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• Brexit’s Mr Make-or-Break it

  22-03-2017 15:06 via UK politics
  UK government faces a tough time if Martin Selmayr succeeds in setting tone for talks
  
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• The UK Treasury needs to keep consumers front and centre

  09-11-2026 16:18 via UK politics
  The Financial Services and Markets Bill sees the pendulum swinging purposefully towards deregulation
  
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• Police reform plans are poor fit for Burnham’s devolution agenda

  09-11-2026 10:30 via UK politics
  Starmer-era proposal to combine constabularies into mega-forces has created bitter row among police chiefs and England’s mayors
  
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• UK faces China expertise crunch after exodus of senior diplomats

  09-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Shortage of Beijing specialists from Whitehall undermines Britain’s ability to make policy at time of geopolitical upheaval
  
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• UK diplomacy suffers exodus of China experts

  09-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Shortage of Beijing specialists from Whitehall undermines Britain’s ability to make policy at time of geopolitical upheaval
  
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• How London has tackled its knife-crime epidemic

  09-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  The capital’s Violence Reduction Unit has sought to make targeted interventions while guiding young people in a positive direction
  
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• Britain must take a cue from the Nordics on total defence

  09-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Our partners in the High North understand that every citizen, community and company has a duty
  
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• Dublin launches ‘blueprint’ for united Ireland

  08-11-2026 14:49 via UK politics
  Coalition party’s scenario planning puts first-year cost of reunification at €3bn to €25bn while prime minister announces government unit to inform debate
  
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• UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy questions whether rejoining EU is a ‘choice we have’

  08-11-2026 13:30 via UK politics
  PM Andy Burnham has said he wants debate about Britain’s long-term relationship with Brussels
  
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• Data says the unsaid about British welfare politics

  08-11-2026 13:00 via UK politics
  Both Labour and the Conservatives owe their majorities to claimants, just different kinds
  
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• UK will not slow down on AI despite backlash in US, says growth minister

  07-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Dan Tomlinson asserts that pace of investment is ‘too low for what we need to stay at the forefront as AI technology develops’
  
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• The UK has few easy options for rejoining a ‘traumatised’ EU

  07-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Accession is really not a negotiation. It is a process and candidates must tick all the relevant boxes
  
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• Burnham’s 10-year plan morphs into ‘high-level’ blueprint

  07-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Delay deepens doubts within Labour whether PM’s vision for UK will be as transformational as billed
  
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• Can Labour unpick the immigration knot?

  06-11-2026 17:13 via UK politics
  The Home Office must restore public faith wrecked by the gulf between political rhetoric and reality  
  
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• Troubled housebuilder Vistry tests limits of Labour’s appetite for nationalisation

  06-11-2026 10:48 via UK politics
  For now at least, there is little sign the state will take control of the group
  
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• ‘I’ve never supported endless war’: Farage seeks to limit Trump fallout

  06-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Reform UK leader’s friendship with the US president has long been seen by opponents as a liability
  
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• Farage backtracks on Iran war after Trump prediction falls flat

  06-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Reform UK leader’s friendship with the US president has long been seen by opponents as a liability
  
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• Merge police into 10 larger forces, says Met chief

  06-11-2026 01:01 via UK politics
  Sir Mark Rowley wants the existing 43 forces in England and Wales to be consolidated into bigger and more effective units
  
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• UK prepares to extend Palantir’s NHS contract as it draws up plans for potential replacement

  05-11-2026 19:48 via UK politics
  Ministers planning to not trigger break clause but instead pitch US company against British alternatives in fresh procurement process
  
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• UK plans to extend Palantir’s NHS contract as it draws up plans for potential replacement

  05-11-2026 19:48 via UK politics
  Ministers preparing to not trigger break clause but instead pitch US company against British alternatives in fresh procurement process
  
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• What Trump’s setback means for Britain

  05-11-2026 19:45 via UK politics
  Plus, is Labour softening on immigration?
  
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• The UK-EU reset is a deal worth doing

  05-11-2026 18:55 via UK politics
  But Britain’s hard-pressed universities should not be left worse off
  
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• Manchester developer ordered to pay £46.5mn cost of post-Grenfell repairs

  05-11-2026 15:00 via UK politics
  Property tribunal rules that Urban Splash should pay bulk of bill to fix safety defects at seven of its blocks in the city
  
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• A weakened Trump still leaves Britain on edge

  05-11-2026 10:30 via UK politics
  President is a lame duck at home but his destabilising foreign policy may yet prove a challenge for the UK
  
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• UK public spending on ‘preventative’ measures to be ringfenced in overhaul

  05-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Healey says next year’s spending review will mark shift by protecting investment that stops problems escalating
  
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• The greenbelt U-turn in Andy Burnham’s backyard

  05-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  As the prime minister promises good growth in every postcode, his local Labour authority has axed all the employment schemes in its planning blueprint
  
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• The greenbelt backlash in Andy Burnham’s backyard

  05-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  As the prime minister promises good growth in every postcode, his local Labour authority has axed all the employment schemes in its planning blueprint
  
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• China’s critical minerals dominance leaves UK ‘dangerously exposed’, MPs warn

  05-11-2026 01:01 via UK politics
  Committee chair Liam Byrne says failure to diversify supplies continues to pose significant risks to Britain’s future security
  
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• Giving 16-year-olds the vote is only half the job

  04-11-2026 10:30 via UK politics
  UK needs to prepare teenagers for this new right and responsibility, but the issue is under the radar
  
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• Britain’s population boom is ending

  04-11-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  With migration falling, the number of people living in the UK may peak in a decade
  
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