The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Botswana goes to the polls this Wednesday with incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi facing three main challengers in what analysts are calling the country’s most competitive vote yet. The prosperous, diamond-rich nation has maintained a stable democracy since gaining independence from Britain in 1966.

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

Rachel Reeves to lay out the ‘tough decisions’ needed to restore economic stability and ‘put more pounds in people’s pockets’

Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises

Chris Packham, Bear Grylls, Carol Vorderman and Johnny Flynn are among those backing the march, along with 130 organisations

Letters: Readers respond to Keir Starmer saying Britain will not participate in any slavery reparations

COMMENT: By not starting a family, I always believed I was doing my bit to save the planet, says Gina Beach – but as the birth rate in Britain plummets to a record low, am I contributing to an even more pressing problem?

Neil O’Brien’s simplistic plan isn’t really about antisocial behaviour. It’s a litany of rightwing gripes aimed at human rights, says writer and broadcaster Anne Perkins

Chancellor is understood to be considering the move as part of her plans to raise money to bail out Britain’s battered public services