France plans to begin intercepting small boats at sea, says UK Home Office Officials have agreed to begin offshore interceptions, it is claimed, in change of policy that NGOs say will risk lives
100,000 UK taxpayer accounts hit in £47m phishing attack on HMRC MPs on Treasury committee hear that those affected were being contacted and would face ‘no financial loss’
Youth workers in London custody centres stop 90% reoffending, says report Scheme aims to exploit ‘teachable moment’, when someone is wavering between criminality and turning their back on violence
Badenoch challenges Starmer at PMQs over winter fuel payment U-turn, Chagos deal and child benefit cap – as it happened Tory leader says PM should apologise to pensioners and asks how U-turn will be funded
Kemi remains two weeks behind on winter fuel allowance Increasingly irrelevant Tory leader once again shows she hasn’t been paying attention
UK-US trade deal could come into effect in ‘a couple of weeks’, Starmer says Prime minister’s comments come after White House signals Britain will be spared 50% steel and aluminium tariffs
Can spending in the north allay nagging fears about price of Reeves’s prudence? Chancellor wants to show Labour MPs she has a theory of growth that embraces areas leaking support to Reform
Police focus on abandoned Portuguese buildings in Madeleine McCann search German and Portuguese officers work in countryside near resort where British toddler went missing in 2007
Harry and Meghan explored changing surname to Spencer amid children’s passport delays Exclusive: source says couple feared unexplained wait was due to king’s opposition to their children bearing HRH title
‘Terrified’ black man died after police restrained him, inquest hears Devon and Cornwall officers deny Godrick Osei, who was dragged by collar and handcuffed, was treated ‘inhumanely’ because of race