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Can Farage make Reform election winner as infighting continues?
Nigel Farage has rejected criticism that he's behaving like the Messiah after days of infighting at the top of Reform UK.


Reform UK infighting escalates as Farage and Lowe trade blows
The row at the top of the Reform party has intensified - after Nigel Farage and suspended MP Rupert Lowe launched more attacks against each other.


Memorials mark five years on from start of Covid pandemic
A day of reflection has been observed across the UK - as communities mark five years since the start of the Covid pandemic.


Reform UK infighting ‘sub-optimal’, says former head of press
We spoke to Gawain Towler, longstanding head of press for Reform who was replaced last year.


Reform UK infighting after Rupert Lowe referred to police
“Vindictive” and “pathetic”, that's how MP Rupert Lowe has described Reform's decision to suspend him from the party.


IOPC considers releasing more details on failings made in Rotherham police investigation
The police watchdog - the IOPC - says it’s considering whether to release more details from an unpublished report on failings by senior police to protect children from grooming gangs in Rotherham.


Ex-Liverpool mayor among 12 charged with corruption offences
The former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and another former politician in the city, Derek Hatton, have been charged with bribery and misconduct along with ten others.


Justice Secretary warns law change after row over ‘two tier system’
The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned she will change the law if necessary - after a row over new guidelines for England and Wales on sentencing people to jail which, it's claimed, would discriminate against white men.


Starmer: ‘Europe needs to step up on defence and security’
We talked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer about the UK's relationship with the US and the EU during the war in Ukraine.


Spring Statement: the options Reeves faces in major test for government
The Institute for Fiscal Studies view is that there are three choices for the Chancellor – though all of them carry risks.


UK government set to cut billions of pounds of welfare spending
The Treasury has told the government's official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, what it's planning to put in this month's Spring Statement.


Student guilty of drugging and raping 10 women
A former Chinese PhD student has been found guilty of drugging and raping ten women in London and China and videoing the attacks for his own sexual gratification.


Starmer must address online threats to children, says charity
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to intervene to address online threats to children and young people following the Southport attack.


Online safety act ‘not as powerful’ as it could be, says Molly Russell’s father
We spoke to Ian Russell, who has become a leading online safety campaigner, since the death of his daughter Molly.


Disabled women face significant inequalities in pregnancy care
There are 2.4 million disabled women of reproductive age in the UK, constituting 20% of women in that age group. This is the first time their maternal healthcare has been reviewed.

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