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Healey faces £35bn spending challenge as IFS warns of tax rises or welfare cuts

Chancellor John Healey faces a potential £35bn annual spending challenge by the end of the decade, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies warning that Labour's ambitions for defence and public services could require substantial changes to taxation or spending plans.

Burnham claims Russia interfered in the Brexit vote

The Prime Minister says he received a "clear answer" that Russia interfered in the 2016 referendum, but has not published the evidence. A Foreign Office minister has since insisted that Russian attempts to influence the vote were unsuccessful.

Britain takes the fight for national security into space as RAF unveils new squadron to protect vital satellites

Britain is strengthening its military capabilities in space, with the Royal Air Force establishing a dedicated new squadron to help safeguard the satellite systems...

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Labour minister brands vision of warm ale, pubs and black labradors a “far-Right fantasy”

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Labour's minister for nature and rural affairs, told a fringe meeting at her party's conference that a nostalgic vision of Britain built around warm ale, a black Labrador and a country pub was "a very far-Right nostalgic vision of Britain" that "never really existed". Her remarks have drawn criticism from Conservatives and the Great British PAC, as rural communities continue to face pub closures, rising costs and pressure on farming.

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