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Far-right minister believed to have discussed Azerbaijani gas pipeline project with ex-PMTony Blair has held a meeting with the Italian far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, during which the pair are believed to have discussed controversial plans to extend a gas Read more

Tesla CEO, who previously called Vernon Unsworth a ‘pedo’, has faced widespread backlash over his commentsElon Musk has escalated his baseless attacks against a British diver, claiming without evidence that the man who helped rescue children from a cave in Read more

Commission for Economic Justice demands radical policy overhaul on scale of 1940s and 1980s – a decade after the financial crash Via: Raise wages of low-paid and increase taxes on wealthy to heal 'injustice' behind Brexit, says study backed by Read more

Tories may hope probe will help them oppose calls for nationalising train system Via: UK railways: Theresa May 'considering major review into future of network' as anger at disruption grows

‘I realise this is an unfashionably nuanced position,’ says Manchester mayor Via: Brexit should be postponed to avoid no-deal scenario, says Andy Burnham

‘There are notorious examples of where a failure of disclosure has resulted in miscarriages of justice,’ says letter to probe Via: Grenfell Tower fire: Survivors shown 'less than 5 per cent' of public inquiry evidence