Starmer’s disability benefit concessions are not enough, says rebel Labour whip

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Exclusive: Vicky Foxcroft, who resigned as whip over welfare bill, urges ministers to work with affected people on changes

The Labour whip who resigned in protest against disability benefit cuts has said Keir Starmer’s concessions do not yet go far enough to win her over, as No 10 launched a fresh attempt to stem the revolt against its welfare bill.

Vicky Foxcroft, who quit her frontbench role over the welfare bill a little more than a week ago, urged the government to work jointly on the changes with disabled people and to publish the review of the system before bringing in cuts.

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Lifetime Isas ‘could lead to savers making poor investment choices’, MPs say

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Committee says products may not be best use of public money and may have been mis-sold to people on certain benefits

Lifetime Isas could lead to savers making poor investment decisions and may not be the best use of public money, a cross-party committee of MPs has said.

In a report published on Monday, the Treasury select committee described rules which penalise benefit claimants as “nonsensical” and concluded that lifetime Isas, known as Lisas, may have been mis-sold to savers eligible for universal credit or housing benefit.

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About 200 new nurseries to open at schools in England in September

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Sites will accommodate 4,000 children as part of ministers’ plan to improve childcare, Bridget Phillipson to announce

About 200 school-based nurseries will open in England this September as part of the government’s plan to improve access to childcare for working parents.

The milestone will be announced on Monday by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, who will say that the sites will accommodate 4,000 children under school age.

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NHS will use AI in warning system to catch potential safety scandals early

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Patient safety measure is part of 10-year plan to tackle poor standards in mental health and maternity services

The NHS is to become the first health system in the world to use AI to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the government has said.

The Department of Health and Social Care said the technology will provide an early warning system which could detect patterns or trends and trigger urgent inspections. The scheme is part of the 10-year plan for the NHS that is due to be published by Wes Streeting this week.

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Extra cost of being disabled in UK to rise by almost 12% in five years, says Scope report

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Estimate by disability charity published on eve of MPs’ vote on restricting welfare payments for new claimants

The extra cost of being disabled is on course to rise by almost 12% to £14,688 in five years, according to a new estimate published on the eve of a controversial vote to restrict welfare payments for new claimants.

A threatened rebellion by more than 120 Labour MPs forced the government into a last-minute climbdown on its welfare bill, by exempting claimants to planned cuts in personal independence payments (Pip), England’s main disability payment.

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@nascarcasm: Fake texts to EchoPark summer winner Chase Elliott – NASCAR.com

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  1. @nascarcasm: Fake texts to EchoPark summer winner Chase Elliott  NASCAR.com
  2. On Camera, 5-Storey House Collapses In Shimla Day After Evacuation Amid Heavy Rain  NDTV
  3. Five-storeyed building collapses in Shimla, cloudburst in Rampur  Hindustan Times
  4. 3 dead and a dozen missing as torrential rains cause flash flood in north India  AP News
  5. Multi-storey building collapses like a pack of cards in Shimla; locals blame four-lane NH work  The Indian Express
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PM: Iran war opened broad regional possibilities, ‘first we need to free the hostages’ – The Times of Israel

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  1. PM: Iran war opened broad regional possibilities, ‘first we need to free the hostages’  The Times of Israel
  2. Netanyahu says ‘opportunities have opened up’ to free hostages, as Trump demands Gaza ‘deal’  CNN
  3. Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran war creates ‘new opportunities’ to free Gaza hostages  Financial Times
  4. Netanyahu sees Iran outcome opening door to Gaza hostage return  Reuters
  5. Israeli military plans bigger Gaza op., waits for Hamas hostage response  The Jerusalem Post
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Turkish police arrest more than 50 people before banned Istanbul Pride parade

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City’s bar association says people ‘deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention’

Police arrested more than 50 people in Istanbul on Sunday ahead of a banned LGBTQ+ Pride march, the city’s bar association said.

“Before today’s Istanbul Pride march, four of our colleagues, including members of our Human Rights Centre, along with more than 50 people, were deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention,” the Istanbul Bar’s Human Rights Centre posted on X.

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Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia’s climate visas – Reuters

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  1. Over a third of people on sinking Tuvalu seek Australia's climate visas  Reuters
  2. A Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast.  The New York Times
  3. More than a third of this country’s population has applied to relocate  CNN
  4. Tuvalu: One in three citizens apply for climate change visa  BBC
  5. What You Need to Know About Australia's World-First Climate Visa  Earth.Org
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Iran’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’, nation’s UN ambassador says

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Amir-Saeid Iravani says Tehran is ready for negotiations but Trump’s ‘unconditional surrender is not negotiation’

Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that the Islamic republic’s nuclear enrichment “will never stop” because it is permitted for “peaceful energy” purposes under the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

“The enrichment is our right, an inalienable right, and we want to implement this right,” Iravani told CBS News, adding that Iran was ready for negotiations but “unconditional surrender is not negotiation. It is dictating the policy toward us.”

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One dead and two injured after explosion damages Philadelphia homes

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Cause unknown after several homes faced extensive fallout, including collapses, firefighters say

One person died and two others were injured after an explosion damaged several homes on Philadelphia’s north side early on Sunday, according to authorities.

Firefighters responded to a report of an explosion just before 5am, according to the Philadelphia fire department.

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