PM to promise 200,000 ‘starter homes’
Craig TaylorDavid Cameron will announce plans to allow developers to offer “affordable homes” to buy not just rent in his closing speech to the Tory conference. BBC News – UK
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Run-over PC ‘didn’t stand a chance’
The chief constable of Merseyside Police believes a police officer struck and killed by a stolen car “didn’t stand a chance”. BBC News – UK
PM resists call to ease tax credit cut
David Cameron rejects calls to rethink cuts to tax credits for working families amid warnings millions will lose out. BBC News – UK
Boy sentenced to life over Anzac plot
A 15-year-old British boy who plotted to behead police officers at an Anzac Day parade in Australia is sentenced to life, and must serve at least five years in custody. BBC News – UK
VW takes 4,000 cars off the UK market
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK as a result of the emissions scandal. BBC News – UK
Corbyn: I would not use Trident
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn rules out using Britain’s nuclear weapons if he were prime minister. BBC News – UK