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Higher tax helped UK government reach record January surplus

The government took in more from tax receipts than expected, official data suggests.

Lobbying firm co-founded by Mandelson goes into administration

Global Counsel's clients cut ties with the firm over Lord Mandelson's links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein eyed record label investment to access women, files suggest

His associate said the music industry was "related to P", a way Epstein apparently often referred to women.

Deportation of Chagos Islanders blocked by judge

A court upholds a challenge about the lawfulness of the orders to remove four men who travelled to the territory.

UK Athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter

UK Athletics plead guilty to the corporate manslaughter of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei who died in 2017 after a metal cage fell on him while training in London.