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Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

Setting out the recommendation from his highly awaited final report – which has been delayed until after this month's budget – the former Labour cabinet minister warned action was required to address a dramatic plunge in…

UK bans Protestant march from Catholic area in Northern Ireland

There is no excuse for a continued ratcheting up of tensions,” Bryant appealed in a statement explaining why he was reversing the original decision by the Parades Commission, Northern Ireland’s independent body for…

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade

He said he took the decision after advice from Jon Boutcher, the chief constable of the Northern Ireland Police Service, that the parade "would carry an unacceptable risk of serious injury, disorder and a wider contagion…

Polanski vows to stay as Green leader as he faces criticism after by-election defeat

The leader of the Jewish Greens, Vivien Lichtenstein, said on Friday he should resign, adding it was a "big mistake" for him to have dodged a debate about a party conference motion that declared Zionism a form of racism.…

Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices

22, 2025, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP By James Bikales , Ashley Ahn and Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing 10/09/2026 3:10 PM EDT | Updated: 10/09/2026 7:37 PM EDT Add POLITICO on Google Share Copy link X Facebook Email…

Parties prepare for byelection in Farage seat amid speculation over £5m gift inquiry

Conservative sources said the party was ready to fight in Farage's seat, although senior figures in the shadow cabinet are divided about whether it would be winnable, given Farage's victory in a byelection over the…

Lib Dem MP quits frontbench job over Ed Davey's leadership

As first reported by the Financial Times , the Witney MP left his role as Treasury spokesman on Friday. Those close to Sir Ed privately acknowledge that there is what they see as a "small group" of Liberal Democrat MPs…

Labour hails byelection win as return of leftwing voters after Starmer era

While the result was broadly as predicted, Labour strategists were buoyed up by the party's relatively straightforward route to victory in a diverse inner-city area of the sort the Greens have been targeting with recent…

Andy Burnham is lucky – Polanski, Farage and Badenoch all seem determined to help him | Jonathan Freedland

In the early hours of Friday morning, the genie that's looked so kindly on him these past few months granted him yet another wish, with a byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. It was just the latest gift for a prime…

The Guardian view on Labour and the Greens: winning trust takes more than words | Editorial

The seat has substantial numbers of young adults, students, professionals and Muslims – offering fertile ground for the Greens' ecopopulism. However, Labour prevailed. Having won leave-voting Makerfield in June, Mr…