandate? Sounds familiar...
- The Guardian
Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections
- Business Insider
Ukraine is defying the US over strikes on Russian oil refineries. Experts say it's a necessary risk.
Ukraine continues to target Russian oil facilities despite reported US objections, with one military expert calling it a 'risky move' to continue.