Scrolling News Ticker                        Labour drops plan to give workers protection from unfair dismissal from first day in a job Employees will instead get the right after six months - the promise was a key pledge in the party's manifesto ahead of last year's general election. EXCLUSIVEPolice, camera… in-action! Police officers are slammed after CCTV catches them sitting in woman’s front room watching TV and using her dumbbells for four hours – after 999 call to her home Government U-turns on key part of employment reforms    

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News : Sky
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Starmer accused of 'misleading' public over Labour's big tax plans in car-crash interview after Budget
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Man, 31, is arrested at Manchester Airport on terrorism charges in connection with Heaton Park synagogue attack that left two people dead
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Number of asylum seekers in taxpayer-funded hotels jumps to more than 36,000
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