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• NHS under pressure to reduce number of private sector operations

  04-12-2025 18:01
  All is not well with Labour’s plan to cut waiting lists by using independent hospitals for many routine procedures
  
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• Cash in stocks-and-shares Isas could be taxed at 20%, industry warns

  06-12-2025 06:00
  Investment sites demand clarity on what will count as a ‘cash-like instrument’ under new rules
  
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• Reform UK strips council leader of membership over undisclosed X account

  05-12-2025 22:31
  Party expels Ian Cooper in Staffordshire after historic racist social media posts emerge
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer says he is a 'big believer in devolution'

  05-12-2025 20:26 via bbc.com
  The prime minister was in Cardiff to launch the UK government's child poverty strategy.
  
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• Reform revokes council leader's party membership

  05-12-2025 19:41 via bbc.com
  It follows an investigation by the party into racist content on social media.
  
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• Starmer rejects EU customs union after Lammy comments

  05-12-2025 19:05 via bbc.com
  It comes after the deputy prime minister said countries in a customs union with the EU see benefits.
  
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• The crypto investor who gifted Nigel Farage an election war chest

  05-12-2025 18:32
  Aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne’s record £9mn donation described as ‘game-changer’ for Reform UK
  
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• EU demands no cap on youth mobility scheme with UK

  05-12-2025 18:05
  Draft text also calls for ‘home’ fees for European students at UK universities
  
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• Call for 'Covid-style' help amid water disruption

  05-12-2025 17:13 via bbc.com
  Tunbridge Wells MP Mike Martin calls for an £18.5m recovery package for Kent and Sussex businesses.
  
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• PM told budget was 'missed opportunity' for NI by Stormont leaders

  05-12-2025 16:47 via bbc.com
  Sir Keir Starmer heard the criticism when he attended the latest meeting of the British Irish Council (BIC) in Cardiff.
  
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• Reeves will not face ethics probe over pre-Budget remarks

  05-12-2025 16:04 via bbc.com
  The chancellor has been accused of painting an overly-negative picture of the economy to justify tax rises.
  
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• Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs

  05-12-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
  
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• Deals, donations and damage limitation

  05-12-2025 15:15
  Did Farage float a Tory pact? Plus, Starmer staves off Budget backlash
  
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• Reeves’ salary sacrifice changes to hit 3.3mn pension savers

  05-12-2025 14:51
  HMRC data points to impact of UK government’s crackdown on tax advantages of workplace schemes
  
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• Robert Jenrick: ‘I’m unashamedly provincial in my attitudes’

  05-12-2025 13:30
  The UK shadow justice secretary on embracing populism, his political ambitions — and whether there will be an alliance with Reform
  
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• Immigration detention centre officially reopens

  05-12-2025 12:54 via bbc.com
  The first detainees arrived at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre on Wednesday and Thursday.
  
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• Lammy talks up customs union amid efforts to rebuild UK-EU ties

  05-12-2025 10:55
  Leaving EU ‘badly damaged our economy’, says deputy prime minister
  
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• The idea that Labour MPs won’t back welfare reform is nonsense

  05-12-2025 10:30
  Government must justify proposals to win support
  
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• 60 delivery riders face deportation after illegal work crackdown

  05-12-2025 06:08 via bbc.com
  The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national "enforcement blitz".
  
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• Will the UK and EU choose to be partners or rivals?

  05-12-2025 06:00
  From defence collaboration to energy, the bloc is struggling to decide how to view its former member
  
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• General Dynamics manager blames crews for Ajax armoured vehicle problems

  04-12-2025 23:03
  Employee commented in response to humorous video highlighting faults reported by soldiers and trial personnel
  
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• Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses

  04-12-2025 21:41 via bbc.com
  The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.
  
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• Farage brands BBC ‘despicable’ after tense clash over antisemitism allegations

  04-12-2025 19:47
  Reform UK leader insisted at a press conference that he had never said anything racist ‘with malice’
  
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• FCA to grant provisional licences to financial start-ups to help them launch faster

  04-12-2025 19:19
  Companies given the 18-month permits will have restrictions on the volume or value of business they can do
  
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• Facial recognition could be used more widely by police under plans

  04-12-2025 19:16 via bbc.com
  The Home Office hopes a new public consultation will lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces.
  
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• Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations

  04-12-2025 18:52 via bbc.com
  The Reform UK leader turns fire on the BBC as he faces further questions about allegations of teenage racism.
  
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• Six-month unfair dismissal right to begin from 2027

  04-12-2025 18:43 via bbc.com
  Labour ministers will commit to the start date next week after previously watering down the new protection.
  
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• UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines

  04-12-2025 17:55 via bbc.com
  The partnership aims to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say face increased threat from Moscow.
  
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• New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England

  04-12-2025 17:14 via bbc.com
  The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028.
  
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• Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK

  04-12-2025 17:05 via bbc.com
  The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
  
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