" iceberg" house without hot water. Timothy McDonagh says Kelly Naghten, 32, died because their

, Dame Siobhain McDonagh, about whether the public should have free access to cash, Mr Bailey said

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has told MPs he drives an ageing Volkswagen hatchback, as he defended his controversial mini-budget. The chancellor-a former investment banker whose wife is a multi-millionaire-faced ridicule at last week’s spring statement after he posed for photos filling a Kia Rio car at the petrol pump to publicise his 5p-a-litre cut in fuel duties.It later emerged that the modest family hatchback, which retails from around ￡13, 000, did not belong to the chancellor but was borrowed fr

A lorry driver who crashed into three other vehicles and killed a nurse after texting at the wheel has been jailed. Nicholas Liever, 49, claimed he had not been distracted at the time of the collision and that it had been unavoidable. However, investigators later retrieved text messages-the last of which was sent around the time of the crash-that he had attempted to delete. Liever pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for four years by Leeds Crown Court. Liever was

Meghan Markle is set to write her own book as part of Prince Harry's lucrative publishing deal, it has been claimed.... The mum-of-two will pen a wellness guide as part of the Sussexes' Penguin Random House contract, which is reportedly worth up to ￡29million....

More than 100 MPs and peers have called on the Government to draw up a hit list of Chinese officials with UK assets so they could be targeted for sanctions. The cross-party group of 110 officials have written to Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, urging her to undertake an audit of the UK assets of Hong Kong and Chinese officials linked to human rights violations.It followed research by Hong Kong Watch, which found that nine Hong Kong officials and 12 lawmakers accused of complicity in the ongoin

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Keir Starmer turned his fire on parts of his own party on Saturday as he sought to keep Labour on the path to No 10.... He held up Friday’s bruising by-election loss in Boris Johnson’s old seat as a cautionary tale, warning the party it had to “ face up to ” and to “ learn the lesson ”

The Duchess of York’s romance novel Her Heart For A Compass appeared on shelves on Tuesday, but received a lashing with critics declaring it as more of a historical tome than a heart-throbber. Sarah, who is also affectionately known as Fergie, set her Mills and Boon novel in the Victorian era and focuses on the life of a red-headed aristocratic woman who rails against the expectations of her family to have an arranged marriage. Lady Margaret is based loosely on one of the Duchess's own ancestors

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... “ We know that[ was the reason for defeat].... And we’ve all got to reflect on that – including the mayor.” Asked what “ reflect ” meant – and pressed on whether the expansion to outer London should now be scrapped – Sir Keir said: “ We’ve got to look at the result....

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