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Farage Pledges Mass Deportations of Up to 400,000 Asylum Seekers Under Reform Plan
Nigel Farage has pledged to deport hundreds of thousands of people who were previously granted asylum in the UK
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Government says Starmer was unaware Mandelson was cleared against vetting advice until this week
Liberal Democrats ask FCA to examine Farage’s role in Stack BTC’s £2m bitcoin purchase
Reports say government is preparing bill to align parts of UK law with future EU rules
NHS Digital warns critical Cisco ISE flaws could allow remote code execution
Britain is bracing for possible shortages of chicken, pork, salad and other everyday groceries this summer if the war in Iran continues
Peter Mandelson failed US ambassador security vetting but Keir Starmer’s government overruled officials to push through the appointment
A Reform UK local elections campaigner whose tanning salon was visited by Nigel Farage has been exposed for sharing posts praising Adolf Hitler and denying the Holocaust.
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MORE →Richard Tice’s property investment company broke the law after failing to pay £91,000 in tax
More than £91,000 that should have gone directly to HMRC was not paid at the time.
Fried foods such as chicken nuggets and fish and chips are set to be removed from school menus as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity.
Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after Donald Trump pulled his backing
Five Met officers removed from frontline duties after firearms bag found outside Sadiq Khan’s home
Britain finalises US pharmaceuticals deal with tariff-free access and higher NHS drug prices
UK minimum wage rises to £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over
NHS
MORE →Cyber attack alert: NHS says hackers can take control of networks
NHS England issued a high-severity alert saying CVE-2026-35616, a critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS flaw affecting versions 7.4.5 and 7.4.6, is being actively exploited and allows unauthenticated remote code execution. Fortinet said it released out-of-band hotfixes and advised customers to install them immediately, while CISA has added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
Government withdraws planned 1,000 resident doctor training posts as six-day strike goes ahead
NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally
Medical royal colleges chair warns anti-migrant rhetoric is deterring overseas NHS staff
Resident doctors in England begin five-day strike as NHS warns of delays during flu surge
England resident doctors reject government offer, confirming five-day NHS strike from 17–22 December
UK
MORE →Richard Tice’s property investment company broke the law after failing to pay £91,000 in tax
More than £91,000 that should have gone directly to HMRC was not paid at the time.