Rishi Sunak will use this chance to try and convince the public and his party of his leadership credentials
Finger-prick test to detect brain tumours could be available within five years, a search for gunpowder and a hostage. It won’t, contrary to most Google search results, star Colin Firth or Geoffrey Rush, but tomorrow’s King’s Speech is bound to create some drama. It will be King Charles’s first official speech from the throne as monarch, despite giving one on behalf of his mother last year. But the main focus will be on the policies contained within it.
Ministers are drawing up plans to launch a ‘111-style’ phone hotline offering support to the more than 2.5 million people classed as long-term sick to nudge them back into workThe policy is part of a package of measures the Government is preparing to unveil at this month’s Autumn Statement designed to tackle economic inactivity.Prospective parents undergoing fertility treatment are offered optional extras that claim to improve their chances of having a baby and cost thousands of pounds.
: Last week, housing minister Rachel Maclean suggested that the Government would be banning leaseholds on new house builds, meaning houses would all be sold as freehold, where the owner owns both the property and the land. The leasehold system, which has been described as “feudal”, often sees expensive fees imposed on homeowners. However, this new system would not apply to flats, which is what some housing campaigners have called for.
A hostage stand-off at Hamburg airport was resolved on Sunday more than 18 hours after a man rammed through a gate. The airport was closed to all traffic at around 8pm local time on Saturday after the 35-year-old, who had a four-year-old child inside his car, parked under a Turkish Airlines plane.said a combination
Every time I have to use a lawyer for an email I can feel the bill racking up, and it makes me feel sick with panic,The way we approach love as adults is highly shaped by how we experienced love as children Supermarkets defined our taste in books – not any more. Shops like Tesco and Sainsbury’s used to shape what we read.I’m trapped in Britain’s worst new build – and I’m terrified my £1m home will collapse on me.
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