Erratic Donald Trump cancels further Iran strikes claiming progress on talks

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US president Donald Trump said he had cancelled planned strikes on Iran. The desperate president, who is flailing and failing to find an off-ramp from the war he started, took to social media to announce the move. Trump said: Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening. Adding: Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved,…

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Unions welcome ‘Summer Savings’ plan but want it to go further

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Trade unions have offered a guarded welcome to the government’s ‘Summer Savings’ plans. These include several measures which aim to ease summer holiday expense for families with children. Labour affiliated transport union TSSA has welcomed as an ‘important first step’ the government’s introduction of free bus travel for under-16s in England across August. This was part a series of measures that chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined, called ‘Great British Summer Savings’. It also includes a temporary reduction in VAT across Scotland, England and Wales from June to September. The reduction applies to admission tickets for family shows and attractions and children’s menu…

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