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Voting opens in high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection
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Voting opens in high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Zack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seatVoting has opened in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a key gaug...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zones
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‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zones

Little if any sign Bury Park is a place where any group might fear to tread, despite Tory MP’s comments to the contraryFrom behind the counter of his chippie, Tanner Ahmed is wrestling with the notion...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
The Papers: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'
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The Papers: 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch's speech at the Tory conference dominates Thursday's papers.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
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Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts

Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamicLabour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravell...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
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Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan

Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speechKemi Badenoch has announced that the Conservatives would abolish inheritance tax o...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart

The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthyKemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation
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Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation

Internal inquiry exonerates Dan Jukes and James Orr, who were filmed talking about scheme involving US donorReform UK has cleared two of its senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donation...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters

Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrumsLarry Elliott’s column on the rightwing economic myths constraining Andy Burnham’s gover...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodusApparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playgroundWhen the Sunday Time...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns

Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktankSoaring energy and housing costs mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst parliament...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
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‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors

Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from LondonThe UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few signs it was at...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image
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‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image

At Conservative conference, some worry about becoming a one-woman party, while others say party should thank their lucky stars they have herKemi Badenoch has long said that the Conservatives were “und...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
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George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK

Veteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign beganGeorge Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened
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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – as it happened

Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance taxChris Philp, the shadow home secretary, is speaking now at the conference. He described Nick Timothy...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
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Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting

Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Reform UK inquiry clears own advisers over donations sting
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Reform UK inquiry clears own advisers over donations sting

Reform UK's internal inquiry following an undercover sting has cleared two of its senior advisers of wrongdoing, the party says.

Sky News - UK1 month ago
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgetsThe head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big econom...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground
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Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground

If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individualsLondon was once globally renowned as the “billionaires’ playground”, where the world’s...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at ‘turncoat’ Robert Jenrick
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Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at ‘turncoat’ Robert Jenrick

Reminders of banished Reform UK defector were all around the Conservative party conference in BirminghamAs Kemi Badenoch basked in the applause of the Tory faithful at the close of her pivotal speech...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK, says Badenoch
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I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK, says Badenoch

The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.

BBC News - UK1 month ago