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British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband
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British consulate in East Jerusalem will stay open as UK mission, says Ed Miliband

UK and Israel back away from full diplomatic confrontation, though British presence in Palestine will be much reducedIsrael and the UK have backed away from a full-scale diplomatic confrontation, with...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul
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Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul

Exclusive: Letter to government says changes will unfairly remove legal protections for children in EnglandLetter: Legal rights must be retained for children with SendCampaigners are calling on Andy B...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
UK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happened
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UK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happened

Voters choosing replacement for Keir Starmer, who announced he was standing down last monthThe UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the govern...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Former Labour MP cleared over role in fraudulent Covid-19 testing company
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Former Labour MP cleared over role in fraudulent Covid-19 testing company

Court hears former justice minister Shahid Malik had only ‘very limited’ role in business that made £6.67m in three weeksA former Labour MP and justice minister has been found not guilty of charges ar...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Racial and religious hate crimes at record high in England and Wales, data shows
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Racial and religious hate crimes at record high in England and Wales, data shows

Offences targeting Muslims increased most in 12 months to March – up 15% – while antisemitic hate crimes rose by 10%Racially and religiously motivated offences have reached record highs in the UK as t...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report
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UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report

Exclusive: Thinktank says Britain’s drive towards global commitments is symptom of ‘outdated foreign policy’The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, m...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
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Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds

Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UKBrexit, Liz Truss’s mini-budget and other “shocks” over the last 10 years have...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU
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French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Finance minister, Roland Lescure, welcomes Burnham’s pledge to explore closer ties with blocEurope live – latest updatesThe French finance minister has invited the UK to “come all the way back” to the...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Holborn and St Pancras by-election gets under way
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Holborn and St Pancras by-election gets under way

Voters in north London are going to the polls to choose a new MP after Sir Keir Starmer resigned.

BBC News - UK5 days ago
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 News5 days 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 News5 days 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 - UK5 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days 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 News6 days ago