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NHS ‘won’t hit waiting list target’ despite budget boost

Plans for 92 per cent of patients needing routine operations to be seen within 18 weeks are overly optimistic, officials say

Politics

Woman with baby at Learning Technologies conference.
London Tech Week turns away entrepreneur for bringing baby

Davina Schonle said she felt ‘humiliated’ after being refused entry to event where she planned to meet potential suppliers to Humanvantage AI, her new start-up


What will be in the spending review?

Rachel Reeves to hand big budget increases to health and defence, while housing and Home Office feel squeeze in review focused on growth



Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich at a political rally.
US urges UK to reverse sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said the measures against Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich would not help to end the war in Gaza



Man installing a steering wheel lock in his car.
Times readers on how they had to ‘steal’ back their own cars


Man installing a steering wheel lock in his car.


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Tax campaigner is married to national insurance fraudster

Rachel Reeves at a First Bus depot in Huddersfield.
Labour says the economy ‘is in a better place’. Is that true?

Illustration of a robot doctor shaking hands with a human.
Robotic surgery will become the default for keyhole operations
Healthcare
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Tax campaigner is married to national insurance fraudster






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Riot police clash with far-right protesters.
Is Britain getting more lawless? We examined the data

Only 52 per cent of British people believe the police are doing a good job, down from 70 per cent in 2019, a poll has found



Two children stand by a "No Ball Games" sign.  One child wears an Arsenal soccer jersey.




Photograph of the Royal Academy of Art's 257th Summer Exhibition.
News in pictures: smiles at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition
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Warning over scammers impersonating doctors on social media
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Editor's picks



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England booed off after grim Senegal defeat as Tuchel faces big questions

England 1 Senegal 3: Kane opened scoring but goals from Sarr, Diarra and Sabaly meant home side suffered first loss to African nation


Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in the film "F1®".
The inside story of F1: how Brad Pitt hit 180mph (with Lewis Hamilton’s help)



Composite image of King Charles, Michel Roux, Emily English, and Tom Parker Bowles.
The King loves cheese on digestives. What do top chefs snack on?


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Be a super-ager — and join the ‘wellderly’






Charlene, Princess of Monaco, and Prince Albert II at an awards ceremony.
Prince Albert’s money man ‘tells police of secret bachelor pads’



The whole truth about moving on from Truss

Repairing Britain requires honesty about the costs, something Labour is dodging and and which could hurt the Tories



Illustration of a superhero pushing a shopping cart full of industrial projects while welfare cuts fly behind him.

Cartoon by Seamus Jennings



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‘Crinks’ nuclear gang is Trump’s biggest test






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‘Crinks’ nuclear gang is Trump’s biggest test




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Carol MidgleyEnough with the hearts Meghan … maybe just don’t post your kids at all





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David SmithDouble counting and the dark arts of government spending reviews




Australian cricket bowlers holding the Ashes trophy.

Cummins, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood are among greatest bowling quartets in history, but collective age raises questions over what comes next

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