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LibDems to promise overhaul to capital gains tax to raise £5bn for NHS Councils move hundreds of homeless families out of London with 24-hour ultimatums Police more than six times more likely to strip-search black children Adverts for UK bookmakers and online casinos ‘need smoking-style warnings’ Wooden bowling arm that bested Australian cricketer in 1909 rebuilt UKunemployment rising at fastest pace of OECD countries, analysis shows Sunak will ‘absolutely’ remain Tory leader despite D-day blunder, ally says Vehicle damage claims in Wales fall 20% since speed limit cut to 20mph, says insurer Labour pledges to create more than 100,000 new nursery places Nigel Farage faces questions over convicted fraudster’s campaign role Talkshows, TikTok, Gaza: George Galloway and Rochdale, 100 days on ‘I want to win everywhere’: Keir Starmer sets out scale of Labour ambitions Home Office asks Ukrainian woman scammed over visa scheme to leave UK Stop Shein listing on the FTSE, workers’ rights campaigners urge ‘No tax surprises’ in manifesto, Keir Starmer says – as it happened UKvoters against national service and split on pledges not to raise tax, poll shows Election diary: Nigel Farage snaps his fingers and his devoted sidekick steps aside Inside the hospital trialling a plan that Labour hopes can fix the NHS Analysis and explainers ‘Disappointing and surprising’: Why isn’t this a climate election in the UK? Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse Michael Mosley search: what we know so far ‘We talk about boats … not people’: UK dehumanising refugees, Toby Jones says ‘I can’t understand a lyric’: Patti LuPone laments lost art of projection in musical theatre About 20,000 bikers joined ‘remarkable’ Dave Myers tribute ride Silk Road leads from Uzbekistan to London for landmark exhibition Oxford University to return 500-year-old sculpture of Hindu saint to India ‘I don’t know if I like it’: artist finally shown at Royal Academy after 31 attempts Lenny Henry rues fate of black TV dramas after Three Little Birds axed Labour must halt ‘disastrous’ teacher exodus if it wants to improve schools, heads warn University of Bolton’s proposed name change triggers legal feud with rivals Aquarter of state school pupils in England receiving free school meals Group of 17 London secondary schools join up to go smartphone-free First NHS physiotherapy clinic run by AI to start this year Luxury penthouse in Manchester named after Friedrich Engels Test for genes linked to motor neurone disease offered to relatives in UK ‘I literally work to pay bills’: A care worker’s struggle to make ends meet Nearly half of England’s care workers get less than real living wage, study finds Multimedia Politics Weekly Westminster: Manifesto week Paragliding and possums: photos of the weekend ‘That is a lie’: Rayner and Mordaunt clash over £2k Tory tax claim – video Rishi Sunak leaving D-day early was 'very wrong' says Penny Mordaunt during TV debate – video Swifties gather in Edinburgh – in pictures Most viewed Most viewed in UK news Most viewed Across the guardian References