‘I’m fearless. I was in a boys’ rugby team’: Slow Horses’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards on playing a cocaine-snorting spy

She has played rugby for Wales, is putting a Welsh spin on Princess Leia and is returning to TV screens as Shirley, the explosive, traumatised MI5 agent. Why is Edwards so drawn to liars, crooks and sneaks?There was a moment,...

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‘Significant unease’ at the Telegraph over Reform using outlet for ‘spoiler’ tactics

Recent instances of Nigel Farage’s party trying to gain sympathetic coverage leads to debate over reporting practicesThe Telegraph and Reform UK are facing claims of undermining public interest journalism and eroding trust...

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Pensioners just above threshold shouldn’t pay income tax, says No 10 – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson says those whose only income is the state pension should not pay income tax in this parliament despite the expected rise to £13,000The Liberal Democrats have said that they will try to introduce a cap on the...

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Leading legal experts say sanctions on Israel ‘fall far short’ of UK obligations

More than 130 counsels and KCs sign letter to PM saying international law requires further measures to stop illegal settlementsMore than 130 legal experts, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), have written to Andy Burnham saying...

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How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave tradeThere is a British culture of celebrating the abolition of slavery without acknowledging that the country...

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