Carburants, budget, présidentielle : le cocktail explosif

Cela rebat-il les cartes de la présidentielle ? Quelles sont les marges de manœuvres de l’exécutif alors qu’il met un point final à sa copie budgétaire ? Anthony Lattier en débat avec Marcelo Wesfreid, directeur adjoint…

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Scottish council corrects outdated asylum seeker support figure

Earlier this week, a page on the council’s website —which was recorded as having last been updated on —said: “Asylum seekers receive small allowances (£49.18 a week or £8.86 a week if meals are provided).” While…

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Security for Ireland’s easy-access politicians dealt a blow

While the attacker fled on foot, police helped Healy-Rae reach a nearby hospital to have his facial wounds stitched up. Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the attack on Healy-Rae — who had been a junior minister in his…

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European Investment Bank chief heads to Ottawa amid warming EU-Canada ties

Ahead of this year’s G7 summit, Canada extended a behind-the-scenes offer to alliance members for “priority access” to its critical minerals stockpile, according to a letter seen by POLITICO from Hodgson. Canadian Prime…

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Are the men of violence back in British politics?

We do not yet know why she was killed, and it would be wrong to speculate. But Britain already knows where political violence can lead: Jo Cox. David Amess. Still others whose plots were mercifully foiled by the police.…

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Arthur Ellis: Has politics ruined the first date?

He writes about how political decisions, public debate and government policy shape communities across the country. Dating in a big British city as a millennial is already difficult enough. You spend a week exchanging…

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Joe Fortune elected by NEC as Labour’s new general secretary

Fortune, the general secretary of the Co-operative Party, was the only candidate still running for the position – and was elected by a unanimous vote of Labour’s National Executive Committee earlier today. Two other…

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Immunity of Greek ex-commissioner lifted amid Qatargate probe

He added that he regrets not appearing when he was first summoned around a year ago, stating that had he testified then, there would be no arrest warrant today. The Belgian arrest warrant for Avramopoulos, dated June 21…

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Edited video of South Tower on 9/11 circulates again

Our verdict False. This footage has been edited and the original clearly shows a plane hitting the South Tower. There is ample evidence that planes were used in the 9/11 attacks. False claims that a second plane never…

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Apprenticeship starts have risen—not fallen—under this government

In fact the reverse is true. The number has risen. Speaking in a debate with the education minister, Paul Waugh MP, Mr Thomas said : “When comparing the academic year 2025/26 with 2023/24, the number of people that have…

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