Category: Margaret Thatcher

Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide somethingThe former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused the UK government of hypocrisy and...

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Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs she is ‘not immune’ to concerns over winter fuel allowance plans – UK politics live

Chancellor tells meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party there will be more difficult decisions to come Like the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Government plan to cut winter fuel payments could push 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, thinktank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension credit will increase poverty levelsLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory...

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Government plan to means-test winter fuel payments could push extra 100,000 pensioners into poverty, thintank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension creditLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Applications for pension credit have doubled, says No 10 – UK politics live

Downing St says it wants 100% takeup of the benefit, although that would wipe out any savings from changes to the winter fuel paymentLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory...

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‘Tough decisions’ needed, Starmer tells cabinet, as he defends changes to winter fuel payments – UK politics live

PM and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, defend move to restrict payment to only the poorest pensionersLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but this...

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‘As complicit as Saddam’: people on BA flight held hostage in Kuwait sue UK government

Claimants who were onboard BA149 claim airline and Thatcher’s government knew of risk before they landed in 1990British Airways (BA) passengers and crew taken hostage in Kuwait and used as human shields during Saddam...

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Infected blood scandal: who failed the victims, and who fought for them

Key people and groups involved in perpetuating and covering up the public health disaster, and those who brought it to light• UK politics live – latest updatesThe infected blood scandal could largely have been avoided...

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Jeremy Hunt hints at October election – UK politics live

Chancellor says date would allow a spending review to be carried out in time for next AprilSir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP and former business secretary, has described as “barmy” a ruling from Ofcom saying that GB...

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