In this issue

June 17, 2024

New calls on Starmer to discard Tories' two-child benefits limit

IFS warns 250,000 more children to be impacted by policy over next year

4 mins

Global spending on nuclear weapons 'rose by 13% to record $91bn in 2023'

Global spending on nuclear weapons is estimated to have increased by 13% to a record $91.4bn (£72bn) during 2023, according to calculations from the pressure group International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican).

2 mins

UK stance on arms to Israel 'incoherent' - Oxfam chief

Supplying arms to Israel while simultaneously providing humanitarian aid to Gaza is \"intellectually and morally incoherent\", the head of Oxfam GB has said.

2 mins

Psych-pop and lockdowns breathe life into previously 'extinct' Cornish language

The Cornish language has been declared dehwelans dhyworth an marow back from the dead - amid a surge in popularity thanks to Covid-19 and a critically acclaimed psych-pop star.

2 mins

Seven held after bloody clashes between England and Serbia fans in Gelsenkirchen

England's victory in the team's opening Euros game against Serbia was marred by violence earlier in the day, with the arrest of seven Serbs and a warning of banning orders for any UK nationals found to be involved.

3 mins

Poverty Schools and GPS 'struggling to cope' with levels of youth hardship

Britain's schools and primary health services are \"staggering\" under the pressure of demand caused by an epidemic of extreme poverty, as desperate families unable to afford food, clothing or heating increasingly turn to them for crisis help.

3 mins

Economy Labour says it will create 650,000 green policy jobs

Labour will create more than 650,000 jobs with its green investment plans, Rachel Reeves has said, as the party kickstarts a week of campaigning on the economy.

1 min

'Persuasion audience' Tory strategy leaflet shows target voters are all white

Meet Harold, Denise, Alison and Mark: the four key target audiences identified by Conservative strategists as the right people to win them seats in the general election.

2 mins

'Labour's saviour' Campaign guru and bogeyman of the party's left

For a man at the heart of the Labour party, Morgan McSweeney lives a long way from Westminster.

7 mins

Embracing embarrassment Davey's gameshow approach makes a splash

Ed Davey, the leader of the Lib Dems, has had a busy week.

3 mins

Prada celebrates gen Z with show driven by youth spirit

They have been ridiculed as snowflakes and \"too woke\" by some, but Prada's co-creative designers think gen Z are a generation to be celebrated.

2 mins

Police officer who rammed cow removed from frontline duties

The officer filmed deliberately ramming a cow twice with his police car has been removed from frontline duties while an internal investigation is conducted.

2 mins

More than 80 countries sign Ukraine peace communique

Key regional powers including Brazil, India, South Africa and Saudi Arabia have failed to sign up to a joint communique issued at the end of a Ukraine peace conference in which more than 80 countries and international organisations endorsed its territorial integrity in the face of Russia's invasion.

2 mins

Daily 'pause' by IDF in southern Gaza to let in more aid deliveries

The Israeli army has said it will observe a limited daily \"tactical pause\" along one of the main roads in the Gaza Strip to allow delivery of increased quantities of humanitarian aid, as UN agencies have suspended deliveries from a US-built pier.

2 mins

Macron's snap election could leave France in chaos - Sarkozy

Emmanuel Macron has been warned by a former French president that his decision to call snap elections could plunge France into chaos, as his party languishes third in opinion polls, far behind the far-right National Rally.

2 mins

Hospitality hit by end of Covid 'revenge spending'

The period of post-Covid \"revenge spending\" has ended, leaving businesses having to look at different ways to attract customers, the chief operating officer of Merlin Entertainments has said.

2 mins

Masterful Scheffler meets his match

Winner of five tournaments this year and world No 1 failed to break par in North Carolina leading to a rethink

3 mins

Buttler savours relief of great escape as Super Eights beckon

Having seen his team live to fight another day, the England captainis ready for the challenge’ to come

3 mins

Flags, booze and booing: fans embrace chance to do what they love most

Supporters of both sides got stuck into the drinking before the Three Lions anthem rang out

3 mins

Bold Bellingham rises to occasion to get England up and running

England are up and running Again.

3 mins

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