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Small boat arrivals are ‘wealthy men’ who do not deserve help, says Reform’s Danny Kruger
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Small boat arrivals are ‘wealthy men’ who do not deserve help, says Reform’s Danny Kruger

The fact that some migrants pay people smugglers thousands of pounds makes them well off, MP claimsAsylum seekers who arrive on small boats across the Channel are “wealthy men” who do not deserve the...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields
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Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields

Michael Marra supports development of the North Sea sites, calling for a ‘more rational’ approach to energy policyScottish Labour’s new leader Michael Marra has backed the development of the Rosebank...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Michael Marra announced as new Scottish Labour leader
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Michael Marra announced as new Scottish Labour leader

Anas Sarwar's replacement has been announced as the MSP for the North East region.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson leaves UK Music to join Palantir
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson leaves UK Music to join Palantir

"The revolving door between ex-Labour politicians and corporate tech money continues to spin at supersonic speed" The post Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson leaves UK Music to join Palantir appe...

NME Music News1 week ago
Michael Marra named new leader of Scottish Labour
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Michael Marra named new leader of Scottish Labour

Michael Marra has been elected the new leader of Scottish Labour, calling it the "honour of my life".

Sky News - UK1 week ago
Reform UK activists squabble over Farage’s plan for £72m donations
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Reform UK activists squabble over Farage’s plan for £72m donations

Crypto billionaires’ £72m will be used to hire campaign managers and professional staff in target constituenciesFor Nigel Farage, the £72m lavished last week on his party by the crypto billionaire don...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Lib Dems have ‘moral responsibility’ to block Reform, says Ed Davey as party gears up for snap election
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Lib Dems have ‘moral responsibility’ to block Reform, says Ed Davey as party gears up for snap election

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader bullish ahead of party conference despite static poll ratings and MPs’ frustrationsThe Liberal Democrats have begun work on a new manifesto in case of a possible snap electio...

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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent risesMore than 1.1 million low-income families in rented homes fac...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party
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Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party

Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against planZack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling execut...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic later found to have engaged in online bullying
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Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic later found to have engaged in online bullying

Judge said Nina Power and her friend’s social media posts had ‘the whiff of threat and antisemitism’Reform UK’s new mega-donor Ben Delo gave a £350,000 loan to a conservative writer fighting a legal c...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Burnham urged by opposition parties to follow Macron and act with more urgency on Russian threat – as it happened
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Burnham urged by opposition parties to follow Macron and act with more urgency on Russian threat – as it happened

French president Emmanuel Macron earlier said he put measures in place to protect the country’s critical infrastructureMicheál Martin, the taoiseach (Irish PM), thanked Andy Burnham for his stance on...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the l...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Disabled people need right to travel abroad, say UK MPs amid ‘ridiculous’ restrictions row
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Disabled people need right to travel abroad, say UK MPs amid ‘ridiculous’ restrictions row

Outcry over ‘brazenly discriminatory’ funding practices among NHS care boards and local councils, with wide variations in rulesOpinion: An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? We will not...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Badenoch says she is instructing lawyers to challenge government after Tory-run council's 94% tax hike
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Badenoch says she is instructing lawyers to challenge government after Tory-run council's 94% tax hike

A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs

Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry expertsJoe and Jake. Daz Sampson. Electro Velvet. Who could forget them?Most people, probably....

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politics
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‘A man threatened to shoot me’: the abuse pushing UK councillors out of politics

Exclusive: Survey finds 78% of councillors feel at risk in their roles, with 52% saying intimidation has risen in past yearHeather Williams has been shouted at in the street, received death threats, t...

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‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary
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‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary

Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sitesShabana Mahmood has described the anti-asylum activist Daniel Thomas as “a far-...

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq KhanAnother former government minister has been hired by a controversi...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Is the tie dead? Fashion connoisseurs hope not as House of Lords relaxes rules
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Is the tie dead? Fashion connoisseurs hope not as House of Lords relaxes rules

Switch to ‘business attire’ is a sign of the times, but formal neckwear still has its place, say some of Savile Row’s finest-dressedThe House of Lords has long been derided as a stuffy relic of the pa...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
'Don't be silly' over Falklands and Irish unity, top Tory tells Trump
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'Don't be silly' over Falklands and Irish unity, top Tory tells Trump

Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat says the US president's recent comments were aimed at US voters, in a BBC interview.

BBC News - UK1 week ago