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But it isn’t real—it was made with AI. The video was shared with claims that iPhones were seen floating in the Strait “after Iran sinks Singaporean cargo ship” [sic]. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported…
Read moreIt’s budget eve but can the chancellor really deliver a ‘breathing space’ budget? With living standards under pressure, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy explore the trade-offs John Healey must balance between the…
Read moreBig decisions on North Sea drilling , the expansion of Heathrow airport , electric vehicles (EVs) and grants for heat pumps are awaiting decisions from ministers. But they should be considered in the context of their…
Read moreThe nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a "considerable revolving door" shaped the government's development of "AI growth zones", a central plank of the former prime minister Keir Starmer's AI and…
Read moreIt’s a rather boring ordeal. Every right-of-centre commentator will spew the same lines, arguing that tax hikes are bad, welfare should be reined in and defence should be funded properly. Meanwhile, those on the left…
Read moreBudgets are moments when the big trends driving tax and public spending surface with visible, politically significant decisions. During the forty years which followed the 1976 IMF crisis the big trends made it possible…
Read moreIn Birmingham, Kemi showed that the Conservative Party can again be the party for ordinary hard-working people. For too long, immigration has been out of control, and the benefits bill has ballooned higher and higher to…
Read moreA former journalist, she has worked in education for twenty years. She is Deputy Chairman (Political) of Cheadle Conservatives and constituency officer for Manchester Withington. Lancashire folk don’t make a fuss. We get…
Read moreThey work in the logistics roles that keep our country and economy moving. Put simply, nothing moves without logistics, and so nothing moves without constituents like mine in North Warwickshire and Bedworth. This matters…
Read moreAnd the numbers are sobering. Schools in England have £4.5 billion less in funding than they did in 2010 . 74% of schools across the country have seen cuts, and over 3,000 of those schools have lost more than £1,000 for…
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