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Fixed-rate loan will not be available on flats and new-builds, and loan must be no more than 4.45 times salaryOne of Britain’s biggest banks has launched a mortgage that lets first-time buyers borrow up to 98% of the property’s value – but experts said the “very strict” rules would exclude many people and property types.Santander said this was the first time for years that a major high street bank had […]

The appointment of the ex-ambassador despite his lurid past raises potentially fatal doubts about the judgment of the PM and his teamIn many political scandals there is an agreed full stop, a time for the circus to move on: maybe a resignation, certainly a police investigation. But for Downing Street, Peter Mandelson risks being a headache that simply won’t end.Mandelson’s future in public life is now definitively over, or as […]

David Lammy also told MPs he would draw up legislation to stop prisoners using human rights laws to challenge tougher jail conditionsThe most dangerous extremist prisoners in England and Wales will be held in “supermax-style units” similar to those used in US jails, David Lammy has told MPs.The deputy prime minister also said he would consider drawing up legislation to stop prisoners from using human rights laws to challenge tougher […]

Police are looking into allegations Peter Mandelson may have passed sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

As armed groups target civilians unchecked, Geneva Academy warn of humanitarian law's collapse and its ramifications.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article