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• PwC’s role in advising Ofwat on prices scrutinised

  17-09-2017 19:40 via ft.com
  Firm’s work with water groups alongside regulator raises conflict of interest fears
  
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• Two Iranian small-boat migrants charged with plotting attack on Jewish targets in Manchester

  02-10-2026 23:34 via ft.com
  UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing said Salam Ahmadyan and Rahman Salehi may have been directed from Iran
  
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• Healey set to delay difficult choices with ‘breathing space’ UK Budget

  02-10-2026 22:41 via ft.com
  Chancellor expected to focus statement on targeted help for households and businesses rather than tax rises on the scale of recent budgets
  
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• Widdecombe murder suspect charged with preparing terror acts against Farage

  02-10-2026 21:47 via ft.com
  UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing force charges Joshua Kerry after ‘complex investigation’
  
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• Widdecombe murder suspect charged with preparing terrorist acts against Farage

  02-10-2026 21:16 via ft.com
  UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing force charges Joshua Kerry after ‘complex investigation’
  
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• ‘Amateurism and organisation’: Iran’s potential role in RAF Fairford incident

  02-10-2026 20:44 via ft.com
  Officers examine multiple lines of inquiry in the incident near the base that US bombers recently used to strike Tehran
  
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• How to meet Burnham’s ambitions on social care

  02-10-2026 18:23 via ft.com
  A radical change in culture and systems will be as important as funding
  
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• Polanski takes credit for UK sanctions on Israel but skirts anti-Zionism motion

  02-10-2026 17:29 via ft.com
  Party leader tells conference that ‘we change the government’ at start of potentially defining week
  
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• Polanski takes credit for Israel sanctions and criticises Bank of England

  02-10-2026 17:29 via ft.com
  Party leader tells conference that ‘we change the government’ at start of potentially defining week
  
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• Stand-off over Protestant march pushes Northern Ireland politics to the brink

  02-10-2026 13:48 via ft.com
  Crisis over attempted march down Catholic road may hasten reform of Stormont’s political institutions
  
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• Kemi Badenoch: ‘I refuse to play by Westminster rules’

  02-10-2026 13:30 via ft.com
  The Conservative leader on wading into culture wars, why the Tories have been too ‘complacent’ about business — and ruling out a rightwing coalition with Reform
  
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• First minister demands 'new deal' for Wales before Plaid Cymru conference

  02-10-2026 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rhun ap Iorwerth will address members at Plaid's first conference since winning the Senedd election.
  
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• The Burnham tell

  02-10-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  The prime minister’s conference speech was authentically Andy
  
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• Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises

  02-10-2026 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
  
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• Greens take aim at landlord 'super earners'

  02-10-2026 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vast majority of landlords are super earners - Green Party
  
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• Move to stop charges for parents to sit by children on flights

  02-10-2026 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says sitting together can currently cost a parent and child up to £104 on a return journey.
  
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• How Gen Z TikToks are shaping Kenyan politics

  02-10-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Gen Z TikToks are shaping Kenyan politics.
  
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• Zack Polanski’s ‘perilous’ moment

  02-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Party leader set for dispute over ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion, days before Holborn by-election
  
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• Zack Polanski faces defining week as UK’s Green surge falters

  02-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Party leader set for dispute over ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion, days before Holborn by-election
  
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• What can Burnham learn from Scotland’s social care system?

  02-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Free personal care for the over-65s was rolled out in Scotland in 2002
  
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• UK ministers resist union demands to rescue Scottish steelmaker

  02-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Liberty Steel Dalzell has its main steel plate mill in Motherwell and remains owned by Sanjeev Gupta’s faltering empire
  
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• Man City not 'above the rules', says No 10 after backlash to Burnham remarks

  02-10-2026 02:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.
  
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• Chris Mason: Why Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters

  02-10-2026 00:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes.
  
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• Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir

  01-10-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
  
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• PM warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions

  01-10-2026 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
  
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• Burnham criticised over support for Manchester City owners

  01-10-2026 18:40 via ft.com
  PM praised the City Football Group, controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, for its part in building modern Manchester
  
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• Tories criticise Burnham over support for Manchester City owners

  01-10-2026 17:40 via ft.com
  PM praised the City Football Group, controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, for its part in building modern Manchester
  
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• Lib Dem MPs criticise Davey over pension triple lock response

  01-10-2026 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Ed questioned the PM's plans to change the triple lock, telling the BBC removing it "would put more pensioners into poverty".
  
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• Hundreds of criminals start leaving prison under new early release scheme

  01-10-2026 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Around 4,500 inmates are expected to be released early by June 2027 under a scheme designed to stop prisons becoming full.
  
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• I'm unaware of bin strike latest, says Greens deputy

  01-10-2026 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greens deputy leader admits she had not been briefed about Birmingham bin strike.
  
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