Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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The former Bank of England governor has urged the chancellor to be honest with the public. Meanwhile, we have the latest from the Sara Sharif murder trial, plus it was revealed why Lucy Letby failed her final nursing placement.

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1| Former Bank of England chief urges Reeves: Be ruthlessly honest and raise national insurance

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2 | Sara Sharif's head 'covered with homemade hood' in weeks before death

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3 | 'Cold' Lucy Letby failed student placement over lack of empathy

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4 | Ukrainian men dragged away outside Kyiv nightspots by army recruiters

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5 | Surprise fall puts inflation below 2% target for first time in three years

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Prince William reveals his and Kate's crucial parenting motto

What would you like to see announced in Rachel Reeves' budget?

Ultra low tax (green) manufacturing hubs with super low rents for them spread across the country. Almost everything I buy now mostly comes from China-there are excruciatingly few products seemingly made here. I want to buy British to keep the money in our country – but I can't if basic essentials made in Britain are borderline extinct!

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Defence secretary John Healey has shocked MPs after he admitted that the army is on course to fall to its lowest number of personnel for more than 230 years.

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At last, we've won our campaign to bring Afghan special forces to the UK – but why did it take so long?

It is long overdue and the UK has a lot to answer for. But now is not the time for recriminations, writes Sean O'Grady.

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