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Labour delays new child rape offences carrying life sentences

Rape charges carrying a life maximum already exist for cases where prosecutors can disprove consent, but Baroness Casey found cases downgraded where 13 to 15-year-olds were said to have consented. The new offences removing that requirement received royal assent in April yet remain uncommenced, with an impact assessment forecasting 200 to 350 extra prison places at a time when around 4,500 other prisoners are being released early.

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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