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Young people’s Pip claims for ADHD and autism ‘rising fastest in affluent areas’

Claims for the personal independence payment (Pip) benefit for these health conditions were typically proportionally far higher in deprived areas with higher rates of poverty, low educational outcomes and insecure…

Manchester to host world leaders at G20 summit in 2027

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is the former mayor of Greater Manchester, said he was "really pleased" he would be welcoming the US president to the city. The G20 summit, an annual gathering of the world's biggest…

Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say

When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology…

Britain-focused Andy Burnham starts racking up the air miles

One difference is that rather than going abroad for bilateral meetings, Burnham is inviting foreign leaders for mini-breaks in the various corners of the U.K. He attended an Everton football match with Carney in…

Merkel sidesteps German conservatives’ election losses as pressure mounts on Merz

Most of the on-stage conversation focused on art, with the lack of more in-depth political discussion notable given the scale of the CDU’s recent losses. On Sept. 6, the far-right AfD won 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt…

Lib Dems reject ‘discriminatory and unworkable’ EHRC guidance on transgender people

The motion, passed overwhelmingly at the party's annual conference in Brighton, makes the Lib Dems the first of the big three parties in parliament to call for a new approach to implementing last year's ruling that the…

EU lawmakers float product liability rules to help avert AI disaster

Legal protections The bloc’s existing regulation already includes a view of AI through the lens of product safety. It pushes companies to assess their AI models or applications and determine the risk they pose to the…

Finland’s Stubb warns Europe not to ‘overreact’ to Russian threats and sabotage

And any time we overreact to a hybrid attack, they have actually won the battle in that particular way,” Stubb told POLITICO during an interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. “We also have to…

How Western tech helps funnel recruits into Russia’s war

A new report shared with POLITICO by Code for Africa, a non-profit African network of digital democracy labs, shows that Russia-linked military recruitment relied on advertising and tracking technology from Meta and…

Another day, another Reform Wales leader. Grumpy Nige seems to miss the old one | John Crace

Almost as if they were in a police identification parade. Reform's need to find a new leader in Wales is becoming habit-forming. First, Nathan Gill was banged up for 10 and a half years on eight counts of taking £40K in…