Day Headlines in Politics News: 2024-09-04
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Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 21:30:04)
New legislation gives regulators more powers to tackle water pollution in England and Wales. -
Chris Mason: Grenfell report leaves many waiting for change (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 20:40:43)
The failures are clear to see but the report is a work-in-progress, the BBC's political editor says. -
The five contenders battling to be the next Tory leader (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 19:41:21)
The Conservatives are choosing a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. -
No leader's speech planned for Tory conference (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 17:25:22)
The party's conference will focus almost entirely on the Tory leadership election, the BBC has learnt. -
Is there a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances? (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 15:44:31)
Economists say the state of public finances should not have come as a complete surprise to the new government. -
Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership contest (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 15:23:43)
Dame Patel comes last in a vote of Tory MPs, as former minister Robert Jenrick tops the poll. -
Watch: PM apologises to Grenfell families (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 12:19:56)
Watch: PM Starmer apologises to Grenfell families -
Starmer defends cutting winter fuel payments (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 12:15:14)
During PMQs, Sir Keir Starmer says he had to take "tough decisions to stabilise the economy". -
State pension to rise by over £400 next year (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 08:56:14)
This will take the full state pension for men who have retired since 1951 and women since 1953 to around £12,000 in 2025/26. -
France sees Channel migrant deaths as a problem of Britain's making (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 06:13:28)
Many in France deeply resent the way their own lives have been transformed by a crisis they see as British-made. -
Chris Mason: Boat crossings part of how Labour is judged (BBC News - Politics 2024-09-04 05:31:51)
Small boat arrivals present a crisis both main parties have so far failed to stop, says our political editor.