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Labour leader Keir Starmer sparked a row by hailing the divisive Tory PM Margaret Thatcher for bringing about 'meaningful change' and 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'

Alaska Airlines has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a deal costing an eye-watering $1.9bn (£1.5B). The Biden administration has tried to tackle higher fares in the airline industy and the merger could lead to a showdown

As Rishi Sunak’s party continues to languish in the polls, Keir Starmer appealed to disaffected Conservatives, saying Labour would “extend the hand of friendship to you, no matter where you are or who you have voted for in the past”.

This month will see the government set out its proposed councils funding plan for next year, which MPs will vote through before Christmas

Perverts who take pictures up skirts and hide spy cameras in toilets are being given light sentences like community service rather than being sent to prison, new figures reveal

WXCharts show how the snow is forecast to spread from this evening into the early hours of Sunday - with multiple weather warnings in place across parts of the UK

The House of Lords was told that routes from the British mainland to islands around the coast were ideal for flights of battery-electric and hydrogen powered planes

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced the search for a 16th National Park will begin early next year, but with plenty of areas in the running, where could it be created?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled plans for a deep squeeze for public services in the Autumn Statement, paving the way for a period of renewed austerity after the next election

They told us the 2016 Brexit referendum would control immigration, says Fleet Street Fox. It did the opposite

Migration figures are at a record high, workers are set for two decades of falling pay and it's emerged the rich will gain the most from the tax changes announced by Jeremy Hunt

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has inspected 89 NHS maternity units so far in 2023 - and following the inspection, 52% of them are currently considered substandard

The FA's director of women's football Sue Campbell believes clubs at every step of the pyramid will be encouraged to embrace AI as part of a new partnership with tech company Adobe

Writing for the Daily Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak says that even more austerity is on the way after digesting Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement

Writing for The Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves warns families will still be worse off after the Autumn Statement as the cost of shopping, energy bills and mortgages all soar

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce Universal Credit and state pension rates as he unveils the Government's tax and spending plans in the Autumn Statement

Intense negotiations have continued between Qatar, the US, Israel and Hamas to seal the deal for 50 hostages, all of them women and children, to be released

Slashing inheritance tax would heighten the deepening inequality between the have-nots and have-yachts, says Kevin Maguire, adding that Tories have fleeced ordinary workers

The major shake-up could see benefit claimants having their bank accounts checked every month by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure they're not "lying" about savings

Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'

An average of £25billion was wasted by the Tory Government every year since the 2019 election – almost all when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor or Prime Minister, claim campaigners

Most schoolchildren in the UK can expect to get to Friday and look forward to two days off – but not for three royal children who have a six-day working week to contend with

A Chancellor with his finger on the nation’s pulse would be looking to boost school and hospital spending, ease the social care crisis and support four million children in poverty

Filth spewing from numerous sewage pipes has left residents on the Isle of Wight wondering why they are being forced to endure becoming Britain's sickest island in the latest scandal surrounding water companies

The TUC and Tax Justice UK have issued a last minute plea urging the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, not to slash inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday