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Prime minister abandons fracking and refuses to guarantee pensions triple lock or defence spending rise Rishi Sunak has dismantled what was left of Liz Truss’s legacy on his first full day as prime minister, abandoning fracking and refusing to guarantee the pensions triple lock or a defence spending rise. Any change to pensions or a decision not to uprate benefits in line with inflation would draw new battle lines between Sunak and Conservative MPs, a number of whom have said they would not back cuts falling on the most vulnerable. Continue reading… ​Prime minister abandons fracking and refuses to guarantee…

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Veteran Tory MP was intended recipient of home secretary’s plans sent from her personal email The veteran Tory MP Sir John Hayes has been disclosed as a secret adviser to Suella Braverman, with some colleagues believing he has been influential in the home secretary’s rise from backbencher to a great office of state. Proof of the former minister’s influence emerged last week when Braverman was forced to resign for what government insiders insisted was a major security breach. Continue reading… ​Veteran Tory MP was intended recipient of home secretary’s plans sent from her personal emailThe veteran Tory MP Sir John…

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Unnamed 19-year-old man attending Manchester Metropolitan University found with knife wound in Fallowfield Police have launched a murder investigation after a 19-year-old university student was fatally stabbed in Manchester. The teenager, who attended Manchester Metropolitan University, was found with a serious knife wound near large halls of residence at 2am on Wednesday, police said. Continue reading… ​Unnamed 19-year-old man attending Manchester Metropolitan University found with knife wound in FallowfieldPolice have launched a murder investigation after a 19-year-old university student was fatally stabbed in Manchester.The teenager, who attended Manchester Metropolitan University, was found with a serious knife wound near large halls…

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