Starmer urged to stop mansion tax plan before Budget

Monday, October 27, 2025

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Sam Kiley joins the Ukrainian infantry near Zaporizhzhia to see how Ukraine and Russia are playing out a deadly cat-and-mouse drone war from bunkers,  Starmer is urged to stop a potential mansion tax plan before Budget, and the Epping hotel migrant who sexually assaulted a woman and a 14-year-old girl has been recaptured after he was released from prison by mistake.

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1 | How Ukraine and Russia are playing out deadly cat-and-mouse drone war from bunkers

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2 | Starmer urged to stop mansion tax plan before Budget

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3 | Epping sex offender arrested in London after release error

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4 | At least two arrested over Louvre museum diamond heist

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5 |Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home Office 'incompetence'

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£40bn

Sir Keir Starmer is being urged to stop a potential mansion tax plan in next month's Budget, as Rachel Reeves attempts to  fill a £40bn black hole in her finances.

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"Putin has not only ruined Ukraine, he's ruined my country"

Sam Kiley meets Russian volunteers in Ukraine's army near the southern front line who explain why they turned on Vladimir Putin – and how they're happy to kill their countrymen

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