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The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, will present the UK Government's first "Spring Statement" at 12.30pm on Tuesday 13 March. Via: What is the Spring Statement and what will be in it?

Home secretary updates MPs on incident she describes as ‘attempted murder in the most cruel and public way’The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has condemned the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Salisbury as a “brazen and reckless” attempted murder.Updating the House of Commons on the nerve agent attack, Read more

Patrisse Cullors was just a teenager when she watched police handcuff and haul her mentally ill older brother, Monte, to prison. Via: The founder of Black Lives Matter has a message for anyone calling her a terrorist

Peter Madsen says his account of journalist’s death changed because he wanted to spare her relatives the detailsA Danish inventor denied murdering the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his homemade submarine as he took to the stand on the first day of his trial in Copenhagen. “I deny that I Read more

Accounts show construction firm has not set aside money to cover potential expenses related to fireRydon, the construction company that refurbished Grenfell Tower before the fire that killed 71 people, had a 50% rise in profit last year to £19m and increased the salary of its highest-paid director by 8%.Its Read more

'Westminster Tories knew this was going on, did nothing for decades, and it is clear that unless legal wrongdoing is found, he may return to his post' Via: Westminster councillor resigns after receiving nearly 900 gifts and hospitality packages in six years

Former banker and peer held string of company directorships, ranging from nuclear power to coal, charities to pensions•Institute of Directors’ chairwoman steps asideBarbara Judge, 71, once described as the “best-connected woman in Britain”, is a New York-born former banker, lawyer and senior business figure, with a long list of executive Read more

YouTube owner accused of breaking a pledge to take down footage promoting the 'neo-Nazi organisation' Via: Google could be in contempt of Parliament if it fails to remove National Action video, warns Commons speaker

Shots were fired during dismissal at Huffman High School in Birmingham on Wednesday afternoon. The 17-year-old girl, who friends identified at Courtlin La’shawn, died on the way to the hospital. Via: 17-year-old woman killed in 'accidental' school shooting

The cuts have occurred despite huge rises in council tax across Britain. Last week, it emerged that the average Band D household faces another 5 per cent increase next month. Via: Weekly bin collections slashed by a third by UK councils