No 10 happy to dip its toe into culture wars in row with Sentencing Council

28/03/2025 15:27 The Guardian

Concerns over sentencing guidelines are genuine but government also hopes to win admirers with tough attitudeStarmer ‘disappointed’ as Sentencing Council rejects calls to review ‘two-tier’ justice rulesFrom one perspective, having a stand-up row with an organisation meant to advise the government on a key policy area is a bit unseemly. But it is fair to say that Downing Street is ready – you could even say happy – to take on the Sentencing Council.The row over a review of sentencing guidelines for England and Wales escalated on Friday after the Sentencing Council rejected government demands that it U-turn over a plan for judges to take account of pre-sentence reports before jailing people from ethnic or religious minorities. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Israel orders Rafah evacuation

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Myanmar earthquake: desperate search for survivors continues as WHO issues appeal for humanitarian aid – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsIn today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Archie Bland looks at how Myanmar is the victim of a devastating natural disaster – but also how a set of interlocking political and milit...

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Will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ be the start of a trade war – or another climbdown?

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Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds

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31/03/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn

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Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine

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Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

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Trump ‘running out of patience’ with Putin over Ukraine ceasefire, says Finnish president

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Nearly 20 councils in England ‘at risk of insolvency’ due to Send costs

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Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’

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Myanmar earthquake: level of devastation ‘hasn’t been seen in over a century in Asia’, says Red Cross – as it happened

At least 1,700 people killed as Red Cross officials warn Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis; death toll in Bangkok increases to 18Red Cross officials have warned that Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis after the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake.“What we’re seeing here in Myanmar is a level of dev...

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Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if tariffs make car prices go up

Trump says tariffs on foreign-made cars would would lead to increased sales of US-made carsDonald Trump said on Saturday he did not warn car industry executives against raising prices as tariffs on foreign-made autos come into force, telling NBC News he “couldn’t care less” if they do.The pres...

30/03/2025 13:11 The Guardian

From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade

Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddlingAfter the American civil war began in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln tried to hamstring the economy of the southern states by blockading cott...

30/03/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Labour group tells MPs they must be ‘on YouTube and TikTok’

Group asks influencers and popular figures to help party’s backbenchers engage audiences and challenge narrativesConfidence in the government will not improve unless they get their faces and ideas on online media platforms including YouTube, a group of Labour MPs has warned colleagues.The Labour G...

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Whitehall has left generation of teenagers with no hope, says Andy Burnham

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‘Expressing your pain in artistic form is not easy’: exiled Russian theatre director builds bridges in London

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Queensland premier warns worst flooding yet to come after NSW man swept away by rising waters

Man had been attempting to cross a causeway through rising flood waters that have now cut off a campsite, stranding more than 20 peopleElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice have resumed the search for an elder...

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Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

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29/03/2025 19:20 The Guardian

‘Bile of racism’ and anti-migrant rhetoric spilling into political debate, race discrimination commissioner warns

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Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency saysIsrael’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a war crime that killed at...

29/03/2025 16:40 The Guardian

Italian PM calls for ‘reasoned’ approach to escalating tariff war between EU and US

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Hyundai facing legal action over car that can be stolen ‘effortlessly in seconds’

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Myanmar earthquake: race to find survivors as junta confirms huge rise in death toll

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone attack kills four in Dnipro as Zelenskyy cautious on new US minerals deal

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