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Russian forces are persistently bombing Ukraine and attempting to push forward in the Donetsk region, but the Kremlin’s military has so far failed to subjugate Kyiv after more than four and a half years of all-out war.…
Read moreThe proposal raised concern among some lawmakers that a defining principle of the English justice system is under threat. “We have heard the concerns about the balance between the speed [of the] justice system and people…
Read more“It is how we pursue our values from climate to the Middle East. It's how we pursue our interests from trade to defense. It's where we build and protect our alliances. “So it is not simply Britain acting alone, but…
Read moreHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the cost of such a scheme would be "very substantial". And with Burnham promising to put his plans before voters at the next general election, Sir Andrew said change "is now further…
Read more28 — Healey said fiscal discipline and supporting British firms are key to his plans for “growth in every postcode.” “We need wealth created in more places, new levels of confidence, investment and, yes, profit. It’s…
Read moreWe talk about London’s housing crisis largely in terms of homes. How many were promised? How many were approved? How many were started? But there is another cost to London’s collapse in housebuilding that receives far…
Read moreMembers of the loyalist Orange Lodge made a third attempt to proceed down Garvaghy Road at 4am on Monday morning, but a line of police Land Rovers blocked their path. While protesters at the head of Garvaghy Road were…
Read moreThank you Tom. Tom, it’s a privilege to have you with us today and that introduction, and those words, mean a great deal to me. Conference, it’s good to be back. Now some of you know I think, when I was a younger MP…
Read moreUK Column's previous article on the issue, ‘ Trouble in the Tropics: Terraformation as a Tool for Territorial Theft ’, described China's ongoing seizure of a sea bordered by several Southeast Asian states. The current…
Read moreIsrael has said it intends to shut the consulate on 8 October in response to the sweeping ban on trade with goods from Israeli settlements announced by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband , this month. Israel said on…
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