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Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improvedThe Department for Work and Pensions has just published an analysis saying that, allowing for the concesssions announced last week, the welfare cuts will still push an extra 150,000 people into relative poverty.Here is the key chart from the document. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/30/welfare-bill-keir-starmer-liz-kendall-rebels-labour-latest-politics-live-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-06-30 16:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Santos Cerdán’s alleged criminal activities put Pedro Sánchez’s government under pressure to call fresh electionsA former senior official in Spain’s ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) has been remanded in custody by a supreme court judge investigating corruption allegations that have put the country’s centre-left government under unprecedented pressure.Santos Cerdán, who served as the PSOE’s organisational secretary and was the righthand man of the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, quit earlier this month after a judge found “firm evidence” of his possible involvement in taking kickbacks on public construction contracts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/spanish-pm-former-right-hand-man-detained-corruption-investigation Author : Sam Jones in

UK-US trade deal kicks in today, lowering tariffs for British carmakers and aerospace sectorUK households hit by squeeze on living standards despite fastest growth in G7Karim Haji, global and UK head of financial services at KPMG, said:May’s uptick in mortgage approvals bucks the downward trend we’ve seen throughout the year so far. The gradual easing of interest rates could be helping to boost confidence and demand amongst mortgage borrowers.The cost of living remains high, but a drop in consumer borrowing in May signals that rising incomes are starting to feed through to the cost of day-to-day expenses.It is incredibly positive

Health and environmental alerts issued with high temperatures expected in France, Italy, Portugal and SpainEoin writes in to say:Thanks for covering the heatwave. Spare a thought for those of us walking the Portuguese Camino de Santiag - it was 42 (“feels like 44”) in Santarem last night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/30/heatwave-sothern-europe-ukraine-russia-news-latest-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-06-30 09:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.