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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources sayMinisters are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps...

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Burnham: not pursuing better EU deal would be ‘dereliction of duty’
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Burnham: not pursuing better EU deal would be ‘dereliction of duty’

Post-recess statement will focus on damage caused by Brexit and the need to cooperate on immigration and tradeAndy Burnham will put Brexit back on the Commons agenda as MPs return from recess, warning...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts
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UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangersCompanies building the most advanced AI systems must increase safety efforts, the UK’s...

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Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
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Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him ‘clear answer’ Russia meddledAndy Burnham has said it is clear Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum, after seeking...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Zack Polanski signals Green party overhaul after row over Zionism vote
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Zack Polanski signals Green party overhaul after row over Zionism vote

Rapid growth means structures need to change and give leaders greater control, Polanski says in Guardian articleZack Polanski: How we’re transforming British politicsZack Polanski has signalled a pote...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Is there a different way to fix the small boats crisis?
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Is there a different way to fix the small boats crisis?

As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomesThe smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy bu...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Burnham faces questions over push to scrap photo ID voting requirement
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Burnham faces questions over push to scrap photo ID voting requirement

Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculationAndy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Brita...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
DUP MP says her party could help remove O'Neill as first minister over Drumcree row
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DUP MP says her party could help remove O'Neill as first minister over Drumcree row

Carla Lockhart says unionist voters are angry at Michelle O'Neill over her role in the Garvaghy Road protests.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Britain stands behind Zelenskyy, says Streeting after Trump’s call for new leader in Ukraine
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Britain stands behind Zelenskyy, says Streeting after Trump’s call for new leader in Ukraine

Defence secretary backs Ukrainian president and says priority is to maintain western unity over Russia conflictBritain stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the defence secretary has said, after Donald T...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Surgeon faces deportation as Home Office revokes refugee status for Syrians
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Surgeon faces deportation as Home Office revokes refugee status for Syrians

UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s adviceA Syrian plastic surgeon is facing deportation from the UK after the Home Office revoked his refugee status, declaring it is no...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
After RAF Fairford incident, how big a threat to the UK is Iran?
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After RAF Fairford incident, how big a threat to the UK is Iran?

Although there is scepticism about Tehran’s capabilities, it has become clear it wants Britain to feel it poses a riskBritain may have been only peripherally involved in the bombing of Iran that Donal...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action
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‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action

Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on holdNew homes could be built without solar panels, heat pumps and high-grade i...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
MPs seek to overturn ruling that stops police being sued for failings
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MPs seek to overturn ruling that stops police being sued for failings

MPs are seeking to stop immunity applying when police fabricate evidence or are dishonest or negligent.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Greens must avoid ‘capture by extremists and racists’, says party MP
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Greens must avoid ‘capture by extremists and racists’, says party MP

Ellie Chowns says vote for ‘Zionism is racism’ policy by 0.4% of members shows party processes are not workingA Green Party MP has said she wants to make sure her party is not “vulnerable to capture b...

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Green Party MP wants to make sure it is 'not vulnerable to extremists'
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Green Party MP wants to make sure it is 'not vulnerable to extremists'

The party's Westminster leader Ellie Chowns made the comments after ex-leader Caroline Lucas said some members had joined to vote in the Zionism motion.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute

George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in fieldThe UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so.In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended in...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget

Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambitionIn the days since Labour’s annual conference, party insiders have been sharing a word...

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UK accused of giving people of Gaza false hope over new refugee safe route
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UK accused of giving people of Gaza false hope over new refugee safe route

Only ‘very small number’ of people already in Lebanon or Jordan will be referred, says organisation running schemeThe Home Office is facing claims it gave false hope to the people of Gaza after it eme...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn
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Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to clos...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago