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Paramedics treat 54 people after wildfire tears through homes in West Midlands

PARAMEDICS have treated a total of 54 people, including 19 who were admitted to hospital, after wildfires broke out across the West Midlands.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 14

Keir Starmer promises communities ‘will be safe’ following Cobra meeting – as it happened

Prime minister refuses to be drawn over comments made by X owner Elon Musk about ongoing disorder in UK

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Keir Starmer dodges questions on two-child benefit cap in first PMQs as prime minister – as it happened

Labour leader quizzed by SNP on benefit cap after suspending seven Labour MPs over their stance on the issue

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

Gateshead school 'on its knees' as report finds 700,000 pupils in England taught in buildings that should be replaced or repaired

Kate Chisholm, executive headteacher at Oakfield Schools Federation, told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme that the schools' walls and roof are rotting, asbestos is present in the building, and the school yard regularly floods due to problems with the drains

Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2023

Tories at 'jingle and mingle' Partygate bash could be stripped of honours, says minister

The lockdown-busting Christmas gathering was attended by failed London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and campaign aide Ben Mallet who were given a peerage and OBE by Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2023

Rishi Sunak stops daily interviews with ministers on shows including Good Morning Britain

Government ministers will end daily interviews on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain and BBC Radio 4's Today programme - and will only appear when they have something to announce

Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022

Tory MP blames Braverman’s ‘car crash’ decision for asylum seeker centre crisis

Sir Roger Gale says overcrowding at Manston centre is result of home secretary’s strategy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Suella Braverman facing inquiry calls after officials left 'livid' by her return

Suella Braverman has returned as Home Secretary six days after resigning for a security breach - in a move that's said to have left Cabinet Secretary Simon Case 'livid'. Yet her allies have mounted an eyebrow-raising defence

Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022

Boris Johnson will get 100 backers he needs and wants to be PM again - ally says

Boris Johnson could be named the next Prime Minister as early as Monday

Wales Online · Oct 21, 2022

MPs say Liz Truss has just 12 hours to save her job as government teeters on brink

It comes after the acrimonious resignation of her home secretary, mayhem in the Commons over a fracking vote, and confusion over whether the Chief and Deputy Chief Whip had quit

Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022