The Guardian » 2 days ago
Exclusive: Liz Kendall pledges sick and disabled people will be protected but MPs are pushing for more substantial changes to billMinisters are to offer mutinous Labour MPs an olive branch on the government’s ...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
London mayor attacks decision to sideline city in spending review, arguing it has some of UK’s worst deprivation Ministers must not “stumble into the trap of pitting our towns and cities against each other”, Sadiq Khan will say, as he delivers a blistering attack on the T...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
Commissioners to run council which report says is ‘heading for effective bankruptcy’ for fourth time since 2020Government commissioners are being sent in to run Croydon council after a report found its finances were “deteriorating rapidly” and it was heading for effective...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
Trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds says US is expected to slash tariffs ‘very soon’ after talks with US counterpartThe United States is poised to start lowering its ...
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The Guardian » 1 day ago
Sorry is the hardest word at Westminster, while Daily Mail columnist’s memoir is an exercise in score-settlingOne of the biggest mysteries in Westminster surrounds the inability of politicians of all parties to apologise. For anything. Most of the rest of us go through li...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
The UK’s electoral system traditionally makes it hard for new parties to succeed. Not Reform. Sitting back from the fray, it sets the agendaIn today’s rundown, discontented Britain, politics is supposed to be hard. Deep national problems need to be solved, but voters are ...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
The UN conference on the two-state solution offers an historic opportunity for Britain: to stand against the continued erasure of my peopleHusam Zomlot is the Palestinian ambassador to the United KingdomFuture g...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
After nine years of delay, it was high time that Britain and Europe sorted out the future of the RockNine years ago, Gibraltar voted b...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
Blistering analysis by outgoing chief concludes chancellor likely to end up ‘gnat’s whisker’ away from tax risesYou can only conclude that Paul Johnson is demob-happy. The director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies is off to run an Oxford college in a couple of weeks an...
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The Guardian » 2 days ago
Rachel Reeves is increasing overall budgets after deep Tory cuts, but some departments face bigger spending cuts than othersRachel Reeves usually avoids any mention of the word “austerity” in connection with her fiscal policies, but on Wednesday, she decided to tackle the...
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