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PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be liftedUK politics live – latest updatesDecades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of […]

Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure: ‘We have to fight for our journalism’Tim Davie, the BBC director general, has this morning addressed all BBC staff in an online call. He opened the address with an acknowledgment of the “very tough” period.Then he rallied the troops, with a tacit acknowledgment of the “enemies” of the BBC, and the “weaponisation” of its mistakes.These times are difficult for the BBC […]

Unnamed man in his mid-30s attends voluntary interview after police review legal advice from CPSA man in his mid-30s has been interviewed under caution in relation to comments made on stage during a Bob Vylan performance at Glastonbury festival, police have said.Pascal Robinson-Foster, who goes by the name Bobby Vylan and is one half of the rap-punk duo, led chants of “Death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel […]

Independent leftwing politician set to take office as Ireland’s 10th president after landslide election winIn another big ceremony today, Catherine Connolly is set to be inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th president in Dublin.As our Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll explains:When the independent leftwing politician is inaugurated as Ireland’s president on Tuesday, she will carry hopes of a transformational Gaelic revival.The former barrister from Galway made Gaelic a central part of her election […]

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