Frank Field: Former Labour minister and crossbench peer dies aged 81
Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family announced on Wednesday.
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Jeannie Owen
Andrew Neil says GB News can never be profitable on current path
Former GB News chairman Andrew Neil has told Parliament the channel will not “ever be profitable” on its current path. Neil, a former BBC presenter and Sunday Times editor and the current chairman of The Spectator, also said he had been “surprised how tolerant” Of com had been of GB News, which is currently the subject of multiple investigations by the regulator.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/andrew-neil-says-gb-news-can-never-be-profitable-on-current-path/
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Edward T Graham
Labour: We’ll fund 13,000 more police officers
Writing for The Times, Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, outlined proposals to save money on other resources to pay for officers on the streets.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-well-fund-13000-more-police-officers-g5ck62pnh
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Jeannie Owen
France accused of ‘irresponsible’ actions after Channel migrants die
France has come under fire for allowing a migrant boat on which five people were crushed to death to continue its journey across the Channel to Britain.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/23/french-under-fire-over-death-crush-migrant-boat/
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Edward T Graham
War footing as Sunak ramps up defence spending
Rishi Sunak said he would put Britain’s defence industry “on a war footing” as he unveiled the biggest boost to military spending in a generation.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/23/war-footing-as-sunak-ramps-up-defence-spending/
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Jeffrey Donaldson to appear in court on sexual offence charges
Former DUP leader will be seen for first time since his arrest when he attends court in Newry on Wednesday.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/24/jeffrey-donaldson-court-sexual-offence-charges-dup
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