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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 News2 days 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 News2 days 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 - UK3 days 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...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
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 - UK3 days 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 News3 days 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 News3 days 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...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
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 News3 days 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...

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Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade
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Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade

Prospect of contentious Orange Order march through Garvaghy Road in Portadown has led to a nearly two-week standoffThe Northern Ireland secretary of state has banned the Drumcree parade after a 13-day...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Polanski vows to stay on as Green leader as he faces criticism after by-election defeat
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Polanski vows to stay on as Green leader as he faces criticism after by-election defeat

Jewish Greens' leader has said Polanski should resign in the wake of a Zionism row and by-election defeat.

BBC News - UK4 days ago
Parties prepare for byelection in Farage seat amid speculation over £5m gift inquiry
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Parties prepare for byelection in Farage seat amid speculation over £5m gift inquiry

Tories said to be ready to fight in Clacton, with standards investigation rumoured to be nearing its endNigel Farage’s rivals are gearing up for a byelection in Clacton in the months ahead, amid specu...

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Lib Dem MP quits frontbench job over Ed Davey's leadership
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Lib Dem MP quits frontbench job over Ed Davey's leadership

Deputy party leader Daisy Cooper says "the vast majority of our MPs support Ed... and are furious at this distraction."

BBC News - UK4 days ago
Labour hails byelection win as return of leftwing voters after Starmer era
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Labour hails byelection win as return of leftwing voters after Starmer era

Party now polling 15 points above Greens, who had been ahead of Labour before Keir Starmer resigned as PMLabour is starting to win back voters on the left who became disillusioned under Keir Starmer’s...

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Ed Davey faces growing revolt against leadership as senior Lib Dem MP quits
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Ed Davey faces growing revolt against leadership as senior Lib Dem MP quits

Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard reportedly resigned in attempt to unseat leader as party slips in pollsEd Davey is facing a growing revolt against his leadership of the Liberal Democrats, after...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Does Polanski have to go? Greens at the crossroads after Holborn and St Pancras
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Does Polanski have to go? Greens at the crossroads after Holborn and St Pancras

Pressure is building on the party leader after byelection defeat, a damaging row over Zionism and polls that show him less popular than Nigel FarageWhen Zack Polanski addressed his campaigners flush w...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
‘The real deal’: Sagal Abdi-Wali’s journey from child refugee to Labour MP in former PM’s seat
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‘The real deal’: Sagal Abdi-Wali’s journey from child refugee to Labour MP in former PM’s seat

Decades of volunteering combined with years of active local party politics propels Abdi-Wali to victory over Green leader Zack PolanskiFor Sagal Abdi-Wali, the new MP for Holborn and St Pancras, being...

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UK coastguard agency chief faces calls to resign over ‘misleading’ claims in pay row
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UK coastguard agency chief faces calls to resign over ‘misleading’ claims in pay row

Regulator says poll data did not sufficiently back up claim of support for plan to stop remunerating rescue officers The head of the UK coastguard agency is facing calls to resign after she was found...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
UK politics: Green MP Siân Berry says opponents of Zionism motion were ‘persuaded’ not to fight it because of byelection – as it happened
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UK politics: Green MP Siân Berry says opponents of Zionism motion were ‘persuaded’ not to fight it because of byelection – as it happened

The MP says that passing the motion has done ‘genuine damage; to the party’s reputationReport: Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras byelectionAnalysis: defeat will disappoint Greens – but there may also...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago