Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

The Met said it had tried to contact the University of London Coalition to postpone its protest.

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Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

Funding boost for facilities and fixed dates for trials designed to encourage more survivors to come forward

Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’

The revelation raises questions for British military who are a key target for Russian intelligence in Vladimir Putin's 'hybrid war'

Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

London’s response to group-based child sexual exploitation should focus on improving evidence, identification, and protection for all victims rather than fixating on offender ethnicity…

Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figures

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NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationships

New powers criminalise face coverings at demonstrations and ban protests outside politicians' homes

The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.