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The friends and family of a 21-year-old woman who died in a fire started by an igniting e-bike battery have urged the government to take action.

In a speech on given at Chatham House, the deputy prime minister outlined the government’s plan to balance trade and investment with economic security.

Campaigners say it shows doctors ‘have realised the enormity of the weight of evidence’ against medical interventions for gender-confused children.

Disruptive behaviour, verbal abuse, or threatening behaviour against an adult were listed as top reasons for school suspensions.

Independent report found foreign office-owned investment group gave millions to an Indian fund which invested in social media sites and a cosmetics company.

The Conservative MP for Fylde in Lancashire has relinquished the party whip as an investigation gets under way into claims made against him by an aide.

The IMF has warned that fiscal policy tends to be looser in election years, when governments seek to boost electorate support by announcing tax cuts.

Peers have been digging in their heels, pushing for changes in the controversial Rwanda bill over safety and exemption provisions for asylum seekers.

Policing minister Chris Philp said officers unfit to serve ’must be rooted out at the earliest opportunity,' with the changes due to come into effect on May 7.

Government says it is up to parents how they discipline their offspring, but paediatricians call for new legislation saying corporal punishment is unacceptable.

Brussels police attempted to disrupt a conference featuring heads of state and other officials over public safety concerns.

For Women Scotland made an official complaint to the public broadcaster after it invited a number of trans-rights lobbyists onto its Cass Review coverage.

The Ministry of Justice is supporting Labour MP Harriet Harman’s amendment that would remove parental rights from those convicted of the worst child sex crimes.

Further progress in the battle against inflation boosts expectations of interest rate cuts to be announced by the Bank of England.

The Society of Radiographers voted to oppose the law enabling X-rays to be used to age asylum seekers, meaning technicians could refuse to carry out imaging.