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Sir Keir Starmer has said there is "no evidence" private schools will be forced to close due to Labour's plans to impose VAT on them.
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- The Telegraph
Starmer isn’t being honest about the grim reality ahead
Sir Keir Starmer wants the country to know that he’s not afraid to make “tough” choices. He is ready to make them on tax rises and spending priorities, in order to remain fiscally credible. He is prepared to keep the two-child benefit cap in place, instead prioritising tackling the NHS waiting list.
- The Guardian
US supreme court strikes down 40-year precedent, reducing power of federal agencies
Court overturns Chevron doctrine, which had become a central target of rightwing groups
- Bloomberg
Starmer Says Growth Focus Is Why Labour Doesn’t Plan Bank Tax
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- The Telegraph
Friday evening news briefing: Biden under pressure to quit – but advisers defiant
Good evening. Josh here to take you through Friday’s news.
- The Telegraph
Derangement and disaffection are sweeping away the old democratic era
The earth is moving under our feet. There are too many absurd, unthinkable political events to encompass in one historic moment. Some of the developments are so bizarre as to defy credibility but, because logical argument has been abandoned, there is no requirement for satisfactory explanation. Political leaders need not justify their assertions and claims with persuasive evidence. They do not have to present a case for their analysis being justified by actual circumstances or likely outcomes. P
- PA Media: Video
We do want to get to 2.5% spending on Nato - Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer says he wants to get to 2.5% spending on Nato. The event marks Armed Forces Day, which is held on the last Saturday of June every year.
- HuffPost UK
Trevor Phillips Destroys Nigel Farage With One Devastating Question
The Reform UK leader rejected the accusation that his party is a home for racists.
- The Telegraph
‘My electric car has been soul-destroying – I can’t wait to go back to petrol’
Ray Bestwick bought an electric car last May in the hope of hassle-free motoring.
- The Independent
‘Stanley Johnson caused our flight to be cancelled’ – claim from passengers on BA plane diverted to Heathrow
Exclusive: At one stage airport police were summoned to deal with an altercation, passengers say
- Manchester Evening News
Footage shows out-of-control XL Bully being chased by armed cops before being shot dead following horror attack on woman
GMP said the dog had to be destroyed 'as the last possible option'
- The Telegraph
Old, rich and living on benefits: welcome to the state pension capital of Britain
East Preston feels an unlikely stronghold of benefits dependency. The genteel village on the West Sussex coast might be the closest thing that Britain has to a moneyed pensioner utopia.
- Bournemouth Echo UK
UK to be hit by second heatwave in a matter of days from Mediterranean airstream
The UK is set for a second heatwave this summer as weather forecasters suggest Mediterranean airstream will bring hot weather.
- OK! Magazine
Carol McGiffin's blunt 4-word statement on friends Ruth and Eamonn split
Former Loose Woman Carol McGiffin has opened up with her true thoughts about Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes' split - two people she is friends with and admits she 'loves' equally
- OK! Magazine
Amanda Holden proudly poses with lookalike daughter Lexi, 18, as she finishes A-levels
Amanda Holden's lookalike daughter Lexi, 18, has finished her A-levels, with the Britain's Got Talent judge proudly gushing over her 'brilliant, funny, resilient and all grown up' child
- OK! Magazine
Amanda Holden takes brutal swipe at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with five-word comment
Amanda Holden has claimed that the British public don't "really care" about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and argued the press make "too much" of the couple's moves
- Manchester Evening News
'I gave up Diet Coke for a month and I couldn't believe how it transformed my life'
Paul Turner was stunned by the results
- The Independent
A pair of siblings were stabbed and the sister’s dying words were that the killer was a man from Detroit. Thirty-four years later, he’s been arrested.
Pamela Sumpter, was raped and stabbed, and her brother John Sumpter was stabbed to death, at their Georgia home on July 15, 1990
- The Independent
Led by Donkeys interrupt Nigel Farage speech by lowering huge Putin banner
Nigel Farage was initially unaware that the Russian president was on the poster, with the words ‘I heart Nigel’ written below
- News Shopper
Busy London station CLOSED with major police presence and cordons in place
A busy central London train station has been closed, with a major police presence at the scene.