Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has visited Southport following the knife attack on Monday which resulted in the death of three children.
Mr Starmer said his government is determined to tackle knife crime but that âtoday is not the time for politics, today is the time to focus entirely on the families who are going through such pain and grief and a time to say thank you to those who responded yesterday in the most awful of circumstances".
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Ministers avoid questions about the increase in the National Living Wage as they arrive in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting with the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer.
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Sir Keir Starmer announces an increase in the National Living Wage, calling it a âboostâ for everybody subject to it. The Labour leader says the change will make a âsignificant differenceâ. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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The mother of seven-year-old Elsie Stancombe, who was one of three girls killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, have said she would âtrade placesâ with her daughter "any day" as she paid tribute to her. Elsie's mother, Jenni Stancombe, said, "If we had been there this wouldn't have happened".
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The education secretary says the government is using new technology to work with schools in tackling âpersistent absenceâ by pupils. Bridget Phillipson says the problem has become an âendemicâ issue in schools and that âif children arenât in school, if theyâre not in their classroom then they canât learnâ.
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The boss of Heathrow Airport says he is âabsolutely committedâ to ensuring lessons are learnt from the events which led to the closure of Europeâs busiest airport last month. Appearing before MPs on the Transport Select Committee, Thomas Woldbye also offered a âsincere apologyâ for the travel disruption caused to thousands of passengers during the one-day shutdown.
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The Royal Navy warship HMS Dauntless uses live rounds to take out an incoming drone from a distance, during an exercise used to prepare for a major deployment to Asia in the coming weeks. Armed Forces minister Luke Pollard says, âwe will defend ourselves, and will defend our alliesâ.
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Bin workers in Birmingham say they will carry on striking over pay for months, if necessary, as the city council declared a major incident. It comes after talks between the council and Unite the Union failed to bring an end to four weeks of industrial action. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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