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Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas
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Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas

Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate BritainCommonwealth politicians say they will not back down from seeking reparations as UK publi...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities
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Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities

PM’s most senior civil servant now has task of rewriting civil service code and ‘making it recognised for improved productivity’ Antonia Romeo, Keir Starmer’s most senior civil servant, has been given...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK
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Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK

Rapper had been booked to play at festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarksThe Wireless music festival has been cancelled after the artist formerly known as Kanye West was...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer urged to limit US access to UK bases after ‘dangerous’ Trump threats
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Starmer urged to limit US access to UK bases after ‘dangerous’ Trump threats

Lib Dems, Greens and some Labour MPs demand UK block US from using its airbases for Iran missionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer is facing increasing pressure to limit US access to Briti...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU
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JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU

US Vice-President JD Vance intervenes in the campaign to give Orbán a ringing endorsement in Budapest.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Charity cleared after false claims online over migrant welcome project
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Charity cleared after false claims online over migrant welcome project

Watchdog finds allegations against City of Sanctuary UK were misleading after complaint from Tory MPA refugee charity subjected to vicious social media attacks over a migrant welcome project in school...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened
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UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘shocked’ by the remarks which were ‘over the top in every single way’The Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This morning the party issued a sta...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK government urged to act over proposed illegal Israeli settlement
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UK government urged to act over proposed illegal Israeli settlement

Former diplomats say ministers must threaten action against any companies bidding to build E1 settlement of 3,400 houses in West BankBritain must lead efforts to stop Israel’s annexation of the West B...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Can Starmer maintain ‘defensive strikes’ stance as Trump escalates threats on Iran?
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Can Starmer maintain ‘defensive strikes’ stance as Trump escalates threats on Iran?

As US threatens to attack civilian infrastructure, UK’s distinction between defence and attack is under strain• Donald Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran ignores demandsIn Downing Stre...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections
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Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections

Guardian journalist among those to get surprise request, though Farage denies party are ‘begging’ people to standReform UK has been cold calling people asking them to become “paper” candidates for the...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Why is the UK government capping student loan interest and will graduates now pay less?
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Why is the UK government capping student loan interest and will graduates now pay less?

Decision to cap interest rate at 6% in England and Wales from September is unlikely to defuse row over crippling cost of debtFull story: UK caps interest rate on student loansThe government has announ...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September
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UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will protect borrowers from impact of global conflictExplainer: what the rate cap means for graduatesMillions of graduates will have th...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay
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British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay

Union rejected 4.9% pay rise for resident doctors, who are on six-day strike, but offered its own staff 2.75%The British Medical Association has been accused of the “height of hypocrisy” for offering...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead
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UK Jewish groups threaten protests if Kanye West’s Wireless shows go ahead

Campaign Against Antisemitism calls on rapper to cancel gigs, while rapper offers to meet Jewish representativesKanye West will face mass protests if his three-night residency at London’s Wireless fes...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations
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Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations

The ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’, says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongsReform UK would stop issuing visas to people from any country that continues to de...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting
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Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary says industrial action in England also threatens to derail NHS progress on waiting timesWes Streeting has accused resident doctors of “torpedoing” their own pay rises and t...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘It’s heartbreaking’: resident doctors in England face halt on new training posts
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‘It’s heartbreaking’: resident doctors in England face halt on new training posts

Withdrawal of additional speciality training roles amid strike deadlock has left some doctors with uncertain futureAfter almost two years on the NHS frontline as a resident doctor, Heather Gunn says s...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK
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‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK

With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie aheadIn four weeks, the shape of British politics is likely to change drama...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK manufacturers ‘will pay £940m a year more in business rates due to Reeves changes’
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UK manufacturers ‘will pay £940m a year more in business rates due to Reeves changes’

Government should look at ways to help as firms are paying disproportionate bills, says MakeUKBritish manufacturers have said they will have to pay an extra £940m a year in business rates because of c...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Hyper-targeted scheme to help at-risk schools in England tackle knife crime
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Hyper-targeted scheme to help at-risk schools in England tackle knife crime

Home Office will use mapping technology and crime data to identify up to 250 schools in areas of greatest riskSchools across England are to receive dedicated support to prevent knife crime incidents i...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago