UK News

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Foreign secretary plans dramatic tax cuts – which the former chancellor says will ‘pour fuel on the fire’

‘Steepest decline in living standards on record’ forecast as recession expected to last until the end of 2023

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Inflation set to hit 13% by end of year as UK on course for recession, warns Bank of England

Post-pandemic waiting lists are pushing people to go private. Could this dramatically undermine the NHS?

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Bank hikes benchmark rate for the sixth successive time as inflation soars

Lawyers file bid for 12-year-old to be moved to hospice as mother concedes legal fight is at ‘the end’

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter is ‘a royal photographer’s delight’

The UK does not recognise the island, but rhetoric has heated in recent months

Foreign secretary is heading for No. 10 but her problem will be staying there

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Analysts warn that prices will continue to rise beyond the next 12 months

Carrier has been forced to extend suspension of ticket sales for Heathrow flights

Reality show is set to return after a five-year break

Plans to allow members to change their votes have been abandoned over security fears

Rishi Sunak’s team questions poll that put his rival Liz Truss far ahead in the race

Latest data confounds predictions but sellers warned to ‘fasten their seatbelts’ ahead of rate rises

The Labour leader appears to have U-turned on an order banning frontbenchers from picket lines

Inmates could be forced to serve the full term of their sentence under new powers

Gender identity clinic to close over safety fears

Little girl stabbed to death while playing on the street with her younger sister

New polling suggests the gap between Truss and Sunak could be closer than previously believed

Bank of England cuts red tape on mortgage approval process despite soaring inflation

England team breathe new life into the game after 2-1 win against Germany

Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal gave the Lionesses a 2-1 victory over Germany at Wembley

Poverty and mismanagement blamed as new data is revealed

MPs warn that social media company could harvest user data

Rebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney after ‘modern-day whodunnit’ trial

Outrage over Centrica and Shell’s mammoth profits and plans to resume dividend payouts

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Final episode of hit Australian soap will be broadcast on Channel 5 tonight

Rishi Sunak will bring back grammar schools should he become PM