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Eleanor Dalley didn’t think she’d live to see 50 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2019. There is no cure, and most people die within a few years as they lose their ability to move, eat, talk and breathe. But for Eleanor, there was a lifeline – a breakthrough drug that has…
The government has restated its rejection of the campaign from women who claimed they were owed billions after their state pensions age was changed. The Women Against State Pension Inequality – WASPI – campaign has lobbied extensively after claiming they were not given sufficient warning of the state pension age for women being lifted to…
A fifth man has been arrested in relation to arson attacks on properties and a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer last year. The 19-year-old was taken to an Essex police station on Wednesday and subsequently released under investigation, pending further enquiries. It comes after a Toyota RAV4, which Sir Keir had previously sold, was…
Scotland’s health secretary has assured MSPs that he has “no doubt” the scandal-hit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is “safe” after being repeatedly questioned during a Holyrood debate. It comes as the super hospital remains under intense scrutiny amid long-running infection concerns as the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry continues. In closing submissions earlier in January, NHS Greater…
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives have “values of the right” but that “will appeal to the majority”. The Tory leader listed policies including lower taxes on business and improving education standards as ones that define her party. Politics live: Follow the latest updates Speaking to Sky’s political correspondent Mhari Aurora, Ms Badenoch said: “Delivering…
Be it Andy Burnham or Chinese President Xi Jinping, the prime minister was being extremely careful with his language on both the home and international front as he made his way over to Beijing for a five-day tour of China and Japan. When it came to the Chinese president, Sir Keir Starmer was a leader…
Keir Starmer’s January has been the stuff of nightmares. It kicked off with the crisis over Greenland and rift with Donald Trump – and was followed by a dose of psychodrama over the Labour leadership courtesy of Andy Burnham and that unwanted by-election. This week will be another high-stakes one for the prime minister as…
Ground rents for leaseholders will be capped at Β£250 a year before dropping to a peppercorn rent after 40 years, Steve Reed has announced. The housing secretary confirmed the move on Tuesday morning, hitting out at ground rents as a “a bit of a scam”, “a racket” and “paying money for nothing”. Ground rents are…
The number of people living in “very deep poverty” in the UK is at the highest level in more than 30 years, a charity has warned. In its latest report, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said data up to the end of the 2023/24 financial year shows more than one in five people in the…
Andy Burnham is not “entitled” to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman has said. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the Labour peer criticised Mr Burnham’s reaction to being blocked from standing in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Politics Live: Ex-home secretary Suella Braverman defects from Tories…