Minister who bet on election in line for peerage
Conservative Sir Alister Jack – who bet on the election date – is set to be given a seat in the Lords....
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Adoption fund to continue after families ‘left in limbo’
Families had been calling for clarity for months about the therapy fund, which expired on Monday....
Uncertainty over £400m of Covid loans yet to be paid back
There is a “high degree of uncertainty” over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during the Covid pandemic...
Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low
A fifth happy with NHS in Britain, finds long-running poll, with waits and staffing of major concern....
Car firms fined for withholding recycling information
BMW, Ford, JLR, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen have all been fined....
Three big unknowns ahead of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
The president is expected to unveil details of his plans for a wider set of import taxes. But what tariffs and when?...
At least 322 children killed since Israel’s new Gaza offensive, Unicef says
Since the war began, more than 15,000 children have reportedly been killed, the agency says....
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
Russia calls up 160,000 men aged 18-30 as it moves to expand the size of its military....
Top Gun and Batman actor Val Kilmer dies aged 65
He starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, then had treatment for throat cancer....
Israel to expand military operation and seize ‘large areas’ of Gaza
Defence Minister Israel Katz said this would require a large-scale evacuation of Palestinians....