The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Deal that stops short of joining customs union or single market could pay for reversing benefit cuts, party saysA deeper trade deal with the EU that stops short of joining the customs union or single market could bring in £25bn of tax revenue and pay for reversing benefit...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Labour members from Leeds West and Pudsey to write letter to chancellor over plans to reduce Pip paymentsRachel Reeves’ local Labour party will call for the chancellor to abandon her plans to cut disability benefits as rebellion among MPs over the policy grows.&...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
French president thought to be reconsidering June announcement at UN meeting, which would push back a similar move from the UKBritish officials are dubious that Emmanuel Macron intends to press ahead with French recognition of a Palestinian state next month – the first by...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
MP says draft law will let developers ‘pay cash to trash’ habitats and urges colleagues to back his amendmentsKeir Starmer’s planning bill will “push the public towards Reform”, a Labour MP has said as he urges his colleagues to back amendments to the legislation....
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Jenny Chapman says the government is not treating reduction in spending on overseas aid to 0.3% as temporaryThe UK’s drastically diminished aid budget is the “new normal,” the development minister, Jenny Chapman, has said, as she claimed Labour’s approach would help repai...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole storyIt should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever position on the annual “rainbow map” of the Inter...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as suchDhananjayan Sriskandarajah is chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and author of Power to the People...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
After a week of bruising criticism, the PM will show what he really stands for when he signs a pivotal agreement with BrusselsKeir Starmer has had to grow a thicker skin over the past few years, but there are times when critics can still get under it. One such moment came...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but views in seat that voted heavily to exit the EU are more ambivalentWhen Keir Starmer was asked last week whether he thought Britons had finally moved on from the issue of Brexit, his answer was a definitive yes....
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Sky News » 3 weeks ago
Former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has attacked Sir Keir Starmer for his "dog whistle" stance on immigration after the prime minister said the UK risked becoming an "island of strangers"....
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