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1m people to have disability benefits cut by Labour

Chancellor vows to ‘get a grip’ on the burgeoning welfare bill but cabinet ministers express disquiet over £5 billion savings

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Inside the cabinet revolt against Starmer’s cuts

The prime minister is on a charm offensive to persuade MPs of the need to reduce the size of the state, but some in his cabinet are not convinced

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Putin will have to negotiate ‘sooner or later’, Starmer says

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Migrants ‘treated badly by press’, fairness handbook tells judges

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Ratcliffe: If I got abused as much as the Glazers, I’d have to walk away

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Head chef uses CCTV to roast customers for ‘nonsense’ reviews

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Russian container ship captain charged with manslaughter over North Sea collision

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Ratcliffe: If I got abused as much as the Glazers, I’d have to walk away

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Labour is in the pocket of Big Tech, says Mumsnet founder

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Labour is in the pocket of Big Tech, says Mumsnet founder

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Inside occupied Ukraine: Putin, purges and propaganda

The president says Russia and the land it’s seized will be ‘together for ever’. On the ground, life behind enemy lines is brutal

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FRASER NELSON Does Starmer want to empower or to rule?

The PM is on the move. Less clear is whether he will use his new centralised control to do things for people or to them

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Chris Robshaw: Men should cry. I want my sons to grow up knowing that

The former England rugby captain reveals the impact of his father’s death and his own depression after the World Cup

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US threatens to extend the levies to ‘cars from everywhere’

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Money

How to avoid being caught in the tax net

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What do you mean you haven’t opened an Isa yet? Get your skates on

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Tom Selby Should I buy an annuity now or wait until I retire?

I’m money dysmorphic: I have three properties but still feel poor

‘National Grid plans could knock £200,000 off my house price’

THE BIG QUESTION

Should we pay more tax to boost the defence budget?

Pension delays as savers rush to avoid inheritance tax raid

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I’m money dysmorphic: I have three properties but still feel poor

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‘National Grid plans could knock £200,000 off my house price’

THE BIG QUESTION

Should we pay more tax to boost the defence budget?

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Sport

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Hamilton eighth as Norris shows why he’s title favourite

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Alex Lowe Genius or mad? Lions selections hang on Borthwick’s gamble in Cardiff

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