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Government recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 22:44:44)
The amount recouped remains a small percentage of the overall cost of asylum accommodation. -
PM 'angry and frustrated' at mistaken prisoner releases (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 21:18:46)
One of the men, fraudster Billy Smith, has handed himself back in but Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian sex offender, is still at large. -
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 19:33:59)
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change. -
Minister broke rules over football watchdog appointment (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 18:24:46)
A report finds she should have declared David Kogan's donations to her Labour campaign earlier than she did. -
I didn't have full details on prison release, says Lammy (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 16:54:58)
The justice secretary had promised new checks to prevent more prisoners being released in error. -
Labour should stick to manifesto pledge on tax, deputy leader says (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 16:51:33)
The government has repeatedly refused to rule out increasing income tax in this month's Budget. -
Will Bank of England governor play Santa or Scrooge on interest rates? (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 15:16:35)
The interest rate decision was made by the narrowest of margins, meaning all eyes are now on the Bank's December meeting. -
Reform suspends another councillor amid video row (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 12:48:28)
Isabella Kemp is the latest Kent member to be suspended after the leak of a heated virtual meeting. -
Planned steel investment grants will no longer go ahead (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 12:27:25)
The government scraps plans for innovation fund saying it wants to prioritise support for primary steel makers. -
Lammy under pressure after two prisoners released by mistake (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 11:08:12)
The justice secretary had promised new checks to prevent more prisoners being released in error. -
EV drivers could face new tax in Budget (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 07:50:32)
The BBC understands there have been "conversations" within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs. -
Interest rates expected to be held as Budget looms (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-06 00:10:39)
Most analysts believe the Bank rate will remain at 4% for now, although there could be a cut in December. -
Police hunt for two men mistakenly released from prison (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 22:53:48)
It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was also released from prison by mistake. -
Chris Mason: The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 20:49:59)
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them. -
The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 20:49:59)
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them. -
Mone-linked firm PPE Medpro owes £39m in taxes (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 19:21:44)
Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health -
MSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 19:15:34)
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people. -
Wandsworth prison manhunt: What we know about mistakenly released inmates (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 18:06:06)
Two men were released from HMP Wandsworth in error in the past week, with police hunts under way. -
MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 17:14:53)
SNP MP Pete Wishart says he is seeking legal advice over the "disturbing" AI-generated social media post. -
British left-wingers overjoyed by Mamdani's victory in New York (BBC News - Politics 2025-11-05 16:30:56)
Left-wingers like Jeremy Corbyn and Zack Polanski see it as a victory for their brand of socialism.