Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be looking at several options to replace the Tory-era austerity policy blamed for trapping hundreds of thousands of kids in poverty

Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday A child is believed to have died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, according to French reports. The body of the teenager, who was believed to have fallen from a dinghy, was discovered on a beach in northern France on Sunday. The death follows those of three other people on Saturday who were trying to reach the UK – two Somali women who were reportedly crushed in a boat, and a man whose body was recovered from a canal in the town of Gravelines, near Dunkirk. Continue reading...

"For better electoral fortunes, the government needs to junk neoliberal policies, never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth."