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Diane Abbott row overshadows Labour’s health policy
Keir Starmer still claims no decision has been made on whether she can stand again.
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Jury deliberating in Trump hush-money case
The fate of Donald Trump now rests in the hands of twelve New Yorkers.
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Social housing shortage: ‘When I’m 65, if I’m still renting, I can’t retire.’
The charity Shelter says 90,000 social homes must be built every year to end what it calls the ‘housing emergency.’
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What happened when this hotel used to house asylum seekers closed down
Our communities editor Darshna Soni has been following the story of one hotel in Kegworth.
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Have governments in England, Wales or Scotland met their house building targets?
Has any government across Great Britain met its house building targets?
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Has an £11k iPad bill derailed the SNP’s election campaign?
In Scotland, the reaction of SNP leader John Swinney to a long-running row over a colleague’s enormous iPad bill has been threatening to derail things for his party.
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Tory MP says degrees like ‘contemporary circus skills’ should be scrapped
We spoke to the Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden and began by asking him to name some degree courses he thought were a rip-off.
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Tories want to swap ‘rip-off’ degrees for apprenticeships
The Conservatives were focusing on education policy today.
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The war in Gaza could last till end of the year, Israel says
It’s emerged, meanwhile, that bombs used in a strike which left 45 people dead in a refugee camp this weekend were American-made
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NHS going through ‘worst crisis in its history,’ says Wes Streeting
We spoke to the Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and began by asking him if he thinks the NHS is broken, and why.
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Junior Doctors announce five day strike before election
Junior doctors in England have announced another five day strike – just before the election.
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Hackney reacts to Diane Abbott’s potential ban
How has the confusion about whether Diane Abbott can stand for re-election gone down in her constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington?
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FactCheck: Welsh Labour’s house building target
The Labour-run government in Wales promised to build thousands of new social homes for rent by 2026. But is it on track?
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FactCheck: the SNP’s target to build 110,000 affordable homes in Scotland
The SNP promised to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032. But is it on track to meet this target? FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: have the Conservatives met their house building targets in England?
The government promised one million more homes in England by the end of the parliament and 300,000 a year by the mid-2020s. But has it met these targets?