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In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher’s government looked across the Thames at the unemployment figures draped over the side of the Greater London Council building, and to her it might as well have been the flag of a foreign…
Read moreCouncillors in Bedford rejected a Labour motion to let residents decide the future of the role. They were told a referendum would cost £375,000 to organise. Opponents of the elected mayor system said the poll could still…
Read moreOpposition parties had questioned how Reform UK's Colin Sutton would be able to oversee Norfolk Police while also presenting a live true crime stage show across the UK. Sutton told a council meeting that the number of…
Read moreAir defenses shot down or neutralized 131 targets, but strikes still hit 36 locations and debris fell at five others. It also confirmed Zaporizhzhia as one of the main targets of attack, alongside Kyiv and Odesa, where…
Read moreOpen questions include what the new status would mean, how it would differ from existing partnerships — and how Washington would react, after Donald Trump threatened “serious tariffs” on Europe if it followed through.…
Read moreHowever, as the rains of autumn swept in, the optimism of August has been slightly dulled as we approach the Budget. The economic situation would be tough for any Prime Minister, but it has certainly worsened due to the…
Read moreIt shows why UK Column and independent media are needed now more than ever. UK Column is proud to have challenged the status quo for 20 years. We will be here for the next 20 years as we continue to hold power and…
Read moreAt least he stuck around as he promised, unlike the integrity-charlatan that replaced him who has cut and run, as he promised not to, and forced a by-election in Holborn and St Pancras. I will never support Sunak’s…
Read moreLike most people in this country, I’ve spent a lifetime listening to earnest news about peace in the Middle East. To be interested in foreign affairs once meant having to have an opinion on it. Frankly, I’m not sure I’d…
Read moreWhen metro mayors were first proposed, we were promised stronger local leadership, better transport, economic growth and decisions made closer to the communities affected by them. There was little mention that they would…
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