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GATWICK’S boss has warned that plans for a second runway could be shelved if the Chancellor pushes ahead with a hefty business rates hike in tomorrow’s Budget. Stewart Wingate, managing director of UK airports for owners VINCI and GIP, said the £2.2billion expansion would be “put into question” if Rachel Reeves increases taxes on the...

MANCHESTER UNITED saved their worst home performance of the season for the anniversary of Ruben Amorim’s first match in charge as they were beaten 1-0 by 10-man Everton.  United failed to turn up despite playing with an extra man for the best part of 77 minutes after Idrissa Gana Gueye was sent off for lashing out...

Where’s the fair? A BUDGET which hits workers with ever higher taxes to pay for millions of jobless to sit idle at home is likely to be met with disbelief by voters. It is reckless in the extreme for the Chancellor to even consider splurging billions on MORE handouts for large families while taking cash...

FIVE million people are now on benefits with no requirement to work — as Rachel Reeves gets ready to hike taxes to pay for even more welfare spending. The revelation ahead of tomorrow’s Budget sparked claims that Britain is in the grips of a welfare “crisis”. While benefits spiral, it emerged 10 million pensioners could...

TV star Jeff Brazier has split from wife Kate Dwyer after seven years. Jeff, 46, whose Big Brother ex Jade Goody died of cancer in 2009, has ditched his ring, as has PR guru Kate, 35. Sources said they grew apart after “a year of hell” involving issues with Freddy Brazier, 21 — Jeff’s youngest...

RACHEL Reeves is facing a last-ditch plea to spare drivers a fuel duty hike in her tax-raising Budget. The Chancellor is weighing up scrapping the 2022 temporary 5p cut while pressing ahead with a 3p-a-mile charge for EVs. MPs and industry chiefs warn the move would pile costs on families struggling with bills. The AA...

DEPUTY PM David Lammy made an embarrassing gaffe by calling sex-pest comedian Bill Cosby his childhood role model. The Justice Secretary made the admission while filming a video for civil servants marking International Men’s Day. Asked who his top male role models were growing up, Mr Lammy first listed former South African president Nelson Mandela...

A MAGISTRATE called Dr Delicate was rapped for desk banging, sighing and swearing in court. Amy Delicate eyeballed someone in the room and grew “visibly frustrated” at the family court hearing, an investigation found. Dr Delicate, a university researcher into childbirth and early childhood, made a “qualified apology” for her behaviour, which was ruled to...

RUBEN AMORIM got his own slap in the face from Everton on his Manchester United anniversary. This game threatened to be remembered solely for the bizarre 13th-minute dismissal of Idrissa Gueye for slapping team-mate Michael Keane. Instead, Everton etched their name into the record books as the first team to beat United in the Premier...

These three underdogs could see their odds shorten before Week 13 kicks off.