Badenoch Defends Tory Selection of Convicted Former Neo-Nazi Activist in Somerset
Board of Deputies urges Conservatives to rescind selection of Joshua Bonehill-Paine as candidate for Somerset's Crewkerne South division.
Board of Deputies urges Conservatives to rescind selection of Joshua Bonehill-Paine as candidate for Somerset's Crewkerne South division.
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Lewisham's Green administration passed a motion on 22 July pledging to refuse assistance to Home Office immigration raids wherever "legally possible". The council will review data-sharing and contracts to create a "firewall" with enforcement. The Home Office said it makes "no apology" for working with local authorities and has increased enforcement to record levels.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the BBC the NHS "will collapse" unless England's social care system is reformed. He said he could not commit to a timetable but would not want to leave office without delivering "substantial change". He is due to set out his thinking in a speech on Wednesday, reportedly accelerating the Casey Commission.
A More in Common survey published on Sunday put Labour on 28%, up four points and ahead of Reform UK on 24%, with the Conservatives on 22%. It is Labour's first lead over Reform in the firm's polling since March 2025, following Andy Burnham's first week as Prime Minister. A YouGov poll on Friday gave Reform a two-point lead.
Palestinian residents said Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farmland across the occupied West Bank on Saturday. The reported attacks came two days after clashes near the village of Tell left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead. The reports could not be independently verified, and it was unclear whether authorities had made arrests.
Speaking on the "Relentless" podcast, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the world is now "in the singularity," the point at which AI advances beyond human control. He framed it as hugely positive while acknowledging the stakes. The remarks follow a disclosed incident in which an OpenAI-powered AI agent accessed datasets belonging to Hugging Face.