Sir Keir Starmer has said his welfare reforms strike “the right balance” after making concessions to his own backbench MPs. The government’s initial plans, aimed at bringing down the welfare bill, would have made it harder for people to claim personal independence payment (Pip), a benefit paid to 3.7 million people with long-term physical or...
Reaction from day two where England finish strongly as they limit India with the bat. Read full article at source...
The steward at the bottom of the steps in front of the Lord’s pavilion must be in danger of suffering from repetitive strain injury. Every time he settled back into his chair after lifting the latch to open and close the gate to allow an Australian batter out to the middle he was soon repeating...
A councillor has quit the ruling Conservative party at a council with a precarious political balance. Torbay Council member Jason Hutchings left the Conservatives, saying he wanted to be free to voice his own opinions. The Conservatives remain in charge at Torbay Council but now have 17 seats compared to 15 Liberal Democrats and four...
Getty Images The NHS in England is planning “previously unthinkable” cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses say. Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers, which represents health managers. Staff, including doctors and nurses, also face the axe –...
Ollie Price and Miles Hammond both made fifties as Gloucestershire produced a determined response to Lancashire’s first-innings 450 on the second day of the County Championship match at Old Trafford. Replying to the home side’s formidable total, in which Marcus Harris made 167 and Ajeet Singh Dale took 3-67, the visitors were 184-2 at the...
With Essex surrendering their five remaining wickets for 66 runs in the day’s opening 90 minutes to claim a bare 20-run first-innings lead, Nottingamshire threatened to take hold of their County Championship Division One match at Trent Bridge. But after Ben Slater, who made 67, and skipper Haseeb Hameed (92) had posted a rapid 113...