from 25% to 50%, beginning on Wednesday.

by the Covid counter-fraud commissioner. Tom Hayhoe is reported to have found that faulty Personal Protective Equipment bought during the pandemic was not checked before the warranties expired - meaning the costs must be written off. Former ministers have insisted that PPE helped save lives.The shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, has told the Sunday Express that

to prevent their kidnap or murder by Islamist terrorists. He also calls for "secure armouries" of "lethal weapons" to be installed at high-security prisons - to help to tackle violent inmates.A full-page image of Elon Musk is featured on the front of the Observer after the world's richest man left his role as President Donald Trump's efficiency tsar. Noting his black eye - said to be the result of a punch from his five-year-old son - the paper says Musk departed Washington with his reputation bruised after leading a "maniacal assault on American foreign aid and public service that cost tens of thousands of livelihoods in the US".and get BBC News in your inbox.

Tough choices are "unavoidable" as the government finalises spending plans for areas ranging from the NHS and defence, to schools and the criminal justice system, a think tank has warned.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the level of spending on health would dictate whether cuts were made to "unprotected" areas – those outside the NHS, defence and schools.

While funding increased sharply in 2024 for transport, net zero, hospitals, schools and prisons, it would no longer increase year on year, given the government's commitments, the IFS said.

The government said the Spending Review on 11 June would "scrutinise every single pound the government spends"."That is why this government has put together a serious plan to take down these networks at every stage."

This week, it's time for the latest instalment in the John Wick franchise, ashits the big screen.

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