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Unreasonable and unfair: damning investigation criticises Labor’s algorithm-based tool for aged care•
Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders•
‘Like a stone in our hearts’: PM leads Helen Haines tributes as parliament pauses to praise ‘fighter’•
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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić ousted by student movement in seismic election•
Australia politics live: Haines’s first words after waking were of concern for staff and bystanders; parliament hears emotional tributes to MP•
Brazil runoff live updates: Lula prepares to speak after historic victory over Flávio Bolsonaro•
Unreasonable and unfair: damning investigation criticises Labor’s algorithm-based tool for aged care•
Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders•
‘Like a stone in our hearts’: PM leads Helen Haines tributes as parliament pauses to praise ‘fighter’•
Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro•
Bullet left on Victorian Labor minister’s car with ‘RAT’ etched on to it•
Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić ousted by student movement in seismic election•

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Two dead and 160,000 properties without power as Storm Boelo batters UK

Man aged 60 and another in his 20s killed by falling trees in Scotland and London as Met Office reports gusts of up to 84mph

Hannah Al-Othman and Charlie Moloney3h ago

Has Healey’s military-style budget secrecy really played out so differently to past budgets?

Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the media

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor6h ago

Four-year-old girl dies after falling from east London tower block

Police say the incident at an address in Barking is not believed to be suspicious

Charlie Moloney6h ago

Signs suggest Thomas Markle Sr may be ‘sex offender of the grossest kind’, says Philippine minister

Exclusive: Forensic analysis of found images continues as Meghan’s father denies possessing child sexual abuse images

Oliver Holmes and Caroline Davies 13h ago

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‘Why would I leave?’: Middlesbrough pushes back against ‘hardest place to grow up’ label

Teesside town has come out worst in children’s commissioner’s report, but residents say such rankings are demoralising and counterproductive

Mark Brown North of England correspondent 16h ago

Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges

Exclusive: Wastewater analysis in England suggests people took roughly 2.5bn lines of drug in one year

Michael Goodier and Robyn Vinter18h ago

Emirati-linked firms’ ownership of Manchester land ‘up 39%’ in 10 years

Economic ties face scrutiny after scandal over Manchester City’s financial rules

Carmen Aguilar García, Michael Goodier, Josh Halliday and Philip McMahon19h ago

Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth

Chancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’

Heather Stewart Economics editor1d ago

Manhunt under way to find prisoner who absconded from medical facility

Met police say Anthony Lloyd, 38, was last seen on Friday in south London, and ‘poses a risk to himself and the public’

Patrick Daly and Press Association1d ago

Met says it shared allegations about Meghan’s father with her but not other forces

Scotland Yard says it shared letter about Thomas Markle Sr allegations in 2019 but did not pass claims to other agencies

Harry Taylor1d ago

Is London really the most-taxed city? Banks accused of cherrypicking data

Lobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent1d ago

Can curry nights and canny advisers help Healey deliver a budget for everyday people?

The chancellor has promised ‘breathing space’ for households and small businesses but global events cannot be ignored

Jessica Elgot and Heather Stewart1d ago

Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated

Data released under freedom of information laws reveals hundreds of projects unfinished despite Tory promises on regional equality

Michael Goodier and Richard Partington1d ago

Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?

Turning boarded-up shops into community spaces is a bigger and more complex task than just adding funding

Sarah Butler1d ago

He wants to clean up the city and banish high prices. But who is ‘London’s Batman’?

The caped crusader is paying for hospital parking fines, giving out fuel to drivers – and sponsoring the return of cut-price Freddo bars

Sammy Gecsoyler1d ago

John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security

Chancellor says government to commit hundreds of millions to develop ‘distinctively British’ approach to AI

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent1d ago

Criminals recruiting children to damage Greater Manchester HMOs, police believe

Houses being targeted because they are thought to hold immigrants, with dozens of properties affected in recent weeks

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent2d ago

Tommy Robinson ‘threatened people and acted like a bully’, jury told

Prosecution says Robinson guilty of harassment of Daily Mail journalists because we do not live in a ‘vigilante world’

Ben Quinn2d ago

Duchess of Sussex ‘deeply distressed’ over child sexual abuse image claims against father

Meghan reveals she was made aware of ‘disturbing allegations’ against him in 2018 by Met police

Caroline Davies2d ago

Allegations against Thomas Markle Sr challenge media’s Meghan narrative

Duchess of Sussex’s decision to cut ties with elderly father cast in new light as he faces sexual abuse image claims

Caroline Davies2d ago

Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks

Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’

Aisha Down2d ago