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Spring statement 2025
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
UK news  
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
Explainer  
What to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statement
Spring statement 2025  
Fiscal hawk or playing a bad hand: what kind of chancellor is Rachel Reeves?
Headlines
Russia and Ukraine agree to ‘eliminate the use of force’ in Black Sea
Ukraine  
Russia and Ukraine agree to ‘eliminate the use of force’ in Black Sea
Kremlin stipulates maritime ceasefire will start only if it gets sanctions relief on agricultural exports
Gaza  
Wes Streeting: Israel’s attacks on Gaza are ‘unjustifiable’ and ‘intolerable’
Trump administration  
Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist
Prince Harry  
Prince Harry resigns ‘in shock’ from African charity he founded in 2006
Fertility problems  
Three-quarters of UK fertility patients using unproven add-on treatments
In focus
‘It’s disinformation’: Turkish state TV avoids any coverage of mass street protests
Turkey  
‘It’s disinformation’: Turkish state TV avoids any coverage of mass street protests
News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networks
Ukraine war briefing  
Black Sea deal will allow Russia to profit from grain markets, Lavrov says
Analysis  
White House security leak: who’s who in the Signal group chat
Spotlight
TV review  
The Change series two review – Bridget Christie’s glorious feminist sitcom will leave you ecstatic
The Change series two review – Bridget Christie’s glorious feminist sitcom will leave you ecstatic
Grayson Perry  
Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae
The politics sketch  
Rachel Reeves: For the umpteenth time, it’s not an emergency budget!
John Crace
Opinion
Justine McCarthy  
Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right
Trump’s show of support for Conor McGregor is making fertile ground for Ireland’s far right
Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now
Arwa Mahdawi
This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return
John McDonnell
Sport
Football  
Time against Tuchel to raise England tempo for World Cup
Time against Tuchel to raise England tempo for World Cup
Football  
Brooks rescues point for Wales after late drama in North Macedonia
Tennis  
Raducanu hits Miami hot streak as her persistence finally pays off
Podcast
The arrest that plunged Turkey into turmoil – podcast
Today in Focus  
The arrest that plunged Turkey into turmoil – podcast
Protesters take to streets after Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rival arrested. What will happen next? Sami Kent and Ruth Michaelson report
Climate crisis
Politics  
Badenoch and family spent week as guests of climate sceptic Tory donor
Badenoch and family spent week as guests of climate sceptic Tory donor
World  
Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis
Business
US economy  
Rising fears of Trump tariffs push consumer confidence to four-year low
Rising fears of Trump tariffs push consumer confidence to four-year low
Infrastructure  
Lower Thames Crossing plan for Essex and Kent approved
In pictures
Photos of the day  
Carnival in Mexico and a sinkhole in Seoul
Carnival in Mexico and a sinkhole in Seoul
Photography  
Leave those kids alone! Teaching through play
Leave those kids alone! Teaching through play
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