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• Ash Wednesday

  02-03-2017 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carol Monaghan attended a Commons select committee meeting with a cross on her forehead for Ash Wednesday.
  
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• Schools budget to get £3.5bn top-up for special needs education in England

  23-02-2026 20:19 via ft.com
  Bridget Phillipson unveils plan to improve Send provision, promising more money alongside contentious reforms
  
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• ‘Labour are now irrelevant here’: Greens eye Manchester by-election victory

  23-02-2026 19:53 via ft.com
  Party led by Zack Polanski is bookmakers’ odds-on favourite to win Gorton and Denton on Thursday
  
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• Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

  23-02-2026 19:08 via ft.com
  Move comes after details of peer’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein revealed in US justice department documents
  
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• Starmer’s ethics adviser to investigate minister over probe into journalists

  23-02-2026 18:08 via ft.com
  Josh Simons accused of hiring public affairs company to discover sources of leaks when he ran Labour Together
  
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• EU delays ratifying US trade deal

  23-02-2026 17:27 via ft.com
  Move comes in response to Supreme Court ruling deeming Trump’s tariffs illegal
  
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• English football teams face ban on sponsorship from unlicensed gambling groups

  23-02-2026 15:26 via ft.com
  Government crackdown on black-market betting would affect Premier League clubs
  
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• UK warns tariff retaliation is an option if US reneges on trade deal

  23-02-2026 15:24 via ft.com
  Government says ‘nothing is off the table’ if talks with Trump administration are not resolved amicably
  
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• Australia backs proposal to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession

  23-02-2026 15:10 via ft.com
  Move would require approval of all 14 realms where UK sovereign is head of state
  
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• We must change our conception of palliative care

  23-02-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  The NHS is ill-equipped to deal with the needs of a growing and ageing population
  
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• Special needs education spending in England will not fall for nearly a decade

  23-02-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Bridget Phillipson unveils plan to improve Send provision, promising more money alongside contentious reforms
  
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• Labour can no longer rely on the ‘ethnic minority vote’

  23-02-2026 10:35 via ft.com
  Foreign policy, home country politics and differing economic instincts fracture voter priorities
  
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• Ways to save liberal democracy — the pick of the latest political books

  23-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  A welcome shot of serious thought about populism, a bold argument for citizen rule, Gordon Brown revisited — and a work by Cass Sunstein that all politicians should digest
  
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• MPs and peers call for all UK children to be screened for lead

  23-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Letter from lawmakers and academics comes after FT investigation reveals impact of toxic metal on human health
  
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• Conservatives should not just focus on voters lost to Reform, analysis suggests

  23-02-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Polling finds that Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
  
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• Conservatives’ focus on voters lost to Reform overdone, analysis suggests

  23-02-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Polling shows Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
  
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• Ministers pledge £3.8bn of extra cash for special needs education in English schools

  22-02-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Labour government aims to end need for parents to ‘battle’ for support as it bids to avoid backbench revolt over reforms
  
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• Have investors moved on from AI disruption scares?

  22-02-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• MPs to discuss inquiry into trade envoy role after Andrew arrest

  22-02-2026 07:00 via bbc.com
  A cross-party committee will also look into the appointment and accountability of UK trade envoys.
  
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• Labour battles disaffection in crucial three-way by-election battle

  22-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Activists fear coming third to Greens and Reform, which have both run energetic and populist campaigns
  
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• Labour battles disaffection in crucial three-way by-election

  22-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Activists fear coming third to Greens and Reform, which have both run energetic and populist campaigns
  
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• 'It is a catastrophe' - the man battling to stem rising youth unemployment

  22-02-2026 04:37 via bbc.com
  Alan Milburn returns to his hometown of Newcastle as he undertakes a review into the growing numbers of young people out of work.
  
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• UK should send non-combat troops to Ukraine now, former PM Johnson tells BBC

  22-02-2026 04:07 via bbc.com
  Troops should be deployed to peaceful parts of the country in non-fighting roles, he said.
  
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• Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

  21-02-2026 11:09 via bbc.com
  The former Duke of York is eighth in line to the throne meaning he remains eligible to be King.
  
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• Nearly 6,000 entrepreneurs quit UK in past two years, say wealth managers

  21-02-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Most work in tech sector with top destinations the UAE, followed by Spain and the US, according to Rathbones
  
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• Uncertainty for UK firms after US tariff ruling, experts say

  20-02-2026 23:29 via bbc.com
  UK firms are left in limbo after a court overrules many US tariffs but Donald Trump says he will reintroduce them
  
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• Cambridge academics revolt over plans to close university’s vet school

  20-02-2026 19:17 via ft.com
  Professors urge management to put issue to a vote rather than make top-down decision
  
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• Starmer’s government hasn’t practised what it preached

  20-02-2026 19:00 via ft.com
  The prime minister was elected on a promise to clean up Westminster — he has failed to deliver
  
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• UK agrees drone defence plan with four EU allies

  20-02-2026 18:35 via bbc.com
  The scheme will seek to take inspiration from Ukraine's drone manufacturing programme.
  
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• 'Nasty' councillor jailed for coercive behaviour

  20-02-2026 18:01 via bbc.com
  Ex-Reform UK councillor for Cliftonville, Daniel Taylor, receives a prison term and loses his seat.
  
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