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Can curry nights and canny advisers help Healey deliver a budget for everyday people?
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Can curry nights and canny advisers help Healey deliver a budget for everyday people?

The chancellor has promised ‘breathing space’ for households and small businesses but global events cannot be ignoredYou be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the booksEver...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile
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Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile

Government campaign recommends three days’ worth of stores for emergencies, but some are ahead of the gameDried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupb...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast
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“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated
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Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated

Data released under freedom of information laws reveals hundreds of projects unfinished despite Tory promises on regional equality• Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?Most...

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Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?
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Can a £5.8bn scheme help revive Grimsby and other town centres?

Turning boarded-up shops into community spaces is a bigger and more complex task than just adding fundingMost levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated“It is nice to see som...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Watch: The rise of AI election ads in US midterms campaign
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Watch: The rise of AI election ads in US midterms campaign

BBC Verify has tracked dozens of AI ads to assess how they are being used by campaigns in the midterms.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Tory activist in 'contract killing broker' claim had worked for party HQ
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Tory activist in 'contract killing broker' claim had worked for party HQ

Jack Ross was contracted to do social media work for the party until earlier this year, the BBC has been told.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Australian MP's condition improves after alleged car attack
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Australian MP's condition improves after alleged car attack

The Independent MP is now in a serious but stable condition, according to the Melbourne hospital.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign
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‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign

Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop ownersWhen the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information ca...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Ex-Tory campaign chief and his wife receive suspended sentences over election bets
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Ex-Tory campaign chief and his wife receive suspended sentences over election bets

Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 general election would be held.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Reform UK braces for Farage standards verdict over undeclared £5m gift
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Reform UK braces for Farage standards verdict over undeclared £5m gift

Party insiders say they expect initial verdict to be against leader and are preparing to appeal against adverse findingsNigel Farage’s Reform is braced for a negative report from the standards commiss...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks
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Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks

Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’The Free Speech Union (FSU) is reeling from intern...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
U2’s Bono hits out at Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts as “unconscionable”, says Republican Party has been “hijacked”
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U2’s Bono hits out at Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts as “unconscionable”, says Republican Party has been “hijacked”

The singer questioned how people of faith could support international aid cuts that researchers warn could cost millions of lives The post U2’s Bono hits out at Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts as “unconscionab...

NME Music News2 weeks ago
UK politics: Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – as it happened
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UK politics: Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – as it happened

The prime minister said the government is having conversation about emergency preparednessA DUP minister has said he is confident MP Carla Lockhart will stay in the party despite leaving its main deci...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills
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UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

Exclusive: Angela Eagle tells utility bosses next price review ‘must focus on value for money for customers’Ministers will make an unprecedented intervention in water bills and how companies prioritis...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Andy Burnham says he has emergency stockpile of beans, soup and Twiglets
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Andy Burnham says he has emergency stockpile of beans, soup and Twiglets

PM’s revelation follows launch of advice for households to have enough water and food to get by in civil emergencyAndy Burnham has said he has stockpiles of beans, soup and Twiglets in case of a civil...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Potholes, bus fares and headphone dodgers: will Burnham’s strategy of ‘everyday fixes’ succeed?
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Potholes, bus fares and headphone dodgers: will Burnham’s strategy of ‘everyday fixes’ succeed?

New PM has prioritised small fixes to show voters Labour can make a real difference, and government insiders are delighted at the public’s reactionIn the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s political...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Briton facing forced separation from baby son after Sweden orders his deportation
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Briton facing forced separation from baby son after Sweden orders his deportation

Exclusive: Photographer Simon Montgomery told ‘state’s interest in regulated immigration’ outweighs his family concernsA British photographer is facing deportation from Sweden and forced separation fr...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Three people linked to Conservatives sentenced after cheating at gambling on general election
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Three people linked to Conservatives sentenced after cheating at gambling on general election

Three people linked to the Conservatives, including the party's former director of campaigning, have been given suspended sentences after admitting to cheating at gambling on the 2024 general election...

Sky News - UK2 weeks ago
Infantino re-election hopes boosted by Asia support after u-turn
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Infantino re-election hopes boosted by Asia support after u-turn

Gianni Infantino's hopes of being re-elected Fifa president are enhanced by an endorsement from the Asian Football Confederation.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago