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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has told Sky News she "hopes" there will be an update on the winter fuel U-turn within weeks.Ms Rayner also used her interview on Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips to say she "never" wants to lead her party. Some had suggested recent leaks of her plans for when taxes should change were her testing the waters to run a challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.Politics latest: […]

House builders will be forced to commit to delivery time frames to get planning permission under new government rules - and those who leave sites unfinished could lose their land to local authorities.Developers will also have to submit annual progress reports to councils to show they're on track, and any who get the all-clear to build and then don't deliver may face fines too. Large housing sites can take more […]

Sir Alan Bates has accused the government of presiding over a "quasi kangaroo court" for Post Office compensation.Writing in The Sunday Times, the campaigner, who led a years-long effort for justice for sub-postmasters, revealed he had been given a "take it or leave it" offer that was less than half of his original claim. "The sub-postmaster compensation schemes have been turned into quasi-kangaroo courts in which the Department for Business […]

Arsenal have won the Women's Champions League for the second time, beating Barcelona 1-0 in the final in Lisbon. Substitute Stina Blackstenius scored the game's only goal in the 75th minute after a brilliant pass from England's Beth Mead. Defending champions Barcelona had dominated the game up to that point, both in possession and shots on goal.Despite their mostly dominating opponent, Arsenal had nearly taken the lead in the 21st […]

The two-child benefit cap has been a raw nerve for the Labour party since long before they came to power.It's become increasingly exposed amid internal party divisions over the government's forthcoming welfare reforms, which are expected to push another 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children. Lifting the cap could raise up to 350,000 children out of poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.A left-wing rebellion over the issue […]

Speaking to supporters and soaking up the scene around the Tottenham High Road told you everything about what it means to end a trophy drought.What it means to a club, a community and a fan base starved of silverware. More than 100,00 fans turned out on a Friday afternoon to welcome back a team with the Europa League trophy. Image: The Spurs players on an open-top bus during their Europa […]

Football pundit Gary Neville is to miss coverage of the Premier League finale on Sunday after being banned by Nottingham Forest, whose owner he recently criticised.Neville had been due to commentate on Forest's game against Chelsea on Sky Sports, which is being billed as a Champions League qualification shoot-out with both teams aiming for a top five finish. But posting on Instagram, the former Manchester United and England defender said […]

A second teenager has appeared in court charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on a North Ayrshire beach.Kayden Moy was found seriously injured following a report of a disturbance at Irvine Beach on Saturday evening. The teenager, from East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, received medical care at the scene before being taken to hospital, where he died on Sunday.A 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged in […]

Two teenagers have died in a motorbike crash in Greater Manchester.Officers believe the boys, aged 16 and 17, were riding on the same motorbike on Lower Broughton Road, Salford, when they were involved in a collision with a silver Vauxhall Viva as they attempted to turn into Clarence Street.Emergency services attended the scene after the alarm was raised at about 8.20pm on Thursday and the teenagers were taken to hospital, […]