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Emmanuel Macron addressing parliament in the Palace of Westminster's Royal Gallery was a highly anticipated moment in the long history of our two nations.That story - the conflict and a historic Anglo-French agreement that ended centuries of feuding, the Entente Cordiale - adorn the walls of this great hall. Looming over the hundreds of MPs and peers who had gathered in the heat to hear the French president speak, hang […]

Two state-subsidised restaurants, fresh fruit and vegetable vouchers, and a mobile greengrocer delivering nutritious food to deprived communities have been unveiled as part of government plans to support struggling households.Six projects across the UK will share £8.5m in government funding in a bid to make good food more available to the people who need it. Two state-subsidised restaurants are to open in Dundee and Nottingham next summer.The eateries will provide […]

The threat from Reform in Wales is "very serious", the country's Labour leader said as exclusive polling revealed Nigel Farage's party is the first choice for Welsh voters.Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan said: "We think the threat from Reform is a very serious threat. "I think it is important people recognise that things that we see every day in our lives […]

Victims of bullying and abuse at work will no longer have to "suffer in silence", the government has said, as it pledges to ban controversial non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).Accusers of Harvey Weinstein, the former film producer and now convicted sex offender, are among many in recent years who had to breach such agreements in order to speak out about what they had endured. As Labour seeks to boost workers' protections, its […]

Building society chiefs will this week intensify their protests against the chancellor's plans to cut cash ISA limits by warning that it will push up borrowing costs for homeowners and businesses.Sky News has obtained the draft of a letter being circulated by the Building Societies Association (BSA) among its members which will demand that Rachel Reeves abandons a proposed move to slash savers' annual cash ISA allowance from the existing […]

A British teenager sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl has been released after receiving a royal pardon, a campaign group has said.Marcus Fakana, 18, of Tottenham, north London, received the pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum and is safely in the UK, Detained In Dubai said.The group's chief executive Radha Stirling said Mr Fakana "is currently recovering".She […]

An MP who decided until recently to "never speak" about the abuse he suffered as a child has shared his harrowing story so that "no kid has to go through" what he did.Josh Babarinde describes being physically abused by his mother's former partner from the age of four, and remembers crying himself to sleep under the covers "hearing shouts, hearing screams and things smash". He says he became hypervigilant growing […]

A man has been charged with murder after an 85-year-old man was found dead at a property in south London, police have said.Officers were called to an address in Streatham by the London Ambulance Service at around 1pm on Friday after reports that an elderly man had suffered serious injuries. The victim, who has not been named, was found with a number of injuries and pronounced dead at the scene […]

In common with many parents across the country, here's a conversation that I have with my young daughter on a semi-regular basis (bear with me, this will take on some political relevance eventually).Me: "So it's 15 minutes until your bedtime, you can either have a little bit of TV or do a jigsaw, not both." Daughter: "Ummmm, I want to watch TV."Me: "That's fine, but it's bed after that, you […]