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• State failures in Southport child killer case frankly leaps off page Starmer

  The Prime Minister has said the failure of state institutions in the case of child-killer Axel Rudakubana “frankly leaps off the page”.

• Unemployment rate rises but pay growth picks up again ONS

  Britain’s jobless rate has risen unexpectedly and the number of workers on payrolls has fallen by the most since the height of the pandemic, according to official figures.

• UK needs reckoning with Government spending Treasury minister will say

  The UK is “long overdue a reckoning with Government spending”, a senior Treasury minister will say as Labour faces the prospect of making further cuts.

• Reeves heads to Davos in bid for more investment

  The Chancellor will attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting

• PM to deliver Downing Street press conference

  It's after ministers announce inquiry into Southport attack

• Donald Trump becomes 47th president of United States

  He was sworn in at the US Capitol Rotunda

• Reform critical over Southport response as local MP welcomes guilty plea

  Home Secretary Yvette Cooper must appear in Parliament and account for why Axel Rudakubana’s terror links were not revealed sooner, Nigel Farage has signalled.

• Trio appear in court accused of raping teenage girls in Rotherham

  Three men have appeared in court charged with rape and other offences following an investigation into the abuse of two teenage girls in Rotherham.

• Nine in 10 people as worried about paying energy bills as last year

  The vast majority of people are just as worried about paying their energy bills as they were last winter, despite a fall in prices.

• Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback

  Donald Trump is due to be sworn is as America’s 47th President, capping a remarkable comeback after he overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and two assassination attempts to win another term in the White House.