A study has found that 1.7 million households, mainly elderly pensioners, will avoid heating their homes this winter to save money due to the removal of fuel allowances, prompting warnings from campaigners about the potential for increased deaths.

Huw Edwards, a former BBC presenter, has avoided jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children, sparking outrage over the leniency of his sentence.

Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners has been criticised as a “disgrace,” with concerns over the impact on disabled individuals and accusations of misallocation by party leader Starmer.

Dame Esther Rantzen has urged Sir Keir Starmer to keep his promise to hold a vote on legalising assisted dying, highlighting the need for legislative change.