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The Office for Budget Responsibility has published its forecasts to coincide with the Spending Review.

The 0.7% target is written into law and the Prime Minister’s 2019 election manifesto promised to keep it.

The body of one fisherman was pulled from the water on Monday night while another man is still missing.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak laid bare the damage done to the nation’s finances by the coronavirus crisis.

However some campaigners said more cash is needed to boost the contact tracing system.

The group created more than 100 luxury hampers for carers at Age Concern Central Lancashire.

Police said it was the ‘most brazen breach’ of restrictions seen in the area.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle took issue with the Prime Minister after he asked the Labour leader about Jeremy Corbyn’s membership of the party.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak told the UK Statistics Authority he did not give his consent to proposals before the final index-linked gilt matures in 2030.

The Government took over rail franchise agreements from private train companies in March, following the collapse in demand for travel.

The Duchess of Sussex described watching her husband’s ‘heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine’.

The Government is facing intense criticism of the decision to cut foreign aid spending to 0.5% of gross national income.

Homeless Link welcomed the measures but said they did not go far enough.

The charity Tommy’s has paid tribute to Meghan for speaking publicly about the issue.

UK researchers worked with an international team to create a most comprehensive atlas of wheat genome sequences.

Former MP Charlie Elphicke was jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two women.

It is estimated that 20 million people in the UK have a scar.

While people have been warned that Covid-19 will not disappear at Christmas, there are steps people can take to reduce their risk.

Authorities will be able to access a £300 million social care grant and have the option to levy a 3% adult social care precept.

A report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said the Church put its own reputation above the safety of children and young people.