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Economic bias towards London and South East remains baked into system, say MPs

An economic bias remains ‘baked into’ the system, leaving barriers to the levelling up agenda, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

More than 246,000 Londoners take part in research in 2022-23

Over 246,000 people in London and the South East took part in research in 2022-23, new figures show, as a consultant urged Londoners to sign up for clinical trials to help “save lives”.

Evening Standard

French army accused of failing to stop French hostage Olivier Dubois's kidnapping

In tonight's edition: The French army has been accused of trying to piggy-back onto former hostage Olivier Dubois's arrangements to interview a jihadist commander in Mali, but doing little to stop the reporter's eventual abduction. Also, a scientifically-backed report finds that big oil extraction in Nigeria's Bayelsa State has come…

France 24

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Community clinics will cut NHS waiting lists, vows Sunak

Six new facilities are opening across the east of England, Midlands and the South East.

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to deliver as he comes under pressure over housebuilding policy

The Prime Minister was trying to move on after losing nearly 1,000 Tory councillors in the local elections on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sunak made ‘major mistake’ in dropping housebuilding targets, senior Tory says

The Tories shed 960 councillors across England in Thursday’s elections in a result approaching the party’s most pessimistic predictions.

The Independent UK

Britons told to don raincoats and expect puddles amid damp coronation weather

The Met Office had warned Saturday risked being a washout for Royal fans lining streets in the capital for coronation events.

The Independent UK

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Hay fever sufferers warned of 'pollen bomb' about to hit the UK

The UK's pollen hotspots have been revealed

Liverpool Echo

North-South divide opens up in UK's 'broken and inhumane' asylum system

Latest figures show the North East is housing a larger proportion of people fleeing persecution than any other region of the UK, with a rate ten times higher than the South East and South West

Daily Mirror

British region on 'UFO alert' with '42 sightings' reported in 12 months

The South East, North West and South West still come out on top on the unearthly sightings chart for 2022 but the West Midlands is spiking after UFO researchers compiled last year's data

Daily Mirror

London’s income tax bombshell hits a record £51.6 billion

Kensington now pays more income tax than the whole of Northern Ireland

Evening Standard

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