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MPs have backed a motion calling for the upcoming cut in Universal Credit to be scrapped, with nearly all Conservative MPs abstaining.

The next phase in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal battle against the Mail On Sunday gets under way later as Meghan and her legal team hope to prevent the privacy and copyright case from going to trial.

The UK currently has the highest daily death rate in the world, according to figures collated by an Oxford University research platform.

Businesses experiencing problems exporting to the EU “through no fault of their own” will receive compensation, the prime minister has said.

Pensioners who today joined more than four million Britons who have now received their first coronavirus vaccine dose have described the experience as “quite pleasant” and a reason to feel “more positive about the future”.

The youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing could have survived if she had received faster medical treatment from paramedics, the inquiry has heard.

Four million people have now received a coronavirus jab, the prime minister has revealed, as he warned the public there will be no “open sesame” of lockdown easing.

People could become less strict at sticking to coronavirus rules as more of the population is vaccinated, scientists have warned.

Harry Dunn’s mother has made an emotional appeal to president-elect Joe Biden, pleading with him to review her son’s case.

The home secretary has said experts are working “flat out” to fix the problems caused by the accidental deletion of hundreds of thousands of police records.