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Chancellor to vow to 'invest, invest, invest' in first Labour budget for 15 years

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise to "invest, invest, invest" in Labour's first budget for 15 years.

Whole Tory cabinet knew Rwanda Bill wouldn't work, Robert Jenrick claims

'Everyone in cabinet' knew the Rwanda deportation bill would not work, according to Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick.

Minimum wage to go up by almost 7% - as chancellor puts final touches to tax-raising budget

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 - with pay for those aged 18 to 20 set to go up by 16.3% to £10…

Give children stickers or playdough instead of Halloween sweets, dental surgeons say

Children should be given stickers or playdough instead of sweets on Halloween, leading dental surgeons have said.

Ambulance worker jailed for trying to kill boss with hammer in 'frenzied' attack

An ambulance worker has been jailed for 20 years after she tried to kill her boss with a hammer, before texting "oppsie xx!" to a friend, police said.

Why police have not declared Southport attack a terror incident

A teenager accused of murdering three young girls in Southport has now been charged with a terror offence and the production of the deadly poison ricin.

Woman from Sheffield who left pets 'locked in cages to starve' banned from owning animals

A woman who left her cats and dogs "locked in cages to starve" has been banned from owning animals for 10 years, police have said.

Could Rachel Reeves's budget 'jiggery-pokery' scare investors?

Budgets are all about numbers.

Glasgow gangsters jailed over plot to smuggle drugs into Scotland in fake solar panel generators

Three gangsters have been jailed over a plot to smuggle a large quantity of cocaine and heroin into Scotland hidden inside fake solar panel generators.

Boy fell ill after Salisbury poisoning victim Sergei Skripal gave him bread to feed ducks

A boy fell ill after Salisbury poisoning victim Sergei Skripal gave him bread to feed ducks, an inquiry has heard.

Southport attack: Murder suspect Axel Rudakubana charged after ricin and al Qaeda manual found

The teenager accused of stabbing three girls to death in Southport faces a separate terror charge after police said a biological toxin and an al Qaeda…

Ex-US Air Force pilot cleared of kidnapping and sexually assaulting girl, 9, who was lost on trip to…

A former US Air Force pilot has been cleared of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl after approaching her outside Harrods in London.

UK weather: Forecasters reveal what weather will be like for trick-or-treaters on Halloween

Trick-or-treaters can expect "unseasonably mild" weather for Halloween, according to the Met Office.

Ex-Tory MP Aaron Bell carried out 'brazen and drunken' sexual misconduct in parliament bar, watchdog…

Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell carried out "brazen and drunken" sexual misconduct in the parliament bar, a watchdog has found.

Charlene Hobbs: New police appeal to find woman missing for over three months

Police searching for a missing woman have issued a renewed appeal, more than three months since she was last seen.