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Why Rishi Sunak is increasing defence spending with UK on 'war footing': News that the Prime Minister is boosting military spending means the UK will be spending ...
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Why Rishi Sunak is increasing defence spending with UK on 'war footing'
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.
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Why a Labour super-majority is unlikely: By current polls, Labour is set for a super-majority, and more than 400 seats. But will voters cool on Keir Starmer ...
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Why a Labour super-majority is unlikely
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Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people: European Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free ...
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Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people
Quick Glance: EU Proposes Mobility Expansion for UK and EU Youth
  • The European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility for millions of 18- to 30-year-olds before Brexit.

  • Under the planned agreement, EU and UK citizens aged between 18 and 30 could have the opportunity to stay in the destination country for an extended period.

  • The decision by the commission, which was previously strongly against concessions to the UK, is seen as a breakthrough in UK-EU relations.

  • If approved, millions of young people could come to the UK to fill the gap left by Brexit in the hospitality sector and at universities.
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EU proposes some free movement for UK young people: The EU Commission says UK and EU citizens under 30 should be able to work or study for up to four years.
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EU proposes some free movement for UK young people
Quick Glance: UK rejects mobility agreement with Europe for young people
  • The government has ruled out any post-Brexit deal that would make it easier for young Britons to live, study, and work in the EU.

  • Labour also rejected the possibility of an EU-wide scheme and prefers to improve the UK's working relationship with the EU within their red lines.

  • A campaign group urged MPs to listen to British young people who deserve the opportunities presented by the plan.

  • The EU suggested that Britain had expressed interest in youth mobility deals with individual member states but favored an EU-wide approach to ensure equal treatment for all members.
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Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’: Ex-PM laments the fact her predecessor Theresa May wasn’t more ‘hard­headed.’
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Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’
Quick Glance: Liz Truss: From Premiership to Resignation in 49 Days
  • Liz Truss became Prime Minister and resigned after just 49 days, despite her husband's prediction that 'it would all end in tears'.

  • Truss assumed office on September 6, 2022, succeeding Boris Johnson, but faced early challenges and personal struggles.

  • Despite implementing economic measures and facing political turbulence, Truss resigned after a mini-budget led to a pensions crisis.

  • She reflects on her failed tenure, attributing blame to structural issues and drawing parallels to the controversial football manager Brian Clough.
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Watch: Tetchy Starmer wriggles over Rayner’s tax affairs: Angela Rayner appears unable to shake off questions about her tax affairs — literally ...
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Watch: Tetchy Starmer wriggles over Rayner’s tax affairs
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PMQs scorecard: Sunak and Starmer fight over who dislikes Liz Truss more: Liz Truss bore the brunt at prime minister’s questions
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PMQs scorecard: Sunak and Starmer fight over who dislikes Liz Truss more
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Protesters target home of Sir Keir Starmer to demand arms embargo on Israel: A group of pro-Palestinian activists have held a protest outside the home of Sir ...
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Protesters target home of Sir Keir Starmer to demand arms embargo on ...
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Even Europe’s far-right firebrands seem to sense Brexit is a disaster: When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’ ...
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Even Europe’s far-right firebrands seem to sense Brexit is a disaster
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UK uninterested in EU proposal to boost youth mobility: Over three years following Brexit, a new European Commission proposal aims to simplify long-term stays ...
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UK uninterested in EU proposal to boost youth mobility
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Rayner outsmarts Dowden at PMQs battle of the deputies: Few politicians have looked more pleased with a joke than Oliver Dowden did with his first offering at ...
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Rayner outsmarts Dowden at PMQs battle of the deputies
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Angela Rayner is wounded but she’s still an asset for Labour: Insiders say Keir Starmer would not be too sad to see his deputy depart. But he should be wary of ...
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Angela Rayner is wounded but she’s still an asset for Labour
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Bevan Fought for the NHS — and so Must We: A new play at the National Theatre celebrates Nye Bevan’s titanic struggle to create the NHS — a fight we must ...
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Bevan Fought for the NHS — and so Must We
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Joe Biden won’t do a trade deal with Britain, says Liz Truss: The former prime minister dismissed the chance of any trade deal happening under the incumbent ...
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Joe Biden won’t do a trade deal with Britain, says Liz Truss
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Labour leaders set out new housebuilding rules to identify 'grey belt' land: Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner visited Europe's biggest brownfield site
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Labour leaders set out new housebuilding rules to identify 'grey belt' ...
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The Angela Rayner tax row spells real danger for Labour: What is the Angela Rayner story about? “Pure politics” – though there’s no such thing, it’s an oxymoron ...
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The Angela Rayner tax row spells real danger for Labour
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Is a new alcohol prohibition on its way?: New taxes on wine could mean that your favourite tipple – in particular red – ends up being watered down or ...
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Is a new alcohol prohibition on its way?
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Jonathan Pie comic: Having a pop at Brexit and Tory voters is 'gross': Tom Walker, the actor who plays satirical news reporter Jonathan Pie, told ITV News what ...
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Jonathan Pie comic: Having a pop at Brexit and Tory voters is 'gross'
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Briton and French wife face £11,000 Brexit visa bill to return home to UK: Stephen Kaye has Parkinson’s but couple blocked from Britain despite having paid taxes ...
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Briton and French wife face £11,000 Brexit visa bill to return home to UK
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Watch: Cameron squirms over Rwanda questions: Cameron was asked by interviewer Anushka Asthana on ITV’s Peston show whether he would have pursued Rwanda if he ...
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Watch: Cameron squirms over Rwanda questions
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Carers having to pay back thousands is very wrong, says Keir Starmer: Labour leader was responding to a question from the BBC about Vivienne Groom ...
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Carers having to pay back thousands is very wrong, says Keir Starmer
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UK faces 'new normal' of medication shortages post-Brexit: Report : A recent research by the Nuffield Trust health think tank revealed that medicine ...
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UK faces 'new normal' of medication shortages post-Brexit: ...
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Jeremy Corbyn’s comeback and what it says about Keir Starmer: The political terrain is particularly fertile for a Corbyn resurgence
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Jeremy Corbyn’s comeback and what it says about Keir Starmer
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I’ve been a Lord for two weeks – I can already see we need abolishing: Too many of my colleagues regard appointment to the Lords as just an honour
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I’ve been a Lord for two weeks – I can already see we need abolishing
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Keir Starmer needs Angela Rayner now more than ever: Starmer would need to tread carefully before axing his deputy
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Keir Starmer needs Angela Rayner now more than ever
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Labour’s Love Affair with Private Healthcare: From the embrace of private hospitals to shady donations from private health interests, there is little to suggest ...
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Labour’s Love Affair with Private Healthcare
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Keir Starmer’s team confident public will back Angela Rayner over tax probe: Labour is using the local elections campaign to try out the party's messaging ...
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Keir Starmer’s team confident public will back Angela Rayner over tax ...
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Rigging Britain’s Democracy: The allegations that Labour has used its online voting system to rig parliamentary selections suggest that Starmer’s addiction to ...
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Rigging Britain’s Democracy
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UK's Labour Party aims to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP: Britain's opposition Labour Party would aim to raise defence spending to 2 ...
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UK's Labour Party aims to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
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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 ...
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Starmer should stop chasing The Sun’s endorsement, says Murdoch’s ex ...
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The new dividing line in British politics is Adidas Gazelles vs Sambas: Labour leader Keir Starmer slipped on his Adidas Gazelles for a trip to the England ...
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The new dividing line in British politics is Adidas Gazelles vs Sambas
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Sack Andrew Bailey as Bank of England boss, says Liz Truss: Ex-PM describes the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility as a ...
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Sack Andrew Bailey as Bank of England boss, says Liz Truss
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Nuclear weapons: Stop asking Keir Starmer the stupid nuclear question: It couldn’t have happened to a nicer secretary of state for defence. Grant Shapps was out ...
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Nuclear weapons: Stop asking Keir Starmer the stupid nuclear question
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Britons may put off Europe holidays to avoid chaos of post-Brexit digital border: One travel expert advises British tourists to avoid travelling to the EU for at ...
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Britons may put off Europe holidays to avoid chaos of post-Brexit digital ...
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Britain: Increase in political violence: British MPs are being targeted, more and more are being murdered and threats of violence. The war in Gaza in particular ...
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Britain: Increase in political violence
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Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband: Former foreign secretary says Britain needs to forge closer political and foreign policy links ...
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Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband
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Pensions triple lock future unclear as Starmer won’t commit to it being in manifesto
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Pensions triple lock future unclear as Starmer won’t commit to it being in ...
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The Tory party has lost the plot – and could be bad news for Labour : This paranoid, belligerent rabble will never offer the effective opposition Britain needs ...
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The Tory party has lost the plot – and could be bad news for Labour
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Why au pairs might become a thing of the past: The latest Under The Radar,/under-the-radars,,under-the-radars, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from ...
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Why au pairs might become a thing of the past
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Voters in dark over Labour policies as Starmer set for Blair-style majority: Party maintains an 18-point lead over the Conservatives despite uncertainties over ...
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Voters in dark over Labour policies as Starmer set for Blair-style ...
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Starmer says Labour has had no contact with Trump, but is ‘close’ to Biden: In a wide-ranging interview with i ahead of the local elections next month ...
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Starmer says Labour has had no contact with Trump, but is ‘close’ to Biden
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EU and UK make significant progress on broad Gibraltar policy lines: The final details of the EU's post-Brexit relationship with the UK regarding Gibraltar ...
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 EU and UK make significant progress on broad Gibraltar policy lines
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'What did Brexit ever do for us? Empty shops, potholes and food banks': 'What did Brexit ever do for us? Empty shops, potholes and food banks'
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'What did Brexit ever do for us? Empty shops, potholes and food banks'
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Labour to work ‘hand in glove' with business to improve NHS: Keir Starmer said Labour would partner with Virgin Media O2 to ensure children with type 1 diabetes ...
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Labour to work ‘hand in glove' with business to improve NHS
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Brexit caused the Tory infighting that will cost us the election, ex minister says
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Brexit caused the Tory infighting that will cost us the election ...
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Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income?: Brexit spelled the end of EU subsidies, leaving farmers with ‘raw deal’ from the UK government.
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Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income?
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Can Starmer control 450 unruly MPs?: It doesn’t matter how loyal a candidate is. Once elected, all MPs (to a greater or lesser extent) conclude they have won ...
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Can Starmer control 450 unruly MPs?
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I'll vote Labour after making Post Office drama, says Paula Vennells actor: The former Post Office exec had her CBE revoked in February
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I'll vote Labour after making Post Office drama, says Paula Vennells actor