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Former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss has lost her seat in the UK general election. Truss was standing in the constituency of South West Norfolk and l...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-winter-plan-a-and-e-deaths-b2383864.html
Exclusive: Frail elderly and mentally ill will suffer most this winter, warns Dr Adrian Boyle
https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023/07/polling-ruining-politics
Instead of substantive discussions about policy, elections are reduced to game theory.
https://inews.co.uk/news/mortgage-pain-next-interest-rate-rise-2515041
Many are hopeful that the ongoing cycle of rising interest rates is reaching an end as inflation across the UK begins to fall
https://news.sky.com/story/labour-attacks-abysmal-figures-showing-just-5-7-of-crimes-solved-last-year-12930927
The government says communities are safer than when it came to power 13 years ago, with the policing minister accusing Labour of being "soft on crime and soft on criminals".
https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-heads-to-scotland-for-net-zero-energy-policy-push-12930459
The government will support "hundreds" of new licences off the coast of Scotland, while new plans for a "clean" carbon capture industry could support up to 50,000 new roles, according to Downing Street.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-demand-rishi-sunak-stop-30371701
In a challenge to Rishi Sunak’s authority, Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson will speak at the launch of the New Conservatives Group that wants to block social care workers getting visas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
People withdraw £4.6bn from accounts in May - the highest on record, Bank of England data shows.
https://news.sky.com/story/government-plan-to-send-some-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda-is-unlawful-court-of-appeal-rules-12911494
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Rwanda is not a safe third country for migrants to be deported to.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/boris-johnsons-allies-stymie-probe-partygate-lies-uk-100474711
A committee of British lawmakers has slammed allies of Boris Johnson in Parliament for trying to interfere with their investigation into whether the former prime minister lied about rule-flouting parties in his office during the coronavirus pandemic