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Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
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Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants

Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EUJukka Salovaara, the newly installed European Union...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round of Brazil election
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Right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round of Brazil election

With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growthThe Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordab...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
What to know about Brazil's election as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro face off
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What to know about Brazil's election as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro face off

Polls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
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Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood

Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UKNearly all women who try to reach the UK in small boats from northern France have been raped...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism
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Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism

Motion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813The Greens have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionis...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’
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As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’

Party formally adopts policy which equates Zionism with racism, as all Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racismOn Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam, the communities se...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch
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I'm a classic old school Conservative, says Kemi Badenoch

The Tory leader seeks to echo Margaret Thatcher as she sets out her guiding political principles.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift
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Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift

Reform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaireNigel Farage has been interviewed by the standards commissioner for an investigation into whether he shou...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Daughter of MP murdered five years ago tells BBC politicians still at risk
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Daughter of MP murdered five years ago tells BBC politicians still at risk

Katie Amess questions if anything has changed to protect politicians five years after her father's death.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Badenoch unveils plan to end £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge' ahead of Tory conference
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Badenoch unveils plan to end £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge' ahead of Tory conference

The Conservative leader tells the BBC the earnings threshold for government support stops people "working harder".

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Court quashes block on mothers and children in Gaza joining families in UK
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Court quashes block on mothers and children in Gaza joining families in UK

Immigration court judge finds ‘unsafe journeys’ policy was applied unlawfully to two familiesA decision by the Home Office to block mothers and children in Gaza from joining their families in the UK h...

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Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’
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Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’

Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiserThe former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fig...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindledWhen a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on Monday, rail staff leapt...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Thousands of Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in one of UK’s biggest fire-and-rehire plans
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Thousands of Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in one of UK’s biggest fire-and-rehire plans

Unison union refuses to ballot members on offer that would make 11% of council employees worse offUK politics live – latest updatesThousands of Glasgow council workers face being sacked and reappointe...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires

FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as survey highlights many fire services lack proper protective gearThe government quietly scrapped plans to prepare the countryside in England for wild...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Return of the nasty party? Badenoch walks tightrope with ‘punch down’ policies
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Return of the nasty party? Badenoch walks tightrope with ‘punch down’ policies

Shadow minister says Tories have ‘outsourced our toxicity to Reform’, but others doubt leader can spark lasting revivalThe forthcoming Conservative conference will be, almost everyone in the party agr...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers
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Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers

Labour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to themMinisters are mulling over how to ensure that England’s regional leaders do not...

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UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
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UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measuresBritain’s car industry is grappling with a “difficult trade-off” between China and Europe, a...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
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Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says

Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working moreThe Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childcare giveaway for high earners ahead of their annua...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago