David Beckham pays tribute to "true gentleman" Sven-Goran Eriksson and says he will be "forever grateful" to the former England manager, who has died aged 76. BBC Sport
Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said neither party was being honest in the election about raising taxes after Keir Starmer warned autumn's Budget would be "painful." "They've said they won't increase income tax, national insurance, VAT or corporation tax. Three-quarters of our tax revenue comes from those four taxes and if they're not going to raise those, it leaves them with a very limited number of options," Mr Johnson said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer welcomed Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to Downing Street on Tuesday. It comes after Starmer delivered a keynote speech in which he warned the autumn Budget would be "painful" for many households.
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Greg Swindell says his daughter, Brenna Swindell -- who had been missing since last Thursday -- has now been found safe. The.. TMZ.com
Sir Keir Starmer claimed his government "have done more in seven weeks than the Conservatives have done in seven years" as he criticised the former government for "leaving a black hole in public finances." Speaking from the rose garden in Downing Street, the prime minister said: "We will do the hard work to root out 14 years of rot, reverse a decade of decline and fix the foundations."
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Andrew Griffith has weighed in on the cronyism scandal, saying Keir Starmer needs to "grasp firmly by the nettle this growing scandal of Labour parachuting in top donors and political supporters into senior civil service roles." It comes as Ian Corfield, who donated £20,000 to Labour politicians over the past decade, was made a temporary director of investment at the Treasury last month. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn