Adam Henson has urged the Chancellor to adjust proposed tax measures, arguing they damage British farming and calling for greater support to protect the sector.

The Bank’s decision to halve the UK’s growth forecast to 0.75% has been branded “putrid” by prominent voices, intensifying pressure on the Chancellor and raising speculation of political reshuffles.

The families of three individuals who died in Nottingham are demanding that those responsible for serious failings in the perpetrator’s supervision be identified, while a separate incident in Southport raises further concerns over the need for earlier threat detection measures.

Lucy Letby may be able to appeal her convictions, leading experts claim, after fresh findings suggest the infants’ deaths could have been caused by natural factors rather than deliberate wrongdoing.