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  Hospital patients are being "set up to suffer" this winter, with "distressing" scenes of vulnerable and elderly people left waiting in corridors likely to be repeated, nurses have warned. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Reform UK and the Conservatives have rejected reports they could merge or form a pact before the next general election. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The government has announced the right to a jury trial will be limited to only those facing a likely sentence of more than three years. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  "Systematic failures" led to the Chinese spy case collapsing - and there's a risk they could be repeated, a parliamentary inquiry has said. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The UK is "really unprepared" to fight a war and has been living on a "mirage" of military strength that was shocking to discover, interviews with almost every defence secretary since the end of the Cold War have revealed. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A decade on from when authorities identified the emergence of "county lines" drug dealing, children exploited by the trade are now often either dead, in prison or have been sectioned with mental health problems caused by the trauma. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suffered another budget blow with a rebellion by rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax on farmers. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Sir Brian Leveson, who conducted the independent review of the courts system that guided the government's decision to reduce on jury trials, has suggested there is no alternative. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The Princess of Wales has written about the importance of "small acts of care" at a time "when life can sometimes feel fragmented or uncertain", ahead of her fifth annual Christmas carol service. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News