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UK will get no special treatment from EU, European ministers say
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UK will get no special treatment from EU, European ministers say

There will be ‘no cherrypicking’ of policies, EU says, after Starmer says he hopes to negotiate single market for goodsThe UK will get no special treatment in its future economic relationship with the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Construction worker accused of Starmer arson claims he was at pub during attacks
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Construction worker accused of Starmer arson claims he was at pub during attacks

A construction worker accused of acting as the co-ordinator of an arson plot targeting the prime minister has told a court that he was drinking at a pub during the attacks.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Streeting and Burnham accuse Blair of failing to confront inequality in Labour criticism
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Streeting and Burnham accuse Blair of failing to confront inequality in Labour criticism

Potential leadership candidates join senior figures in saying the former PM’s essay does not address today’s challengesWes Streeting: Blair wants to leave our future to the marketsWes Streeting and An...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Live Nation have created “climate of fear” in UK live music industry, finds government report calling for fresh investigation into market dominance
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Live Nation have created “climate of fear” in UK live music industry, finds government report calling for fresh investigation into market dominance

The report points to "deep concerns about whether competition in the industry is now working fairly for fans, artists, venues and independent promoters" The post Live Nation have created “climate of...

NME Music News5 months ago
Immigration officers more likely than social workers to assess UK asylum seekers as adults
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Immigration officers more likely than social workers to assess UK asylum seekers as adults

Local authorities deem young arrivals to be children more than twice as often as border forces, Home Office data showsYoung asylum seekers in the UK are more than twice as likely to be assessed as adu...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘Everything I do has climate at its centre’: Hackney’s first Green mayor gets to work
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‘Everything I do has climate at its centre’: Hackney’s first Green mayor gets to work

After the initial euphoria of victory, Zoë Garbett prepares to begin running one of England’s most diverse and deprived boroughsFor the first time in decades the person sitting behind the desk in the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Energy price cap in Great Britain to rise by 13% from July
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Energy price cap in Great Britain to rise by 13% from July

Average gas and electricity bill to jump to £1,862 a year from July until end of September, in part because of Iran warHouseholds will face the steepest summer rise in energy charges in four years aft...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Reform UK spending on Facebook ads surged before May elections
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Reform UK spending on Facebook ads surged before May elections

Party spent £252,000 in last two weeks of campaign on its main Facebook pages compared with Labour’s £276,000UK politics live – latest updatesReform UK ramped up the funding and sophistication of its...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Humza Yousaf says Peter Murrell deserves ‘hefty’ sentence for embezzlement
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Humza Yousaf says Peter Murrell deserves ‘hefty’ sentence for embezzlement

Former first minister speaks out after SNP’s ex-chief executive pleaded guilty to stealing £400,000 from party UK politics live – latest updatesHumza Yousaf, Scotland’s former first minister, has call...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Labour must put policy first, politics second, Tony Blair says
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Labour must put policy first, politics second, Tony Blair says

Former PM urges party to take a step back and ‘analyse the world’ amid speculation over Keir Starmer’s leadershipUK politics live – latest updatesTony Blair has continued his attack on the Labour gove...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Labour MPs report Reform UK to equalities watchdog for alleged Islamophobia
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Labour MPs report Reform UK to equalities watchdog for alleged Islamophobia

A group of MPs has written to the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) demanding a probe into Reform UK regarding allegations of Islamophobia.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
‘The Simpsons’ writer who predicted Trump presidency announces 2028 White House campaign
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‘The Simpsons’ writer who predicted Trump presidency announces 2028 White House campaign

The episode 'Bart To The Future' suggested a Trump presidency 16 years before it happened The post ‘The Simpsons’ writer who predicted Trump presidency announces 2028 White House campaign appeared fi...

NME Music News5 months ago
Children seeing extreme violence while held needlessly in jail, says England and Wales watchdog
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Children seeing extreme violence while held needlessly in jail, says England and Wales watchdog

Prisons inspectorate finds almost 100 children each year are remanded to custody only to be bailed or moved Children are witnessing extreme violence including stabbings while being unnecessarily held...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next electionAnalysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful
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Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful

Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his partyTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpDid Tony Blair ever mention he wa...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Labour needs 'fundamental reset', says Blair amid leadership crisis
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Labour needs 'fundamental reset', says Blair amid leadership crisis

Sir Tony Blair has warned Labour against forcing Sir Keir Starmer to quit without having a proper policy agenda to follow him, in his first intervention since the party was plunged into a leadership c...

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Reform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’
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Reform UK civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’

Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staffA Reform UK plan to cut the size of the civil service would involve sacking more...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts
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Ministers urged to press ahead with UK ban on zero-hours contracts

Campaigners reject claims that tougher rules will deter hiring and lock young people out of labour marketMinisters should press ahead with a ban on zero-hours contracts, campaigners say, despite claim...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X
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Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X

Exclusive: Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’The Reform UK candidate in this month’s Makerfield byelection appeared to ex...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks
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Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks

Age limits and changes to allegedly addictive design features could be in place by the end of the yearLabour is expected to announce a social media crackdown within weeks as the prime minister, Keir S...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago