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The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

Data suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent.

Feelings on the High Street are mixed as unrest continues over a local hotel housing asylum seekers.

The MSP said he was "fully co-operating" with officers and is due to appear at court at a later date.

The deputy prime minister's spokesperson says she paid the relevant tax when buying her Hove flat.

A Tory councillor says Reform "cannot be trusted to stand by their own words".

The government avoids having its asylum policy thrown into chaos but the court ruling is a gift for its opponents.

The Home Office and owner of The Bell Hotel in Essex win their legal battle at the Court of Appeal.

The South Scotland MSP was earlier suspended by Labour over charges of possessing indecent child images.

A think tank says a new bank tax could raise £8bn a year, a suggestion that sent bank shares tumbling.