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• Britain’s grid overhaul means hundreds of energy projects unable to connect this decade

  08-12-2025 01:01
  Connection priority given to those ready to build in bid to meet clean power 2030 target
  
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• Starmer moves to transfer £2.5bn from Abramovich’s Chelsea FC sale to Ukraine

  17-12-2025 13:52
  Proceeds from sale of football club frozen in a UK bank after Russian oligarch hit with sanctions
  
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• Former EU lawmakers lose case against pension cuts

  17-12-2025 12:25
  Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen would have benefited from a positive ruling
  
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• Leftwinger wins race to lead Britain’s largest trade union

  17-12-2025 12:11
  Andrea Egan defeats incumbent Christina McAnea, an ally of Keir Starmer
  
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• Interest rates explain UK’s high turnover of prime ministers

  17-12-2025 10:30
  End of era of loose monetary policy exposed how poor Britain had become after the financial crisis
  
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• Britain to pay £570mn to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

  17-12-2025 10:30
  Annual amount is almost twice that paid before Brexit
  
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• UK to speed up review of EV sales targets after car industry pressure

  17-12-2025 06:00
  Industry minister says government will be ‘responsive’ to manufacturers as they shift away from petrol engines
  
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• UK plans to remove curbs on litigation funders to broaden access to justice

  17-12-2025 01:01
  Government says move will empower citizens but critics say it will expose businesses to more costly class-action lawsuits
  
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• UK driving tests agency will not hit key waiting time target until 2027

  17-12-2025 01:01
  Public spending watchdog calls for ‘underlying issues’ at DVSA to be tackled in bid to cut backlog
  
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• UK backs £150mn package for Ineos’s Grangemouth chemical plant

  17-12-2025 01:01
  Government says investment will protect 500 jobs at a time when facilities across Europe are being shut down
  
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• UK set to rejoin EU’s flagship student exchange programme

  17-12-2025 00:56
  Britain expected to return to Erasmus+ scheme in 2027 as part of reset of relations with the bloc
  
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• UK set to rejoin EU’s flagship Erasmus student exchange programme

  17-12-2025 00:56
  Britain expected to return to Erasmus+ scheme in 2027 as part of reset of relations with the bloc
  
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• UK carried out unauthorised surveillance on housing industry, says watchdog

  16-12-2025 22:18
  Unit set up by Michael Gove targeted those refusing to pay for post-Grenfell remediation of cladding
  
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• Starmer under pressure to pick next UK envoy to US after tech deal paused

  16-12-2025 19:36
  Varun Chandra, Number 10 business adviser, seen as frontrunner for Washington role
  
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• UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears final hurdle

  16-12-2025 19:05
  Employment rights bill heads for statute book after House of Lords backs down
  
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• UK government’s flagship workers’ rights legislation clears House of Lords

  16-12-2025 18:04
  Landmark Employment Rights bill heads for statute books
  
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• UK financial watchdog finds no signs of insider trading around pre-Budget leaks

  16-12-2025 17:00
  FCA boss criticises OBR’s decision to take down premature analysis of Rachel Reeves’ financial statement
  
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• Scotland's justice secretary to face no confidence vote in grooming gangs row

  16-12-2025 16:24 via bbc.com
  Opposition parties had accused Angela Constance of misrepresenting the position of a leading expert on grooming gangs.
  
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• Foreign interference in UK politics to be investigated after jailing of ex-Welsh Reform leader

  16-12-2025 16:04 via bbc.com
  Communities Secretary Steve Reed says the country "must learn the lessons" from a recent court case.
  
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• Government rolls back nature protections to boost housing

  16-12-2025 15:53 via bbc.com
  Critics say government changes to a flagship biodiversity policy could stall nature recovery.
  
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• BBC says it will defend Trump defamation lawsuit over Panorama speech edit

  16-12-2025 15:45 via bbc.com
  The US president has requested $5bn (£3.7bn) in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.
  
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• UK orders review of foreign interference in British politics

  16-12-2025 15:38
  Inquiry to examine political funding rules, including use of cryptocurrencies, after former Welsh Reform leader was jailed for bribery
  
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• Sunak defends Covid loan scheme over excessive fraud claims

  16-12-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  Critics say Bounce Back Loans were vulnerable to fraud, but Sunak cited need for speedy rollout
  
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• Streeting condemns Labour donor's Bondi attack remarks

  16-12-2025 14:43 via bbc.com
  Businessman Dale Vince has faced a backlash for saying Israel's PM "wants antisemitism to be a thing".
  
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• Negotiations over US-UK tech deal stall

  16-12-2025 14:42 via bbc.com
  When the partnership was unveiled in September the UK government said it would "shape the futures of millions of people"
  
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• Bentleys and Scottish salmon to benefit from UK-South Korea trade deal

  16-12-2025 14:14 via bbc.com
  The government said the deal was an extension of its current tariff-free arrangement on most goods and services traded between the countries.
  
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• Government considers advertising or subscription model for BBC

  16-12-2025 13:52 via bbc.com
  It has published a consultation document - or green paper - laying out plans to futureproof the BBC.
  
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• I'm part of Labour's new generation, Welsh FM says

  16-12-2025 13:29 via bbc.com
  Eluned Morgan says a "new team" will set a "very different agenda" for Labour in Wales.
  
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• Young workers hit hard as UK unemployment rate rises to 5.1%

  16-12-2025 13:21 via bbc.com
  UK job vacancies flatline in a "subdued labour market", but average earnings still higher than inflation.
  
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• UK ministers consider ads and subscriptions for BBC as part of funding rethink

  16-12-2025 13:21
  Broadcaster enters negotiations over new 10-year charter amid intensifying competition from online rivals
  
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