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Labour pledges £58bn for women caught in pension trap Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says party ‘owes debt of honour’ to 3 million over changes in retirement ageMore than 3 million women who believe they have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after steep increases to the state pension age are being promised compensation by Labour as part of a £58bn scheme designed to end a “historic injustice”. Related: ‘The Tories stole my state pension when I was 60, now I want it back’ Continue reading... Go to Source

Met faces new questions over ‘trafficked’ teen in Epstein case Victims’ tsar to query Force’s decision not to act over Prince Andrew claimsThe Victims’ Commissioner is demanding that the Metropolitan Police explain its decision not to pursue a full investigation into claims a teenager was trafficked to the UK to have sex with Prince Andrew.The Observer understands that Dame Vera Baird QC, a former solicitor general and chair of the Board of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, has taken a close interest in the allegations, first examined by Scotland Yard in 2015. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump impeachment: Giuliani plays down Parnas link and repeats 'insurance' claim Lawyer: Soviet-born go-betweens ‘weren’t James Bond’New revelations pitch Nunes into impeachment dramaImpeach: Neal Katyal makes strong case against TrumpTwo Soviet-born Americans who form a key link between Donald Trump and Ukraine “weren’t James Bond”, the president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said on Saturday, insisting the men “didn’t have personal communications with the president” during a time period under intense scrutiny in the impeachment inquiry. Related: John Bolton announces his next move will be Pac amid calls to testify Continue reading... Go to Source

Sumatran rhinoceros now extinct in Malaysia, say zoologists Last of the species in country, a female rhino named Iman, ‘died sooner than expected’The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, zoologists have announced.The last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, it was revealed. Continue reading... Go to Source

Elon Musk: 150,000 orders for Tesla cybertruck despite disastrous launch Electric car mogul claims not to have advertised new vehicleMusk’s net worth plunged $768m after window fiasco went viralTesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday there had been about 150,000 orders for the electric carmaker’s cybertruck, which was unveiled in Los Angeles on Thursday. Related: Cybertruck: Tesla unveils new pickup truck but windows break during demo Continue reading... Go to Source

Million universal credit households ‘do not get full entitlement’ Deductions to cover loans are forcing many to turn to food banksMore than a million households on universal credit – 60% of everyone receiving the payments –are having their benefits cut to repay debts and loans.Data sourced under the Freedom of Information Act show that in May – the most recent month for which figures are available – 1,048,000 universal credit claimants had a deduction of their benefit payment out of 1,759,000 claimants who received any universal credit payment that month. Continue reading... Go to Source

Corbyn defends his pledge to stay neutral in second referendum Labour leader says stance towards potential Brexit poll is sign of ‘strength and maturity’General election latest - live newsJeremy Corbyn has defended his pledge to stay “neutral” in the event of a second Brexit referendum after his position was criticised as indecisive.The Labour leader revealed during a Question Time leaders’ special on Friday that he would not back either side, putting him at odds with senior party figures including John McDonnell, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry, who have all said they would back remain. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump impeachment: Pompeo, Giuliani and Parnas at heart of new revelations Documents reveal Pompeo-Giuliani links as Parnas reportedly willing to testify Devin Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian officialA cache of state department documents and a CNN report dealt twin blows to Republicans defending Donald Trump late on Friday, until then a relatively quiet day in the impeachment inquiry after a week of dramatic public hearings.Documents released by the state department in response to a freedom of information lawsuit showed secretary of state Mike Pompeo talked with former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, commonly described as Trump’s personal lawyer, on 26 March and 29 March this year, months before the US ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. Continue reading... Go to Source

Mummified lion and dozens of cats among rare finds in Egypt Discoveries near Saqqara necropolis shed light on ancient use of animals in worshipA rare discovery of mummified big cats, cobras and crocodiles has been unveiled by Egyptian authorities.Egyptologists are thrilled at the cache, which includes dozens of mummified cats, 75 wooden and bronze cat statues, mummified birds, and an enormous mummified beetle three to four times the normal size. Continue reading... Go to Source

Society of Antiquaries in turmoil after vote to back sex abuser Educational charity’s leaders dismayed after bid to expel Hubert Chesshyre is defeatedOne of the country’s most venerable educational charities faces a backlash after it declined to sever its links with a sex abuser, a decision that has bewildered his victim.It has emerged that, following a vote, the Society of Antiquaries, which describes itself as “Britain’s oldest learned society concerned with the study and understanding of the material past”, is to allow Hubert Chesshyre to remain a fellow. Continue reading... Go to Source

General election: Labour vows to take on 'bad bosses and tax dodgers' - live news Party leaders back on campaign trail after last night’s grilling on the BBC’s Question Time special 11.27am GMTJeremy Corbyn has been speaking outside an Amazon depot in Sheffield, launching the party’s “fair tax programme”.Speaking to reporters, he insisted adopting a neutral stance in a second Brexit referendum was a sign of “strength” and “maturity”.I think being an honest broker and listening to everyone is actually a sign of strength and a sign of maturity. 11.13am GMTHere’s some more on that Conservative dementia announcement.The party has pledged more than £1.6bn for research to find a cure for dementia over the next decade, which it says represents the largest boost to dementia research ever in ...

Hancock rejects GPs' vote to remove home visits from contracts Position of BMA delegates in England is non-starter, says health secretaryThe health secretary, Matt Hancock, has ruled out scrapping GP home visits after doctors backed the idea in a vote, arguing that they were too over-stretched to deliver the service.Delegates representing GPs across England at a British Medical Association conference voted to try to remove the duty from their standard contract, after complaints that they were wasting time driving around the country. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump impeachment: released documents reveal Giuliani-Pompeo links Cache published under FOI act show paper trail between Trump’s lawyer and secretary of state to enable Ukraine smear plotDonald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with secretary of state Mike Pompeo in the months before the US ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled, according to a cache of documents released by on Friday.The state department released the documents to the group American Oversight in response to a freedom of information lawsuit. They show that Pompeo talked with Giuliani on 26 March and 29 March. Continue reading... Go to Source

Windrush victim forced to sleep in London bin shed Roy Harrison, who came to Britain from Jamaica aged six, fighting deportation noticeA man caught in the Windrush scandal has resorted to sleeping in a freezing bin shed because the Home Office has not regularised his status and is trying to deport him.Roy Harrison, 44, arrived in the UK as a six-year-old. He had been abandoned as a newborn in Jamaica by his mother and left on his grandmother’s doorstep. Continue reading... Go to Source

Actor Rob Delaney praises NHS as ‘pinnacle of human achievement’ TV star salutes the care given to his son Henry and says Trump will ‘divvy up’ NHS if Tories winThe actor and writer Rob Delaney has shared a video praising the NHS and calling it “the pinnacle of human achievement”.Delaney, co-star of the Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, says he is “crazy” about the NHS in the clip, shared on Twitter. Continue reading... Go to Source

Corbyn 'neutral' on Brexit as Johnson attacked on trust Labour leader would negotiate new deal with EU, which would be put to a public vote alongside remain Reaction to coverage of the Question Time leaders specialJeremy Corbyn would take a “neutral stance” in a future Brexit referendum, he has announced, after facing mounting pressure in recent days to pick a side.Appearing in a special BBC Question Time programme, in which Boris Johnson was attacked over racism and Jo Swinson found herself on the back foot over Brexit, Corbyn confirmed for the first time he would not campaign either for leave or remain. Continue reading... Go to Source