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No one will miss Avanti – Labour’s train plans make perfect sense: We care deeply about being able to travel by train, on time, in comfort and for a reasonable ...
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US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity: The Supreme Court's conservative justices signaled support on Thursday for U.S ...
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Quick Glance: US Supreme Court discusses Trump's Immunity
- Conservative US Supreme Court justices signal sympathy for the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office.
- Former President Donald Trump appealed after lower courts rejected his request to be shielded from four election-related criminal charges.
- The Supreme Court hearing could distort the presidency without immunity and affect decision-making when bold and fearless action is most needed.
- The Supreme Court's decision on immunity is expected and could lead to Trump's trial occurring before the election.
What Labour’s rail nationalisation would mean for commuters: Keir Starmer’s party has pledged improvements for passengers and savings for the public purse
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Ministers have caved in on no-fault evictions pledge, says Angela Rayner: Labour's Angela Rayner attacks the government's housing record but faces jibes over her ...
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Is this the beginning of the end for Humza Yousaf?: The end of the power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens could spell disaster for First Minister Humza ...
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Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years: The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it ...
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FDP calls for debate about Rwanda model for German asylum policy: The British Parliament has approved the plan to deport migrants to Rwanda ...
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Mitch McConnell says presidents shouldn't be immune from prosecution: Mitch McConnell said in an interview that he doesn't think presidents should be immune from ...
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Quick Glance: McConnell Attributes Delay in Crucial Ukraine Aid to Tucker Carlson and Trump
- Mitch McConnell celebrated new U.S. aid to Ukraine and blamed Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump for the delay.
- McConnell emphasized the importance of Ukraine aid, criticized Carlson and Trump for the delay, and praised the expected passage of the bill.
- He expressed support for Ukraine aid and highlighted the significance of supporting freedom-loving countries globally.
- McConnell expressed optimism about the GOP Senate nominees and confidence in winning the majority to transition into the role of majority leader.
So Labour’s going to fix our shambolic rail network? Good luck with that!: The party’s pledge to transform our broken transport system is admirable ...
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Labour’s rail plans show Keir Starmer’s cautious populism: Labour has announced plans to nationalise the railway operators by folding them into a publicly owned ...
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UK Conservative mayor keeps distance from Sunak in bid to avoid local election wipeout
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Why didn’t the Tories nationalise the railways?: The Conservatives can crow all they like about the benefits of privatisation – and make whatever claims they ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-didnt-the-tories-nationalise-the-railways/
Zendaya-Palooza At Weekend Box Office As Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Serve $15M Opening & ‘Dune 2’ Returns To Imax – Preview
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Tories predicted to lose upwards of 400 seats in local elections: Election analsyt says it could be a bad night for the Conservatives
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Tories need to learn to love London again: The capital votes for its mayor next week, but the Conservatives’ dissociation from the city means they seem set for ...
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Mr Bates vs Post Office drama lost £1m, ITV boss says: The agenda-setting drama made a loss despite being the UK's most-watched TV show of the year so far.
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Alstom workers taking redundancy as time ticks away over train deal: The Derby staff say that it's like 'living on a knife edge' not knowing what ...
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of blanket immunity for a former president : A majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of granting a president blanket ...
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Quick Glance: Trial Judge Evaluates Trump's Compliance with Gag Order
- Former President Trump is on trial in New York for hush money issues. David Pecker from 'National Enquirer' testified about an agreement to manipulate stories about Trump and his rivals.
- Concerns arose about Trump's violation of the gag order by criticizing court members. Mary McCord explained how the administration of justice can be disrupted by defendants' statements, leading to legal restrictions.
- Despite reluctance to detain a former president, fines may be imposed for attacks on witnesses and judicial families. Threats to security and witness testimonies pose serious challenges to the trial's integrity.
- Judges emphasize the importance of upholding justice by addressing threats and ensuring the safety of those involved in legal proceedings. The credibility of the trial hinges on maintaining a fair and secure environment.
Starmer pledges to avoid repeat of Hitachi jobs scare with huge rail reforms: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visited the under-threat Hitachi plant in County ...
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Louise Haigh: Labour manifesto will pledge rail renationalisation: In recent years, the mere mention of Britain’s railways has prompted grim laughter ...
newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/04/louise-haigh-labour-manifesto-will-pledge-rail-renationalisation
Frank Field: 1942-2024: Frank Field, the former Labour minister and crossbench peer, died today aged 81. Below is an interview he did with Lynn Barber in 2018 ...
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Arizona grand jury indicts 2020 Trump electors: Arizona is the fourth state to bring charges against electors who falsely cast votes for Trump in 2020.
axios.com/2024/04/24/arizona-trump-fake-elector-indictment
Quick Glance: 11 Republican 'Fake Electors' Charged in Arizona
- Eleven Republicans were charged in Arizona for falsely claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election in Arizona against Joe Biden.
- They met in Phoenix to sign a certificate declaring Trump had won the state. The document was sent to Congress and the National Archives but ignored.
- The Arizona charges follow indictments against fake electors in Nevada, Michigan, and Georgia.
- The charges allege conspiracy, fraud, and forgery as they falsely declared Trump as the winner in Arizona despite Biden's victory by over 10,000 votes.
Family of Chicago man fatally shot by police files federal civil rights lawsuit against city and tactical officers
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How Pret ate itself: How bad would it be if Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), were to be taken over by the Czech ...
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Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival: "I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into ...
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Rival front office official sees Caleb Martin getting nearly $13M per year this offseason
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Hyper-history: why did politics go crazy?: On the day Theresa May signed her Brexit withdrawal agreement with Brussels, Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary ...
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Neighbours beg to buy council land to 'save it from holiday flats': The community green space is one of 2,000 council-owned assets which could be sold or given ...
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'So appalled': What witnesses told special counsel about Trump's handling of classified info while still president
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Supreme Court Justices’ Pro-Trump Immunity Arguments Make Zero Sense: Some justices seemed more concerned with what imagined future presidents might do to stay ...
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Charities warn Bill to ban no-fault evictions ‘will fail’ if amendments backed: There are calls for ministers to resist pressure from ‘vested interests’ ahead of ...
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What the latest Welsh poll show about the state of the parties : The latest Redfield and Wilton Strategies poll shows a significant change in Labour support
walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/what-latest-welsh-political-poll-29052320
How UK is planning to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda: On Tuesday, the UK parliament passed the "Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024" ...
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Henry Cavill Spy Movie Becomes Streaming Hit After $96 Million Box Office Disaster
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Morrison reveals decision to take anti-depressants during premiers’ ‘pile on’, AUKUS decision
smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-reveals-decision-to-take-anti-depressants-came-after-premiers-pile-on-20240426-p5fmqv.html
OPINION: Zombie office buildings await a new working world. Whatever that is: AJC columnist Bill Torpy: Empty towers, like the Midtown's former AT&T building ...
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How will Rishi Sunak fund higher defence spending?: “It’s time for us to rearm,” Rishi Sunak said yesterday at a press conference with the Polish prime minister ...
newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/04/how-will-rishi-sunak-fund-higher-defence-spending
Quick Glance: Increase in UK defence spending by 2030
- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak commits to raising spending to 2.5% of GDP, putting the defence industry on a 'war footing'.
- Sunak emphasized the need for deeper stockpiles of munitions and quicker replenishment due to the events in the Ukraine conflict.
- The planned increase in defence spending would require significant financial reshuffling, partly through announced measures to reduce the size of the civil service.
- Shortly after announcing the pledge to send weapons worth 500 million pounds to Ukraine, this commitment followed.
Ben Stiller Says Zoolander 2 Flop 'Scared' and Blindsided Him: Ben Stiller thought everybody wanted a sequel to "Zoolander." Then "Zoolander ...
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Paid articlePaid Labour’s former rugby player Khalid Mahmood high-tackles a heckler: There was no messing about by former rugby union tighthead prop Khalid Mahmood MP when ...
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Sadiq Khan takes swipe at WWE icon as he says what his wrestling name would be: The mayor wants to bring the sport's main event to London
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More needs to be done to bring about Portsmouth's regeneration - claim from opposition parties
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Working Parents, Plan for the Week with This Simple Exercise: As work travel and hours in the office mount, work parents are feeling the logistical challenges of ...
hbr.org/2024/04/working-parents-plan-for-the-week-with-this-simple-exercise
EU raids offices of Chinese security equipment maker in subsidy probe: European Union officials have raided the offices of a Chinese company as part of a probe ...
cnn.com/2024/04/24/business/eu-china-subsidies-raids/
Is civil disobedience a moral obligation in a time of climate crisis? | Aeon Essays
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Election: Shirley, Sholing, Swaythling, Thornhill, Woolston: All the Southampton City Council election candidates for Shirley, Sholing, Swaythling, Thornhill ...
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Leatherhead residents 'feel unsafe' after 'attempted murder' on street : A resident who has lived in Leatherhead for 50 years says she "takes out a ...
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The West Yorkshire mayoral election candidates and what they stand for: There are six candidates campaigning for your vote to become West Yorkshire Mayor
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Sky News to host political programme live tonight in Grimsby: Great Grimsby's Conservative MP Lia Nici and her predecessor and challenger at the next ...
grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/sky-news-sophy-ridge-host-9245432
Dad says park is in a 'poor state' despite election campaign claim: Labour said it has "made Rawnsley Park accessible with new equipment" ...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/labour-election-leaflet-claim-bristol-9245378
Suspended London Labour MP Kate Osamor to get whip back 'imminently': Kate Osamor issued an apology for ‘any offence caused’ by a message she wrote on the eve of ...
standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-labour-mp-kate-osamor-whip-palestine-gaza-b1153804.html
Spider-Man 2 Was the #2 Movie at the North American Box Office in First Day of Re-Release - IGN
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London commuter belt to benefit from TfL-style 'best-price guarantee' fares under Labour rail plan
standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-commuters-tfl-rail-fares-labour-nationalisation-plan-b1153772.html
Meet the candidates for election of Cornwall's police boss: The PCC election takes place on Thursday, May 2 - here's what the three candidates are offering
cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/meet-police-crime-commissioner-candidates-9242873
How the daughter of a bus driver became Britain's first Sikh female MP: Preet Kaur Gill is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Minister for ...
birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/how-grasp-it-message-spurred-29013440
“I Will Not Be Fighting Culture Wars”: UK Shadow Culture Secretary Seeks To Draw Dividing Line Between Labour & Conservatives As She Sets Out Stall On AI ...
deadline.com/2024/04/thangam-debbonaire-labour-party-ai-bbc-freelancers-creative-cities-convention-1235893412/
Labour pick Chester South and Eddisbury General Election candidate: Labour has chosen Angeliki Stogia as the party's candidate for the reshaped Chester South and ...
chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24274653.labour-pick-chester-south-eddisbury-general-election-candidate/
Jonathan Gullis slams £40 brown bin charge as 'garden tax' at PMQs: But the Stoke-on-Trent North MP failed to mention that a Tory-run council introduced a ...
stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/jonathan-gullis-slams-stoke-trents-9244539
Here's what voters had to say about the upcoming elections in one of the key political battlegrounds
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I’m a private headteacher – half of our parents receive financial help: Independent schools are not just for wealthy families, says the principal of a school ...
inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/private-headteacher-half-parents-financial-help-3020368
Firebrand MP George Galloway hitting the West Midlands Mayoral campaign trail tomorrow
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Hampshire County Council Meon Valley by-election: Meet the candidates: Meet the candidates who are standing for the Meon Valley by-election for Hampshire County ...
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Plans lodged for redevelopment of Thetford Abbey Estate: Flagship Housing Group has lodged its plans with Breckland Council for the controversial redevelopment ...
edp24.co.uk/news/24274951.plans-lodged-redevelopment-thetford-abbey-estate/
How local elections in Bristol will affect housing crisis: Voters will head to the polls on Thursday, May 2, with housing one of the main issues facing the city
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/how-local-elections-bristol-affect-9241596
Remembering the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: On this day in 1932, hundreds of workers took to the hills of northern England to challenge the right of landed ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2019/04/the-kinder-scout-mass-trespass
Former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81: Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family says
bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68887629
Quick Glance: Farewell to Frank Field: A Life Dedicated to Social Justice
- The former Labour minister and advocate for poverty alleviation, Frank Field, has passed away at the age of 81.
- Throughout his career in Westminster, Lord Field championed social causes such as child poverty and modern slavery for over four decades.
- Field succumbed to a long battle with cancer in a care home in London. He advocated for a 2021 bill on assisted dying in England and Wales.
- His family emphasized that Field will be mourned by admirers in the political realm, but most of all missed by those fortunate enough to have experienced his laughter and friendship.
Criticism of the UK's Rwanda deal: The British parliament has approved the highly controversial Rwanda deal shortly after midnight. The Council of Europe's ...
de.euronews.com/2024/04/23/umstrittener-deal-britisches-parlament-genehmigt-abschiebungen-nach-ruanda
Pressure from Prime Minister Sunak: British Parliament approves controversial deportations to Rwanda
spiegel.de/ausland/grossbritannien-parlament-genehmigt-umstrittene-abschiebungen-nach-ruanda-a-7cdc86bd-2e07-4a6a-8b15-d1ae34e40d36
Quick Glance: British Law on Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
- The new British deportation law aims to curb illegal migration and secure the reelection of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
- However, experts doubt the effectiveness of the law in stopping illegal migration to the UK.
- Rishi Sunak is under significant pressure due to political challenges in the election year, including inflation and healthcare issues.
- The Rwanda law intends to deport migrants without valid papers to Rwanda, although the efficacy of the law is being questioned.
Was it Angela Rayner who was fined millions by HMRC? No, that was a Tory: The man who reported Labour’s deputy to the police can’t even say what he was ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/angela-rayner-conservatives-scandals
Email isn't just annoying to Gen Z workers—it's stressing them out: Emails are stressing out workers, and the youngest people in the office are feeling the most ...
cnbc.com/2024/04/23/gen-zers-have-1000-unread-emails-at-work-heres-why.html
A conservative strategist on how Joe Biden can win: Sarah Longwell says “double-haters” will decide the election
economist.com/by-invitation/2024/04/23/a-conservative-strategist-on-how-joe-biden-can-win
Does Labour really love the St George’s Cross?: Following last night’s mammoth parliamentary ping pong session, a funny thing happened early this morning ...
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5 die while crossing Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda plan: At least five migrants have been killed while attempting to cross the English Channel from France ...
dailysabah.com/world/europe/5-die-while-crossing-channel-hours-after-uk-passes-rwanda-plan
Susanna Reid forced to apologise as MP swears live on Good Morning Britain: Susanna Reid was forced to apologise on behalf of Labour MP Yvette Cooper after she ...
mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/susanna-reid-forced-apologise-labour-32648594
In numbers: 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza: More than 34,000 Palestinians killed and vast swathes of the enclave are in ruins as Israel continues its assault.
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/by-the-numbers-200-days-of-israels-war-on-gaza
1 in 2 workers in Singapore will quit their job if asked to be in office more often: Survey
channelnewsasia.com/singapore/work-home-flexible-work-employees-quit-survey-4285946
Starmer should stop chasing The Sun’s endorsement, says Murdoch’s ex son-in-law: PR guru Matthew Freud warns Sir Keir Starmer against chasing a Labour ...
inews.co.uk/news/media/starmer-should-stop-chasing-the-suns-endorsement-says-murdochs-ex-son-in-law-3019725
Maduro announces return of UN rights office to Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that a United Nations human rights office would begin ...
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Why you shouldn’t take money from your parents to buy a house: The extent to which young adults’ families now step in to help them access homeownership was ...
inews.co.uk/news/why-not-to-borrow-from-parents-buy-house-3019994
Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too: Officials have had preliminary discussions about how to protect the former president in the ...
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As a black woman, I feel politically homeless: I’ve started to question whether the Labour Party still represents me
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