Increase of £2bn unlikely to benefit essential workers from civil servants to refuse collectorsUnions have criticised Theresa May’s proposed public sector pay rises as “selective handouts” which are unlikely to benefit essential workers including teaching assistants, care workers and refuse collectors.A £2bn public sector pay rise, the biggest in six Read more
Updates from the second day of play at TauntonDay one report: Perry turns screw on EnglandLanning as ruthless as Ponting or WaughEmail Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 2.36pm BST Hello world! So if you could send your emails and stuff here, I’d be much obliged. News from Taunton is: 2.26pm BST Read more
Follow live updates from Westminster Via: Brexit news – live: Philip Hammond suggests he could vote to topple Boris Johnson as current ministers step up plan to block no deal
Claims come as protestors in the UK join strikers around the world to demand internet giant improves workers’ conditions Via: Amazon workers 'forced to urinate in plastic bottles because they cannot go to toilet on shift'
‘We’re single-mindedly trying to stop Brexit. We fought other wars and stopped people – we’ll fight this one too’ Via: British military veterans warn Brexit would make UK less safe: 'It would be the worst thing we could possibly do'
Self-declared white supremacist Leslie Blaney told police ‘non-white English speaking people should leave England and have no part here’ Via: Man convicted for shouting 'get back to your own country' at young mother wearing headscarf as she walked down street with children
Judge condemns ‘despicable act’ after thieves leave vulnerable woman unconscious on ground Via: Man stole woman's phone as she had seizure in street
The financier Jeffrey Epstein is back in court on charges of the sex trafficking of minors. Vicky Ward and Ed Pilkington discuss his case. Plus: Aditya Chakrabortty wonders why the French super-rich who promised to donate to Notre Dame haven’t paid up yetJeffrey Epstein is a wealthy financier and one-time Read more
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT: Footage shared on social media showed a blue car hurtling past another vehicle and smashing into a crowd of youngsters on the A602 in Hertfordshire. Via: At least 14 injured as two cars smash into spectators in Stevenage
Philip Hammond is believed to be the first Chancellor to have ignored a three-line whip and not being sacked or forced to resign by the incumbent prime minister. Via: MPs vote to STOP Boris Johnson suspending Parliament in run-up to Brexit