MPs remain tight-lipped on rumoured cuts to benefits
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MPs remain tight-lipped on rumoured cuts to benefits
Cabinet ministers sidestepped questions from the press as they arrived for a meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
When asked whether the government planned to cut benefits, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall replied, "we're going to be getting people back to work." During the election, Labour promised to increase the employment rate to 80% from its current level of around 75%, which would mean around two million more people in work.
Report by Covellm.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of a bilateral meeting. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The shadow chief secretary to the treasury has branded Starmer's visit to the EU during potential tariffs from the US as "not smart" and untimely. Richard Fuller warned that tariffs "aren't good for anyone", speaking amid growing fears of tariffs from the US after threats by President Donald Trump. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said his thoughts are with the family of a 15-year-old boy who died after he was stabbed at a school in Sheffield, adding the “whole country” will “mourn with them”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives with NATO Chief Mark Rutte at NATO's Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, ahead of talks.
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The UK won't be "choosing between" the US and the EU, according to the prime minister, when asked if he would consider resetting European relations to appease Donald Trump. Instead, Keir Starmer emphasised that both relations are important to the UK. During the press conference in Brussels, NATO Chief Mark Rutte criticised the tariff dispute between NATO members US and Canada, stating "that is clearly not what NATO is about". Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The government has refused to pay compensation to the millions of women in their 60s who were not properly informed of changes in the state pension age. Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the "great majority of women knew the state pension age was increasing" and that a state-funded pay-out wouldn't be "fair or value for taxpayers' money'". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A student at All Saints Catholic High School who witnessed the fatal knife attack which left 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose dead has described her shock and fear following the incident. Her mother described the wait to see her daughter immediately after the attack as the "worst two and a half hours of my life" and said she couldn't imagine what Harvey's parents feel. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shots of people laying flowers outside All Saints Catholic High School in Granville Road in Sheffield, where a 15-year-old boy, named locally as Harvey Willgoose, was fatally stabbed.
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Senior Tory MP Sir David Davis has said that "new medical evidence" analysed by a medical expert panel could provide a "completely alternative explanation" for the death of seven babies. This comes as retired medic Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies – which featured prominently in Lucy Letby’s 10-month trial, chaired a panel of 14 experts who compiled an “impartial evidence-based report”, which casts doubt on some of the medical evidence used in the trial.
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Dr Shoo Lee, neonatal expert, and Mark McDonald, barrister, speaking at a presser presenting new evidence from neonatal experts which has casted doubt on some of Lucy Letby's convictions for murder and attempted murder. Dr Lee has said there was no medical evidence of murder and that the medical evidence used to convict her was wrong. Mr McDonald followed this up saying that if the evidence used to convict Letby was indeed incorrect, her conviction is "unsafe" and "no crime was committed".
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