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Reeves says UK's future should be inside the EU

In her first major intervention since leaving the Treasury, Reeves said she welcomed debate around the UK's relationship with Europe. At the last election, Labour's manifesto said a Labour government would stay outside…

UK’s future lies in EU, says Rachel Reeves

He also said he’d like to see Britain rejoin the bloc in his lifetime — but ruled out a move to reverse Brexit in the current parliament. At the last election, Labour’s manifesto — which Reeves helped to draw up — said a…

Ed Davey quizzed on EU, slavery reparations and Lib Dem relevance

He said: If you have done something wrong, I have no problem in apologising for it. That’s what normal people expect to do. I think Tony Blair started this about 20 years ago and I think if the PM wants to consider it in…

Rachel Reeves says UK’s future is in EU as she backs Andy Burnham on Brexit

In her first major intervention since leaving the Treasury when Andy Burnham took office, she said those forging a path back towards EU membership had to make compelling arguments to the public. Reeves, who was sacked as…

How Merz’s five-day Asia trip ended up being mostly about Europe

'Collective security' One only has to look across the border. Shortly before Merz arrived in the demilitarized zone, North Korea fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan. The chancellor's…

Asylum seekers still being sent to France under ‘one in one out’ weeks after scheme ended

The "one in, one out" scheme was announced by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the former prime minister Keir Starmer in July 2025. It aimed to deter small boats crossing the Channel to the UK from northern…

Why Scottish nationalists should see Burnham as a real threat – and an opportunity | Rory Scothorne

The "Scottish Labour party" had formally split from Labour at the beginning of 1976, driven by disillusionment over the party's timid proposals for a new Scottish assembly. They were led by the firebrand MP for South…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s food fight is coming to Brussels

Not only are UPFs usually “high in fats and sugar and sodium,” she argued, but there is also “an independent unhealthiness layer of the processing of food.” Her last point is a controversial one, directly disputed by…

Why politicians chasing economic growth is a lie | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

In our conversation we look at what life after growth looks like for towns and suburbs, and what it should look like. This report from south Wales in 2016 examines the present-day reality. For a broader analysis of how…

Our top ten picks of the week

What the Budget on Wednesday absolutely won’t do is confront the major problems besetting the British economy, that’s because it’s not deigned to buy growth but buy time. The City is working on the thesis that the duller…