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Board of Deputies of British Jews declares Greens to be racist party

The Jewish body, which is the largest in the UK, was responding to the "Zionism is racism" policy motion passed at the Green Party's conference earlier this month. Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg said a vote…

The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial

On Monday, after numerous setbacks, his plan will finally come to fruition. The busiest stretch of the nation's famous shopping street will be closed to traffic in a scheme designed to improve the area and make it more…

Canada and Europe want to reshape the global order. But whose vision will prevail?

“Some member states didn’t like the ‘Buy Canada’ thing from Carney,” the official added. Canada is likewise uncertain whether its companies will qualify for the EU’s proposed “Made in Europe” preferences foreseen in a…

Letters to the Editor – week ending 25th October 2026

Find out how to share your own views here . 2008 – You made contact Dear Emma, Brilliant piece! Quite right on New Labour – but like superb Surestart a great deal was all too easily swept away. The arrogance and…

Cutting ‘red tape’ is nothing but a red herring – and arguably counterproductive | Heather Stewart

But as he prepares for his first budget on Wednesday, his government is yet to let go of one of its most tedious cliches: red tape. In the run-up to the chancellor John Healey's high-stakes Commons address, the…

Former Tory candidate suspended over contract killer claims was adviser in Kemi Badenoch’s office

Police in Scotland say they will be reviewing an Al Jazeera documentary in which Ross was filmed making a range comments about what a contract killer could be employed to do, and talked about using far-right groups to…

Demand for UK government action 10 months after British man’s death in Grenada

Charity workers supporting the family of Andrew Frederick are demanding immediate government intervention to clear the path for a full investigation to begin almost 10 months after his death, which has been ruled a…

Burnham open to return of free movement between UK and EU

Revolving door migration where people would come and then go back is different. The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then? I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things.”…

‘Sadiq Khan’s legacy in London will be a city where people can breathe easy’

London had exceeded legal nitrogen dioxide limits every year since the regulations took effect in 2010. Roughly 4,000 premature deaths a year were attributed to air pollution . Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah , who died in 2013…

Leaked emails show AfD co-leader’s U-turn on ‘explosive’ nationalist colleague

“Some in our party seem in a hurry to drive the AfD, deliberately or not, into oblivion.” In May 2025, the agency classified the AfD as a “confirmed right-wing extremist organisation”, citing, among other things, an…