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The question now is whether more measures to support the U.K.’s tech and AI sector will come on Wednesday, with trade groups calling for bold moves to lower energy costs, tackle energy and planning delays, and help firms…
Read moreYet after more than a year of haggling, EU governments are still at odds over five proposed new taxes that the Commission estimates would generate €65 billion per year. Among the options on the table, a corporate tax…
Read moreNow the government wants you to hoard some baked beans and a few litres of water in the hope of getting through the next three days. But when the apocalypse does come, you can bank on there being one survivor. The…
Read moreOfficials on both sides are expected to begin discussions about a range of options, including free movement, before the EU summit on 20 November. However, Downing Street has insisted the government's current focus is on…
Read moreCyprus’s ministers approved their own ban for under-15s on the day Brussels proposed its law. Austria and Germany have also not shown any signs of slowing down. Many of these countries had backed an EU-wide solution. The…
Read moreWe’ve been fact checking claims made by both the Chancellor and the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, in her Budget response. (We’ve also partnered with the Independent again this year, so you may also see some of…
Read moreIn an interview on the BBC this morning, Reynolds was asked to respond to a story suggesting the equalisation process has been put on hold because of concerns about youth unemployment. In a story for the Times , Steven…
Read moreWhen he was immigration minister, what did they do? They went up and up.” Andy Burnham – In response to a question from Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick MP in Parliament earlier this month, the Prime Minister Andy Burnham…
Read moreThe defeat of Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in elections at the weekend has been welcomed not only in Belgrade, but across Europe . Vučić, Prime Minister from 2014-17 and then President for…
Read moreHe had faced intense media scrutiny after Cofnas made unproven accusations of plagiarism against him and said there were "serious questions" about his biographical claims. Cofnas, a blogger and academic who has been…
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