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Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand
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Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand

International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supplyMiddle East crisis – live updatesLowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings
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Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK that left them injuredThree victims of IRA bombings who sued Gerry Adams alleging he was a member of the paramilitary...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Labour dismisses Reform UK MSP candidates as ‘hopeless Tory rejects and oddballs’ as one is suspended – as it happened
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Labour dismisses Reform UK MSP candidates as ‘hopeless Tory rejects and oddballs’ as one is suspended – as it happened

This blog is now closedSeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.Malcolm Offord, Reform UK’s Scottish leader, has doubled down on his defence of the party’s vetting by dismissing remarks by ca...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘We need to think much bigger’: trade minister calls for greater ambition in UK-EU reset
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‘We need to think much bigger’: trade minister calls for greater ambition in UK-EU reset

Exclusive: Chris Bryant says policy agreements are being done in bits and pieces but a greater vision is needed by both sidesIt was all smiles and warm handshakes when the two men in charge of renegot...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him
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Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him

Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarksReform UK has suspended one of its Scottish candidates after it emerge...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger
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Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger

Devolution of tax powers to mayors, scrapping of national insurance and property tax overhaul on report’s menu Cabinet ministers have been studying a blueprint for Labour to radically overhaul its eco...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP
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House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP

Kim Leadbeater says people are ‘extremely angry’ at delaying tactics of peers as time runs out to pass billThe House of Lords “signed its own death warrant” over its stalling of the UK assisted dying...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Farage pauses Cameo account for security reasons, says Reform UK
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Farage pauses Cameo account for security reasons, says Reform UK

It comes after a Guardian investigation suggests the party leader recorded supportive messages for a convicted rioter and a neo-Nazi event.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans
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Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans

Opponents are considering using parliamentary procedure to force a vote to highlight their concerns.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski
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I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski

Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says
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Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says

Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strikeLabour will be “decimated” in the upcoming local elections and should “hang their heads in...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers
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Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers

Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
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Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds

Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against itPolitical elites are out of step with the public appetite for net zero, according to anal...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Peers vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions
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Peers vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions

House of Lords decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeatedUK politics live – latest updatesWomen who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over il...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Farage backs Tory attack on Muslim iftar event, saying public prayer ‘was a shock’ – as it happened
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Farage backs Tory attack on Muslim iftar event, saying public prayer ‘was a shock’ – as it happened

Nigel Farage echoed Nick Timothy’s comments after he said public prayer for Ramadan was an ‘act of domination’Starmer claims Tories have ‘problem with Muslims’ after Timothy tweetCleverly is trying to...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event
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Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event

The Tory leader has faced calls to sack a colleague who called public prayers an "act of domination".

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Do the Conservatives have a problem with Muslims? – podcast
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Do the Conservatives have a problem with Muslims? – podcast

At the launch of the Conservative local elections campaign on Thursday, Peter Walker asked Kemi Badenoch about her shadow justice secretary’s claim that Muslims praying in Trafalgar square was an ‘act...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Tories only party with a plan, says Badenoch as she launches election campaign
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Tories only party with a plan, says Badenoch as she launches election campaign

Speaking ahead of the 7 May poll, the Tory leader says her party is the only one "that can actually fix things".

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers
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Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers

Thousands of hard-working Brits who have been denied over £7.3 million in pay by their employers have been directly repaid as part of latest Government crackdown on those who fail to pay the minimum w...

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Sadiq Khan says Labour should pledge to rejoin EU
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Sadiq Khan says Labour should pledge to rejoin EU

Downing Street has repeatedly said the government will not rejoin the single market or customs union.

BBC News - UK6 months ago