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• Why Resolutions Fail: Three Steps To Break Restrictive Resolution Rules

  29-12-2017 17:17
  New Year’s resolutions fail. Why? Because we feel emotionally compelled to create these intentions following a festive period that incites indulgence. Over-indulging in ways that we are not used to can leave us feeling that we have maxed-out our health, waistline, bank balance, and can also rattle our relationships, leading to feelings of guilt, shame and a lack of self control. In sharp contrast to this period of excess and in an attempt to get rid of these feelings, January is often a pe
  
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• Net zero is not a zero-sum game

  20-03-2026 09:33
  Fresh polling shows a new divide on the right but support remains high for UK climate policy
  
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• UK borrowing overshot in February before Middle East turmoil

  20-03-2026 08:34
  Higher than expected £14.3bn figure comes as war threatens to hit outlook for public finances
  
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• I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski

  20-03-2026 08:20 via bbc.com
  Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".
  
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• Government borrowing higher than expected in February

  20-03-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  The ONS said an increase in government tax receipts was outweighed by a rise in spending.
  
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• Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat

  20-03-2026 06:00
  The UK’s debt mountain would constrain a new prime minister’s choices — and could make further tax rises more likely
  
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• Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps

  20-03-2026 04:34 via bbc.com
  The government says it will step in to clean up some of the biggest illegal rubbish tips in England.
  
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• Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans

  20-03-2026 01:42 via bbc.com
  Opponents are considering using parliamentary procedure to force a vote to highlight their concerns.
  
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• Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers

  20-03-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?
  
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• Reform vows to cut Scottish income tax below UK rate

  19-03-2026 21:15 via bbc.com
  Nigel Farage's party has launched a manifesto and unveiled its candidates for the Holyrood election.
  
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• UK reveals aid priorities after major cuts to budget

  19-03-2026 20:08 via bbc.com
  Aid groups and MPs have raised concerns over the move to prioritise defence spending over aid.
  
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• Investors’ important bet on nuclear fusion

  19-03-2026 19:25
  The elusive power source is gradually moving closer to becoming a reality
  
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• UK agrees deal to ease migrant returns to Nigeria

  19-03-2026 19:02 via bbc.com
  It comes during the Nigerian president's state visit to the UK - the first by a west African leader in 37 years.
  
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• Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event

  19-03-2026 18:38 via bbc.com
  The Tory leader has faced calls to sack a colleague who called public prayers an "act of domination".
  
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• Nigel Farage criticised for calling Welsh people 'foreign speakers'

  19-03-2026 18:24 via bbc.com
  Reform UK's leader made the comment in a paid-for video message on the Cameo app.
  
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• UK reveals cuts to aid for Africa and Middle East

  19-03-2026 18:18
  Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper says reduced budget means ‘hard choices and unavoidable trade-offs’
  
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• The UK must accept it is no longer a global power

  19-03-2026 18:10
  Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited
  
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• Can Reeves overcome the sceptics on fiscal devolution?

  19-03-2026 18:03
  Plus, Labour prepares for another go at reforming sickness benefits
  
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• Faisal Islam: Iran war is having a dramatic effect on the UK economy

  19-03-2026 17:21 via bbc.com
  The knock-on effects of the war in the Gulf go beyond a hold on interest rates and are set to reverberate for months.
  
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• BBC secures World Service funding ahead of new director-general

  19-03-2026 17:19
  Agreement likely to be one of last major achievements of outgoing boss Tim Davie
  
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• Peers vote down UK ‘mandation’ powers on pension scheme investments

  19-03-2026 17:17
  Lords resist government proposal to force pension funds to invest in specific assets
  
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• Tories only party with a plan, says Badenoch as she launches election campaign

  19-03-2026 15:25 via bbc.com
  Speaking ahead of the 7 May poll, the Tory leader says her party is the only one "that can actually fix things".
  
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• Pay grows at slowest rate in more than five years

  19-03-2026 14:40 via bbc.com
  Annual earnings grew at an annual rate of 3.8% in the November to January period, the Office for National Statistics says.
  
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• Two men appear in court accused of spying on London Jewish communities on behalf of Iran

  19-03-2026 14:39
  Prosecutors said men engaged in conduct ‘likely to assist a foreign intelligence service’
  
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• Cyprus leader calls for ‘frank’ conversation on future of UK military bases

  19-03-2026 14:35
  Tensions between London and Nicosia have risen as Iran war elevates threats in eastern Mediterranean
  
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• Cyprus leader calls for frank discussion on 'colonial' UK bases

  19-03-2026 14:15 via bbc.com
  The UK's two military bases on Cyprus are a "colonial consequence" on the island, says President Nikos Christodoulides.
  
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• Pandemic brought NHS ‘close to collapse’, says UK Covid inquiry

  19-03-2026 13:23
  Report also says ‘Stay Home, Protect the NHS’ message stopped people receiving treatment for life-threatening conditions
  
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• Nearly 400 firms fined over failure to pay minimum wage

  19-03-2026 11:46 via bbc.com
  The official minimum rates of pay will rise for 2.7 million workers in April 2026.
  
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• Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein

  19-03-2026 10:50 via bbc.com
  Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.
  
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• Mandelson probe looking at euro bailout email, says Met Police chief

  19-03-2026 10:47
  Message to Jeffrey Epstein from former Labour minister represented a ‘potential criminal offence’
  
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