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  The chancellor has insisted to Sky News that she did not lie to the public about the state of the public finances ahead of the budget. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Victims will be put "front and centre" in reforms to be announced this week, the justice secretary has said, amid reports jury trials will be scrapped in some cases. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  A disgraced surgeon accused of harming patients is unlikely to ever return from Libya to face justice, a lawyer familiar with the country's legal system has told Sky News. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  West Midlands Police is facing growing scrutiny over the information used to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from Aston Villa, with counterparts in Amsterdam disputing the evidence it provided on high-profile incidents involving the Israeli club's fan base. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Police investigating the attack on the Heaton Park synagogue, in which two people died, have been given more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of terror offences. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Rachel Reeves is fighting claims that she "lied" to the public about the state of the finances in the run-up to last week's budget - in which she raised £26bn in taxes. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, has died at the age of 88. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  The family of a talented footballer who died after being struck by a train say he had 'so much love to give'. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

  Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News