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Will a ban keep the UK’s kids off social media? – podcast
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Will a ban keep the UK’s kids off social media? – podcast

Governments around the world want to keep under-16s off YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Australia has introduced a ban and now the UK is doing the same. Stephen Byrne and Chris Stokel-Walker reportKeir...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Starmer to face leadership challenge next week - Streeting
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Starmer to face leadership challenge next week - Streeting

Sir Keir Starmer will face a Labour leadership challenge next week, former health secretary and rival Wes Streeting has told Sky News.

Sky News - UK4 months ago
Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions
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Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions

General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’A law proposed by Nigel Farage to “strengthen women’s rights” could cost female workers money by removing equa...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Starmer’s waning influence is apparent at awkward G7 summit
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Starmer’s waning influence is apparent at awkward G7 summit

British prime minister was left making small talk unsure if a meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy was going aheadThe wait for Keir Starmer’s first session of the G7 gathering in Évian-les-Bains was undou...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey - as it happened
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UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey - as it happened

Ex-defence secretary John Healey and ex-defence minister Al Carns have given resignation statements to MPsSpeaking to reporters at the G7, Keir Starmer also defended the defence investment plan (DIP)...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
EU and UK announce summit to discuss ‘reset’ in post-Brexit relations
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EU and UK announce summit to discuss ‘reset’ in post-Brexit relations

Meeting was delayed over details of youth mobility scheme allowing under-30s freedom to work and study in each other’s territoryThe EU and the UK have announced they will hold their next summit to dis...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Trio of senior defence figures accuse Starmer of underfunding military
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Trio of senior defence figures accuse Starmer of underfunding military

PM hit by three-pronged attack from ex-defence secretary, former defence minister and chief of defence staff Keir Starmer is leaving British troops underfunded and unable to carry out the operations h...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Labour MP bringing back assisted dying bill urges House of Lords to finish its job
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Labour MP bringing back assisted dying bill urges House of Lords to finish its job

Lauren Edwards dismisses party internal concerns and criticises ‘anti-democratic’ way bill was haltedThe Labour MP Lauren Edwards who will bring the assisted dying bill back to the Commons has said sh...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Refugee groups condemn Tory plan to remove judges from asylum appeals
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Refugee groups condemn Tory plan to remove judges from asylum appeals

Conservatives accused of attack on ‘crucial safeguards’ and of fostering ‘climate of hostility’ towards judiciaryRefugee groups and lawyers have described Conservative proposals to strip judges of the...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government objects to rescue deal
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Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government objects to rescue deal

Environment secretary raises concerns that customers would face ‘undue burden’ from £10bn planThames Water should be nationalised, says BurnhamNils Pratley: the tide is turning on Thames WaterThe UK e...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Starmer denies being snubbed by Trump at G7 summit
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Starmer denies being snubbed by Trump at G7 summit

PM did not have bilateral meeting with US leader but says pair had ‘very productive’ conversations in group sessionsEurope live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has denied being snubbed by Donald Trump at...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield
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Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield

Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote ReformTactical voting could be fundamental to a Labour victory in Makerfield, with Green and Liberal Democrat...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
‘Learn to love Ed Miliband’: how Burnham allies are jostling for cabinet jobs
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‘Learn to love Ed Miliband’: how Burnham allies are jostling for cabinet jobs

With Andy Burnham predicted to win Makerfield byelection, talk is turning to who would join him if he replaced Keir StarmerAndy Burnham looks on the brink of returning to Westminster this weekend if p...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
UK will have to ‘dial back’ military plans without more funding, says chief of defence
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UK will have to ‘dial back’ military plans without more funding, says chief of defence

Rich Knighton tells Lords committee he is ‘most concerned’ about impact on day-to-day military activitiesUK politics live – latest updatesBritain will have to “dial back” on military operations and ex...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Palestine Action ban will be overturned, group’s co-founder vows
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Palestine Action ban will be overturned, group’s co-founder vows

Speaking after appeal court ruled ban lawful, Huda Ammori says fight will be won in the courts or ‘on the streets’The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the battle to overturn the terrorism ban o...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
‘The developers got greedy’: the women who took on the leasehold scandal – and won
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‘The developers got greedy’: the women who took on the leasehold scandal – and won

Katie Kendrick, Cath Williams and Jo Darbyshire were subject to tens of thousands of pounds of hidden costs as their new-build freeholds soared in value, making their homes unsellable. Their campaign...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Stapleton lead line-up for bipartisan America250’s July 4 concert after Trump State Fair controversy
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Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Stapleton lead line-up for bipartisan America250’s July 4 concert after Trump State Fair controversy

"We’ve always believed in the power of music to be a unifying principle," said Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin The post Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Stapleton lead line-up for bipartisan America250’...

NME Music News4 months ago
Sheryl Crow hits out at Trump Administration for staging UFC fight at White House with Michelle Obama smear: “Disgraceful and void of decency”
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Sheryl Crow hits out at Trump Administration for staging UFC fight at White House with Michelle Obama smear: “Disgraceful and void of decency”

“Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment” The post Sheryl Crow hits out at Trump Administration for staging UFC fight at White House w...

NME Music News4 months ago
Jo Cox’s murder prompted calls for a ‘kinder, gentler politics’. Why has intolerance prevailed?
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Jo Cox’s murder prompted calls for a ‘kinder, gentler politics’. Why has intolerance prevailed?

The late MP’s family, politicians and academics on the factors they believe have heightened division in the last 10 yearsHow the murder of my sister changed Britain – podcastTen years on from Jo Cox’s...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban
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UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban

No 10 is worried about retaliation from White House over restrictions on under-16s’ internet useMinisters have embarked on a concerted lobbying operation to prevent a backlash from the Trump administr...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago