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• EU chief 'surprised' at fish status in Brexit talks

  11-04-2025 17:26 via bbc.com
  EU commissioner Kaja Kallas says she hopes a 'reset' deal with the UK can still be signed next month.
  
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• EU member states provisionally back Mercosur trade deal

  09-01-2026 14:01
  Ambassadors approve agreement with South American bloc in indicative vote despite opposition from European farmers
  
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• Trump trouble: Starmer's tricky start to 2026

  09-01-2026 13:55
  Navigating the foreign policy frenzy
  
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• The UK’s great worker rights experiment

  09-01-2026 13:00
  New employment law will not harm growth, government predicts
  
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• UK armed forces warn of £28bn defence funding shortfall

  09-01-2026 11:07
  Military chiefs are wrangling with Keir Starmer’s government over spending plan
  
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• No, Reform hasn’t peaked

  09-01-2026 11:02
  Still, the Conservative Party could recover some support by leveraging its pro-business instincts and intellectual offer
  
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• Peers back calls for extra time to debate assisted dying bill

  08-01-2026 22:08 via bbc.com
  Supporters are increasingly concerned the bill could run out of time to become law.
  
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• UAE cuts funds for citizens keen to study in UK over Muslim Brotherhood tensions

  08-01-2026 22:01
  Emirates’ fear of Islamist radicalisation weighs on exclusion of British universities from scholarships
  
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• UK to exclude financial services from push for closer EU alignment

  08-01-2026 22:00
  City of London firms have been lobbying against a return to Brussels rules
  
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• Government to water down business rate rise for pubs

  08-01-2026 20:10 via bbc.com
  The hospitality industry had called for a rethink of planned changes to the way the tax based on property is calculated.
  
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• Chancellor under pressure to extend tax relief to rest of hospitality sector

  08-01-2026 20:04
  Restaurants and music venues among businesses urging chancellor to rethink rates rise plan after U-turn on pubs
  
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• Starmer vows action against X over Grok’s AI sexualised images of children

  08-01-2026 18:54
  UK prime minister steps in amid growing public anger at ‘disgraceful’ images, saying it is ‘simply not tolerable’
  
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• Reeves’ retreat on pub taxes adds to pile of Labour U-turns

  08-01-2026 18:15
  Climbdown an embarrassment for chancellor whose poll ratings are already at record lows
  
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• Rachel Reeves’ retreat on pub taxes adds to pile of Labour U-turns

  08-01-2026 18:15
  Climbdown an embarrassment for chancellor whose poll ratings are already at record lows
  
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• New powers for councils to fine pavement parkers

  08-01-2026 18:03 via bbc.com
  Councils will be able to take action against those creating "unnecessary obstruction" of the pavement.
  
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• FCA to implement four-point ‘traffic light’ system to show pension fund performance

  08-01-2026 17:35
  UK regulator updates reforms in drive for better retirement outcomes
  
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• Government accused of dragging its heels on deepfake law over Grok AI

  08-01-2026 17:33 via bbc.com
  The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested
  
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• Trial date over protest outside David Lammy's home

  08-01-2026 17:06 via bbc.com
  Two women are next set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in May for a two-day trial.
  
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• Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses

  08-01-2026 16:49 via bbc.com
  The health secretary had made it his personal mission to banish the fax machine from the NHS.
  
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• Reform candidate admits Lammy post was 'clumsy'

  08-01-2026 16:25 via bbc.com
  Reform mayoral candidate Chris Parry had posted that David Lammy's "loyalty lies" in the Caribbean.
  
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• Post-Brexit agriculture subsidies overhauled in effort to woo farmers

  08-01-2026 15:52
  Move follows UK government’s U-turn on inheritance tax last month
  
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• UUP leadership: 'Let's have a contest, let the members decide'

  08-01-2026 15:01 via bbc.com
  The North Antrim assembly member Jon Burrows is in the running to become the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  
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• More changes to farm inheritance tax plans ruled out

  08-01-2026 14:22 via bbc.com
  The government says it has listened to farmers and increased the proposed inheritance tax threshold.
  
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• Reeves set to announce U-turn on pubs business rates

  08-01-2026 14:12
  Chancellor had commissioned officials to examine the impact of her Budget on the sector
  
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• BBC warns over wait for World Service funding

  08-01-2026 13:46
  System of annual settlements from Foreign Office criticised by interim news chief
  
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• Morgan urges PM to stand up to Trump on Venezuela and Greenland

  08-01-2026 13:17 via bbc.com
  Welsh first minister saysthere comes a point when you have to "say up to here and no further".
  
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• Workers' rights reforms will cost billions less after concessions, analysis shows

  08-01-2026 12:07 via bbc.com
  Firms implementing the new employment terms are expected to face lower additional costs after the legislation was watered down.
  
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• Kemi Badenoch’s illusory comeback

  08-01-2026 10:30
  Decent performances at PMQs will help her survive as leader, but she has failed to increase Tories’ appeal where it matters
  
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• Minister blames 'slow' watchdog for trans guidance delay

  08-01-2026 09:48 via bbc.com
  The EHRC has urged Bridget Phillipson to speed up her approval of the guidance, which was submitted in September.
  
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• How AI is posing a threat to democracy in Yorkshire

  08-01-2026 09:01 via bbc.com
  Councils discuss the challenges as they seek to stop the spread of fake news online.
  
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