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Read moreThe full text is below. He wants to see more radical action to encourage growth and the most important thing is try to repair the damage brought about by Brexit. His main message is that we need some jam today and can’t…
Read moreThree years after October 7, Laith argues that the conflict has exposed deep weaknesses in the Western-led international order and accelerated changes that were already underway. The conversation covers the war in Gaza…
Read moreTrump ended American aid in 2025. Zelenskyy and U.S. officials accept that European governments will likely need to be involved in discussions about security guarantees — mainly because any peacekeeping forces deployed…
Read morePerhaps we should be grateful for small mercies (of which Liz Truss’s new book helpfully reminds us). Nor were there any damaging measures like Rachel Reeves’ big hike in employers’ national insurance contributions.…
Read moreThey cover China's one-child policy, the moral dilemmas of modern medicine, and the big question: what does it mean to be human as technology reshapes us? They weigh tech that improves life against the risk of losing our…
Read moreIt will raise less than £1 billion in its peak year. It wasn’t the only temporary measure Healey unveiled on Wednesday. He extended existing cuts to fuel duty, a tax cut on household energy bills and a £2 cap on bus…
Read moreThat application would have to be reviewed by a national authority to check Frontex's independence and expertise in that area. Polish right-wing MEP Piotr Müller told POLITICO that the "mandate must be precise" in…
Read moreNational pride, public mistrust Wednesday’s crash is likely to intensify scrutiny on the government, as questions over safety, reliability and public investment threaten to undermine confidence in a network long…
Read moreThe Reform UK leader was not present in the House of Commons but gave a press conference afterwards in which he said he was "shocked" by the £10bn going to support Ukraine and doubled down on his party's policies on…
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