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Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesUnder the new proposals water companies could face automatic fines for some rule breachesFining English water companies for spilling raw sewage will soon become quicker and easier, the government has said.New proposals…

Philippa GoymerNorth East InvestigationsBBCAshley was abused and stalked by her ex-husband who was jailed for his crimesFollowing campaigns from victims of stalking, the government has agreed to review the law. Two victims, who the BBC…

PA MediaAngela Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary in SeptemberA Labour-run council leader has admitted "some people are very cross" following the resignation of their local MP Angela Rayner from the government…

David Wallace LockhartScotland political correspondentGetty ImagesPresident Trump met the prime minister and later the first minister while in ScotlandThe Scottish and UK governments are locked in dispute over who should pay for Donald Trump and…

The focus of the national grooming gangs inquiry "will not change" or be "watered down", Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has insisted.Writing in the Times newspaper, Mahmood said the wait for the appointment of the inquiry's…

Chris MasonPolitical editor, CaerphillyBBCThe history of the Labour Party oozes out of the valleys of south Wales, perhaps like nowhere else in the UK.Keir Hardie, that founding figure of the party, was elected to Parliament…

Children paid a "huge price" to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young people.The former prime minister repeated an apology made previously for things…

Vanessa ClarkeEducation reporterGetty ImagesBoris Johnson arrived at the Covid Inquiry before the sun came up on Tuesday morning.Papers in hand, he came ready to answer questions on the decisions he made during the pandemic that…

A third abuse survivor has resigned from their role in the government's inquiry into grooming gangs."Elizabeth" - not her real name - joined Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds, who quit the inquiry's victims and survivors…

BBCNatalie Fleet said she believed her pregnancy was her faultAn MP who said she became pregnant after being groomed and raped as a teenager has praised government-backed victim reforms, after campaigning to stop rapists having…