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  A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious.  Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied.  Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The UK has come a "step closer" to having direct, high-speed rail connections to Germany, the Department for Transport has said. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The prison population in England and Wales will hit 100,000 a year later than previously expected, the latest figures show. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The brother-in-law of Scotland's former first minister Humza Yousaf has gone on trial accused of extortion and dealing class A drugs. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Administrators to Petrofac, the collapsed oilfield services company, are racing to secure a sale of its North Sea operations by Christmas - a move which could save thousands of British jobs. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Three men and a woman have been arrested in East Sussex as part of an investigation into extreme right-wing terrorism. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Who is the man behind the record-breaking multi-million pound donation to Reform UK? Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The rapid spread of the Black Death through medieval Europe could have its origins in a massive volcanic eruption, according to new research. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News