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    Jeremy Corbyn Labour has unveiled a multibillion-pound industrial strategy to create a million new jobs, just as official data shows the country slipping into a Brexit slump. Vowing to end deindustrialisation, the party is pledging to pump investment into key sectors to fire the UK’s economy which is now the slowest-growing among advanced nations. The key initiative would also bid to ensure wealth and opportunity is spread across the country, amid official statistics revealing the UK to have the highest levels of regional inequality in Europe. Writing exclusively for The Independent, Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow Business Secretary, promised a Labour government would unleash the untapped potential of every part of the country. But the strategy also marks the start of an ...

    The US withdrawal from the Paris climate pact could ‘in a worst case scenario’ add a 0.3 degree Celsius rise in global temperatures over the 21st century, the UN said Friday. The head of the World Meteorological Organization’s atmospheric research and environment department, Deon Terblanche, underscored however that the likely impact of US President Donald Trump’s widely-condemned decision remains far from clear. We haven’t run new models overnight but the indications are that it could be in the worst case scenario in the order of 0.3 degrees Celsius, Terblanche told reporters in Geneva, referring to a possible rise over pre-industrial temperatures. That is the worst case scenario and this probably not what will happen, he added. Under the Paris deal agreed in 2015, world ...

    British Prime Minister Theresa May answers questions during a Q&A at Cross Manufacturing Company in Odd Down on May 31, 2017 in Bath, United Kingdom. Labour is closing the gap with Tories and now stands just three points from Theresa May’s party, a new YouGov poll shows. The poll, commissioned by The Times, found the Conservative lead has slipped dramatically in recent weeks and is now within the margin of error. The figures show the Conservatives on 42 points but Labour are nipping at their heels on 39. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats are struggling to maintain the momentum of their fightback as their numbers slip to just seven. This is a remarkable change in fortunes for the Tories which had a 24-point lead over Labour when the snap general election was called in Apr...

    Councils and funeral directors in Manchester are reportedly refusing to handle the body of Salman Abedi – with his corpse being kept at a morgue outside of the city where he killed 22 people last week. According to the Manchester Evening News, authorities are doing everything in their power’ to prevent his being buried or cremated in Greater Manchester, after the 23-year-old blew himself up in the foyer of Manchester Arena. The determined move comes only weeks after funeral directors refused to deal with the remains of Moors Murderer Ian Brady – who wanted his ashes to be spread in Glasgow. A source disclosed to the Manchester Evening News: Just like Ian Brady, every effort is going in to making sure that there is not a chance Abedi can be buried or cremated in Greater Man...

    Labour leader had lurched chaotically from half-baked plan to half-baked plan. Theresa May set the tone for the final phase of the general election campaign with her strongest personal attack on Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, claiming the Labour leader’s performance in the previous night’s live TV debate showed he would be naked in the negotiating chamber when Brexit talks start next month. The outspoken remarks represent an attempt by Conservative strategists to refocus the prime minister’s message on a direct comparison between herself and the Labour leader – as the party seeks to shore up its opinion poll lead with little more than a week before voters go to the ballot box. In a speech to party activists and journalists in Wolverhampton, May launched a series of strongly wor...

    Police cordon on Falkner Street, Toxteth, after a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were found in John Lennon’s former Toxteth home. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a woman and two children were discovered in the former home of John Lennon. Merseyside Police launched an investigation after being called to a ground floor flat in Falkner Street, Toxteth, at around 7.30pm on Tuesday after concern for the safety of the occupants. Officers said the investigation was in its early stages, but believe it is domestic related. Neighbours said the property was regularly visited by Beatles fans on tours of the city as the band's manager Brian Epstein had owned a flat there, where Lennon l...

    Jeremy Corbyn will attempt to fight back after his childcare funding embarrassment by attacking the Conservatives on schools and the NHS. The Labour leader will claim patients will suffer longer waiting lists and children will be crammed into overcrowded classrooms if the Tories are re-elected on 8 June. Mr Corbyn's fightback comes after a Labour childcare pledge misfired when he failed to say how much it would cost during a stumbling interview on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Now, in a speech in central London, he will also attempt to move the election campaign on to Labour's agenda after Theresa May made Brexit her issue and said Mr Corbyn was unfit to lead the UK's negotiations with Brussels. Mr Corbyn will claim the future of the National Health Service and English ...

    Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been grilled by a studio audience and then Jeremy Paxman on the central themes of this General Election. How did they square up? Not easy territory for the Labour leader as he was mauled by the audience on his links to the Provisional IRA and his views on the nuclear deterrent. Perhaps prepped for these questions, Mr Corbyn handled them relatively well - saying he had gone with his party on Trident renewal ("it's not a dictatorship") and insisting that his priority on Northern Ireland was to secure a peace process. But his most uncomfortable moments of the entire show included when Paxman quizzed him on the Falklands War: Did you think the Falklands War was a terrorist plot? No. Why did you say it then? Mr Corbyn was then asked whether he...

    Charities are reportedly being gagged by the Government from speaking out about damaging social care plans. A chief executive of a major charity told the Guardian they felt muzzled by legislation passed in 2014, which prevents charities from lobbying the Government in the run-up to an election. The charity leader warned Theresa May’s decision to means test the winter fuel allowance could literally cost lives, as some of the poorest pensioners in the country lose support. Read full election coverage on MSN's dedicated page They also condemned the dementia tax, claiming it would stop people from seeking necessary support. They said they were preparing to speak out but would not do so before the general election on 8 June for fear they would be gagged further. We are ready to...

    MI5 has launched two urgent inquiries into how it missed the danger posed by Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi, according to reports. The move comes amid claims that he was repeatedly reported to authorities by teachers and religious leaders concerned that he may become a terrorist. One review was started last week and aims to identify any glaring errors, The Guardian said. The other will be more in depth, looking at the process used to assess suspects and asking if different decisions should have been made in Abedi's case. Abedi, whose parents come from Libya, is thought to have received terrorist training in the country before returning to the UK just days before detonating the bomb that killed 22 people. The news comes as 14 men remain in custody being questioned o...