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Britain cannot grow without ‘fighting fit’ finance sector, Rachel Reeves says

Ms Reeves, delivering her annual Mansion House speech to the financial services sector, said changes were needed for the UK to stay competitive.

Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

John Torode says he was not informed of MasterChef departure

BBC director-general Tim Davie had earlier condemned the ‘serious racist term’ the Australian-born presenter was alleged to have used.

Ceasefire announced after dozens killed in Syrian sectarian clashes

The clashes began with a series of tit-for-tat kidnappings and attacks between members of local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions.

Starmer and Trump to ‘refine’ trade deal, says president

The US president told American reporters on Tuesday that the pair will have a meeting ‘probably in Aberdeen’ during his private visit to Scotland.

Housebuilders’ £100m offer after probe ‘definitely looks dodgy’, Parliament told

The firms have said the offer of voluntary commitments does not mean they admit any wrongdoing.

Watchdogs insist reducing regulation will not increase risk of financial crisis

MPs raised concerns that a move to cut red tape typically comes before major financial turmoil.

King ‘riveted’ by story of Royal Marine boxer who was stabbed

Kyle Shaw-Tullin, a Royal Marine and Team GB boxer who was stabbed as a teenager, said getting back in the ring helped keep him out of trouble.

PM wants fewer jobless foreign nationals on benefits as first-time data released

The vast majority of people on universal credit are British and Irish nationals and those who live or work in the UK without immigration restrictions.

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

MPs call for sanctions over British man detained in Dubai for 17 years

Ryan Cornelius was detained for 10 years in 2008 as part of a bank fraud case, and the detention was extended by 20 years in 2018.

Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on behalf of the former Conservative government, who were in power when the leak occurred.