Damning assessment came as chancellor and prime minister forced to defend plans and insist they did not breach manifesto promises

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The six-inch keyring doll has been blown up to 16 feet tall for Pop Mart’s debut float

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Sir Keir Starmer’s party campaigned on a pledge to protect workers from unfair dismissals from day one

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Several skiers and snowboarders were buried in an avalanche on the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps on Thursday morning (27 November), according to local media.

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People will need to have six months of service to claim unfair dismissal against their employer under the proposed change.

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Deals on the ever-popular R.A.D one v2 are hard to come by, so this £39 saving could be worth snapping up

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‘I am a dove, but I have very powerful iron wing,’ reads one quote from the leader

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With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives Leo a prominent platform to speak about peace in the Middle East. In a notable shift from the Vatican’s traditional use of Italian, he will address audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his time in Lebanon.

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Martin Lewis has revealed whether he thinks Rachel Reeves broke Labour's manifesto pledge on tax.

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Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and sent to a country she has not revisited since childhood

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A now-deactivated GoFundMe page initially called Utah father-of-three Micah Smith a hero for saving his kids during a storm on their dangerous hike

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Mark Wright has shared a glimpse of the lavish Christmas decorations adorning his and Michelle Keegan's home as they prepare for their first festive season with baby daughter Palma.

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Polls carried out by YouGov, Gallup, Ipsos, R.M.G. Research, Morning Consult and Quinnipiac all show that more U.S. citizens disapprove of Trump than approve

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The British government has welcomed the news that net migration in the U.K., the difference between people moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more than two-thirds in the year to June, but insisted that the figure must fall further to ease community tensions

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Lyall Babington sustained catastrophic injuries in the accident

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