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The government has made an offer to rebel Labour MPs over its controversial welfare reforms, Sky News understands.More than 120 Labour MPs were poised to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Bill on Tuesday. The changes come after a ring-around by cabinet ministers failed to bring rebels on side.The bill was intended to restrict eligibility for the PIP - the main disability payment in England- and […]

Ten million pounds is to be spent on fixing shortfalls in the core numbers produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) amid a continuing lack of confidence in their accuracy.The body is tasked with producing official figures covering key areas of the economy and societal trends. It has faced particular criticism over the quality of its Labour Force Survey (LFS) - used to calculate employment figures.Money latest: Pound nears […]

Three people have been taken to hospital after a double-decker bus carrying sixth form students left the road and ended up in a river in Hampshire.Emergency services were called to Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, at 10.07am on Thursday after the Bluestar bus left the road. Three "high-priority" patients were taken to hospital - and 14 people were treated at the scene with less serious injuries.The bus was carrying students from Barton […]

The family of Harry Dunn have said the government is about to start an inquiry into how the Foreign Office treated them after the 19-year-old was killed. Harry, who was riding a motorbike, died after a head-on collision in 2019 with a car driven by Anne Sacoolas, who was exiting the American intelligence base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire. Sacoolas left the UK 19 days after the incident, as the US […]

A survivor of the Hainault samurai sword rampage has told Sky News of the moment that attacker Marcus Arduini Monzo looked him in the eye and said: "I'm going to kill you".Donato Iwule recalled his "escape from death" after Monzo was found guilty on Wednesday of charges including one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder following the attack in east London on 30 April last year. Among […]

A funeral director has appeared in court charged with 63 offences, spanning more than a decade, after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises.Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial and 30 counts of fraud by false representation, relating to bodies found at the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors site on Hessle Road in Hull, in March last year. Those charges date from between […]

Ten people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into a string of robberies at phone shops.Detectives have been trying to identify an organised crime gang believed to be behind 13 robberies in London and across the south and east of England. Eight men, aged between 20 and 31, and two 17-year-old boys were arrested at addresses in London and later charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and […]

The government has not done enough to ensure all victims entitled to compensation from the Post Office scandal have applied for it, a report has found.Many current and former postmasters affected by Horizon IT failings and associated miscarriages of justice are not yet receiving fair and timely compensation, according to the report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Only 21% of the 18,500 letters the Post Office sent to postmasters […]

The UK will buy at least 12 F-35 stealth jets that can carry nuclear warheads in the most significant strengthening of its nuclear capability in a generation, the government has said.Today, Sir Keir Starmer will tell a summit of NATO allies in The Hague that the new squadron will join an alliance mission that can be armed with US nuclear weapons. The dramatic move will doubtless draw condemnation and concern […]