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The King’s first state visit of his reign has been postponed after widespread unrest in France erupted into violence over President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement age reforms. The official trip will be rescheduled as soon as possible, the Elysee Palace said in a statement. King Charles and the Queen Consort’s visit has been put on hold

The King’s first state visit of his reign could be disrupted by ongoing French protests against President Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age. Unions have called for more demonstrations to coincide with the King and Queen Consort’s visit to Paris, due to take place on Sunday. A banquet at the Palace of Versailles hosted

Sir Keir Starmer paid £67,033 to HMRC in the last financial year, his tax returns show. The Labour leader published the details after Rishi Sunak released his on Wednesday, following months of political pressure. Sir Keir’s document shows he paid £67,033 in total tax for the 2021/22 financial year, and £51,547 the previous year. It

The government is cutting benefit payments to some of Britain’s poorest families or threatening them with debt collectors in a raid that is “plunging people into poverty”.  More than a million people have had their universal credit payments cut over the past year because they were overpaid tax credits in the past by HMRC. Some

Boris Johnson has sworn “hand on heart” he did not lie to MPs about partygate events in Downing Street – and said a gathering where he was pictured holding a glass in the air was “absolutely essential for work purposes”. The former prime minister also said the size of Number 10 made it difficult to

Former prime minister Boris Johnson has said he is going to vote against the first part of the government’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland. The Windsor Framework was agreed by Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 27 February to change the way the Northern Ireland Protocol operates. The first

The Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist, and homophobic and may have more officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, a damning report has found. A review by Baroness Louise Casey, who spent a year investigating the Met Police in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by Couzens, said Britain’s

A headteacher has said she will refuse an Ofsted inspection following the death of fellow principal Ruth Perry. Ms Perry, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating, her family said. Flora Cooper, executive headteacher of

Boris Johnson has said he accepts he misled parliament over partygate but insists his statements were “in good faith”. In his evidence to the privileges committee, published on Tuesday, the former prime minister accused it of having gone “significantly beyond its terms of reference”. He added that it was “unprecedented and absurd” to claim that

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she is “encouraged” by “constructive” discussions with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about the injunction that halted migrant flights to Rwanda. A government source said any change to the injunction “would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground”. The ECHR, which granted an injunction

The King has marked his first Mother’s Day since the death of the Queen by posting a touching picture of the pair on Instagram. The image shows the King as a toddler standing on his mother’s lap as both beam for the camera. Another photo shows the Queen Consort with her late mother, Rosalind Shand,

A government source has confirmed to Sky News its new Illegal Migration Bill would “seal off all the loopholes” and that UK officials are “certainly working towards getting the flights off by summer”. It comes as the home secretary signed an update to the government’s migrants agreement with Rwanda, expanding its scope to “all categories

The chief executive of the Scottish National Party has resigned with immediate effect in the face of a no confidence vote. Peter Murrell, who is married to Nicola Sturgeon, said his future had become “a distraction” from the current contest to replace his wife as SNP leader and first minister following a damaging secrecy row.

Which rail services will be impacted? Avanti West Coast – One train per hour will run in both directions between London Euston and each of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston. A limited service will operate to and from Glasgow. Chiltern Railways – No trains will run north of Banbury. There will be one train per

Kyle Walker will not face a criminal charge over an allegation that he indecently exposed himself in a bar, police have confirmed. The Manchester City and England footballer voluntarily attended a police station for questioning on Thursday following the circulation of a video on social media. The alleged incident was said to have happened in

“There are days when I wake up and I feel like I can’t do this one more single day,” says Dorothy. “Then I look at Melvin and I force myself to get up because he needs to eat. He needs medicine and he needs bathing.” Dorothy Cook, 65, and Melvin, 76, have been together for

NHS unions have reached a pay deal with the government in a major breakthrough that could herald the end of strikes by frontline staff in England. The offer consists of a one-off payment of 2% of their salary plus a COVID recovery bonus of 4% for the current financial year 2022/23, and a 5% pay

Jeremy Hunt’s budget leaves household incomes stagnant and people paying higher taxes despite cuts to public services, the Resolution Foundation has said. The thinktank, which aims to improve the standard of living for low and middle-income families, said the chancellor had announced an “impressively broad suite of policies” to encourage more people into work. However,

The chancellor has announced the budget for 2023. The UK will now not enter a technical recession this year, say independent forecasters the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Inflation will more than halve and reduce to 2.9% by the end of the year, the OBR expects. Click here for our budget calculator to see if

The chancellor will promise to provide 30 hours of childcare a week to parents of one and two-year-olds, Sky News has learned. The multi-billion pound announcement is set to be made in today’s “back to work” budget. Families with children aged one and two do not currently receive support after parental leave ends and before

A 22-year-old woman, whose lies caused a storm of anger and protests after she falsely claimed she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang, has been jailed for eight and a half years. Eleanor Williams was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday for perverting the course of justice. She fabricated evidence to make

Just 1% of more than 1,500 police officers or staff facing complaints about their treatment of women in a six-month period were sacked, casting further doubt on the police’s ability to tackle violence against women and girls. Data from the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) shows there were 524 complaints made by members of the

Gary Lineker will return to Match Of The Day on Saturday after he was taken off air over his tweets criticising the government’s migration policy. The BBC has also apologised for the episode and announced an independent review into its social media usage guidelines. Sky Sports News understands that the BBC also apologised privately to

Sources close to Gary Lineker are increasingly confident the row with the BBC will be resolved to his satisfaction in the next 24 hours. Sky News also understands there could be a statement on the Lineker issue as early as this morning. The BBC is also expected to announce it is reviewing its social media

Match of the Day 2 coverage will be only 14 minutes long tonight as the fallout from the Gary Lineker BBC row continues. On BBC Two, the Women’s Super League Chelsea v Manchester United match kicked off with no pre-match presentation and no pundits – it is aired live using world feed commentary. Sky News

The BBC’s director general has said bosses are “working very hard” to fix the damage done to the broadcaster following the suspension of Gary Lineker. Tim Davie was speaking after a day when Football Focus and Final Score were taken off the air and Match Of The Day – usually presented by Lineker – was

Rishi Sunak has said he hopes the BBC can resolve its row with Gary Lineker in a “timely manner” but the dispute is not something the government should get involved with. In a statement, the prime minister said Lineker “was a great footballer and is a talented presenter”. But the 62-year-old Match of the Day

Match of the Day will go ahead tonight without a presenter, pundits or BBC commentators after Gary Lineker was removed from the programme. The BBC said in a statement there would be no “studio presentation or punditry”, and the broadcast will instead focus on “match action”. Leading match commentators at the corporation including Steve Wilson,

Gary Lineker is stepping back from his duties as Match of the Day presenter, the BBC has said in a statement. But, Sky News understands that Lineker has not agreed to this, and the statement is incorrect. A source close to the presenter has told Sky News that the corporation has taken him off air,

Blizzards are set to cause “treacherous conditions” in the UK – with winds of up to 50mph and up to 40cm of snow expected in some areas.   The Met Office has issued three amber warnings for northern England, the Midlands, North Wales and Northern Ireland, where “significant disruption” to transport and power supplies are

The government has announced the construction of sections of HS2 will be delayed by two years to save money. The high-speed railway was initially set to link London and the West Midlands with a further phase extending to cities in the North. However, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said on Thursday: “We have seen significant inflationary

The UK cold snap is expected to worsen for many on Thursday, with more snow predicted across large parts, bringing the threat of power cuts and travel delays. The heaviest snowfall is expected in northern and central England, where up to 40cm (15 inches) could hit an area stretching from Durham down to Stoke-on-Trent. It

Prince Harry will be at the centre of a planned High Court trial against the publisher of the Daily Mirror newspaper over allegations of phone hacking, a judge has ruled. The royal is one of several public figures whose lawsuits against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) will be considered at the trial, which will begin on