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• PM says BBC must 'put house in order' over mistakes

  12-11-2025 14:24 via bbc.com
  Sir Keir Starmer says it "must uphold the highest standards" but supports "a strong, independent BBC".
  
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• All police forces to get specialist sexual offence teams, Mahmood pledges

  13-12-2025 23:30 via bbc.com
  It is part of a long-delayed plan aimed at halving violence against women and girlswithin a decade.
  
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• 2025 was a crazy year in politics. But 2026 could be wild

  13-12-2025 17:00 via bbc.com
  Reform’s rise, Labour’s woes and Trump’s presence have changed our politics.What will the next 12 months bring?
  
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• No 10 says it backs pubs as landlords bar Labour MPs in tax protest

  13-12-2025 11:09 via bbc.com
  The government says it delivered a £4.3bn support package for pubs and restaurants in the Budget.
  
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• The other kind of migrant

  13-12-2025 06:00
  Those who move within a country have an under-scrutinised effect on it
  
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• Taxes take the shine off pubs’ festive narrative

  13-12-2025 06:00
  Higher business rates threaten new year hangover
  
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• How redefining special needs rocked education

  13-12-2025 06:00
  Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system
  
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• No plans to force drivers to report collisions with cats, government says

  12-12-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  Nearly 11,000 people have signed a Parliamentary e-petition calling for a new law to report collisions.
  
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• EU backs indefinite freeze on Russia's frozen cash ahead of loan plan for Ukraine

  12-12-2025 20:14 via bbc.com
  After almost four years of Russia's full-scale war, Kyiv is running out of cash, and needs an estimated €135.7bn over the next two years.
  
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• Reform claims to now have more members than Labour

  12-12-2025 19:18 via bbc.com
  Nigel Farage's party says it has overtaken Labour to have more members than any other party in the UK.
  
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• UK to stick with EV targets as EU looks to water down petrol ban

  12-12-2025 18:57
  Britain plans to phase out all non-zero emission car and van sales by 2035
  
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• Reform wins first council by-election in Scotland

  12-12-2025 17:37 via bbc.com
  David McLennan has been elected as a councillor in West Lothian, taking the seat from Scottish Labour.
  
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• Labour membership plummets since general election

  12-12-2025 17:32
  Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK becomes the largest political party by members
  
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• Lords accused of holding up passage of assisted dying bill

  12-12-2025 17:30
  Rising concern that parliament’s upper chamber is acting as brake on government’s agenda
  
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• What's happening with the assisted dying bill?

  12-12-2025 16:45 via bbc.com
  It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.
  
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• 'Double whammy' of flu and strikes a risk to patients, Streeting says

  12-12-2025 14:53 via bbc.com
  Hospitals could struggle with rising numbers of flu patients and forthcoming strikes by resident doctors in England next week, says Health Secretary.
  
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• UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.1% in October

  12-12-2025 13:00 via bbc.com
  The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.
  
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• Councils to get £3bn for thousands more school spaces for Send pupils

  12-12-2025 11:13 via bbc.com
  The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.
  
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• Without immigration, more specialist and new free schools will close

  12-12-2025 11:00
  Declining birth rates mean policymakers must make choices on which pupil places to cut
  
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• Gatwick airport blames Budget as it raises drop-off charges by 40%

  12-12-2025 11:00
  Chief executive says higher business rates worry investors as they prepare to sign off on £2.2bn expansion
  
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• The nuclear power station on the front line of an election battle

  12-12-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  Scotland's last operational plant, at Torness in East Lothian, is scheduled to cease operating in 2030.
  
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• Boys to be target of UK's violence against women strategy

  12-12-2025 06:59 via bbc.com
  Changing attitudes among boys and young men will be central to the government's plan, the BBC is told.
  
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• Political Fix Live: Labour's year in review

  12-12-2025 06:00
  Brexit, the British economy and where Labour stands politically
  
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• MPs pension scheme makes ‘mockery’ of Reeves investment push

  12-12-2025 06:00
  Fund has lower than average weighting to UK stock market
  
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• Inquiry into role of Budget watchdog launched by MPs

  12-12-2025 01:06 via bbc.com
  It comes after intense scrutiny of the Office for Budget Responsibility in the run-up to the Budget.
  
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• Free school projects in England to be scrapped to fund special needs education

  11-12-2025 23:30
  Government changes lay groundwork for contentious reforms expected next year
  
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• Former Tory MP and council leader joins Reform UK

  11-12-2025 22:16 via bbc.com
  The former MP for Mansfield confirms he is making the switch to Reform after a year out of politics.
  
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• Swinney stands by Constance in grooming gangs row

  11-12-2025 19:30 via bbc.com
  The justice secretary is facing calls to resign after being accused of misleading the Scottish Parliament.
  
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• UK asylum appeals backlog jumps 37% over a six-month period

  11-12-2025 19:24
  Build-up of pending cases has reversed the progress made in reducing the number of people housed in hotels
  
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• MP breached rules through APPG link to Israel

  11-12-2025 19:15 via bbc.com
  He fails to carry out due diligence over the funding links of a parliamentary group's secretariat.
  
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