Migrant benefits to be tightened
Craig TaylorThe UK is to cut from six to three months the amount of time out-of-work EU migrants can claim benefits without realistic job prospects. BBC News – UK
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Ed Miliband calls for public PMQs
The public should be able to question the prime minister in Westminster every week, just as MPs do, Labour leader Ed Miliband tells the BBC. BBC News – UK
English councils propose ‘Tesco tax’
A group of local councils in England is formally asking the government for new powers to tax large supermarkets, a plan dubbed the “Tesco tax”. BBC News – UK
One-shot cancer therapy gets NHS nod
A pioneering breast cancer treatment that replaces weeks of radiotherapy with a single, targeted shot is set to be offered on the NHS. BBC News – UK
MH17 evidence ‘was tampered with’
Whitehall sources say information has emerged that MH17 crash evidence was deliberately tampered with, as the plane’s black boxes arrive in the UK. BBC News – UK
Britain to urge new Russia sanctions
Britain is expected to push for tougher sanctions against Russia when EU foreign ministers meet in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines crash. BBC News – UK