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He is expected to have community engagements in Belfast before meeting the leaders of Northern Ireland's main political parties.
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Figures released today by the Home Office show that there was also a fall across legal migration arrivals, asylum claims and small boat arrivals.
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Reform and the Conservatives are willing to mislead the public, but as environment secretary, I believe we must be honest – and act boldlyThis long, hot summer has brought our third drought in five years and the driest July in almost two centuries. We’ve seen wildfires burn down homes and now face the risk of flash floods as we move into autumn. It should be a wake-up call for those saying that concerns about the climate crisis are overblown; that we should simply sit back and do nothing; or row
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It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year – £100k up on last yearHow has your summer been? Done anything nice? As MPs prepare to head back to parliament next week, you’ll be relieved to hear that some of the most prominent figures in British politics have been enjoying the season’s cultural highlights – and without paying a penny. MPs throughout the Commons have received £400,000 of “freebies” to concerts, sports matches and ot
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Kremlin threatens British targets inside and outside Ukraine and claims UK’s ‘hostile line’ risks escalating conflict Russia has warned the UK and France that they were “playing with fire” by supplying missile technology to Ukraine, saying Moscow would retaliate by striking British military sites in Ukraine and elsewhere, according to Russian media.Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said Russia would respond to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons by hitting any Britis
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There are concerns about what protection is in place at a Ukrainian drone plant in the UK.
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New leader has already repainted road markings - but will he be able to lower council taxes?
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An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be trickyWho can stop Nigel Farage? Which voters would actually dig out their ID and schlep down to the polling booth to fight him?Over the past year, these two questions have come to shape British politics. From Runcorn and Helsby to Caerphilly and Aberdeen South, via countless flimsy leaflets claiming “Only X can win here”, parties have jostled for the part of his majesty’s opposition to
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The announcement comes as Burnham holds his first official visit to Wales since becoming prime minster.
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Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967, but a ban continued in the armed forces until 2000.
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‘People cannot cope with the idea that a gay person might lead the armed forces,’ says StreetingWes Streeting has described receiving a mass of homophobic abuse since he was made defence secretary last month, while also saying his appointment had been welcomed by some in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a sign of change.Until 2000, gay men and lesbian women were banned from serving in the UK military, with about 200-plus personnel thrown out of the forces each year due to their sexuality – an es
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In an era of multiparty politics, first past the post risks generating perverse outcomes that delegitimise the democratic process If the system that elects MPs to Westminster was obviously the most democratic one available, there would be no need to use alternative modes when electing the UK’s devolved assemblies or England’s regional mayors. The fact that first past the post (FPTP) was not preferred when establishing those institutions reflects an acceptance that there are better ways to turn p
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The framed photograph forms part of work by MPs to install a permament memorial for the former Tory grandee.
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Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracyA poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral weakness of its main players.Polls since have varied, not least with the Burnham bou
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Wales political editor Gareth Lewis looks back on Plaid's first 100 days in power.
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People on hold to HMRC for more than 30 minutes would get a tax credit under plans announced by Robert Jenrick.
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Greater Thameslink Railway says these upgrades are part of the wider renationalisation plans.
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Prime minister to speak to press this morning while on visit to Sainsbury’s supermarket Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy sectary, said the government will explore “what more we can do” to help those struggling with high bills, via “fundamental reforms” including investment in renewable energy.Families will be understandably concerned about the cost of energy bills this winter, which is being driven up by the Iran war.Energy is an everyday essential and it needs to be affordable for everyone, which
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Ofgem and ministers should be transparent about why energy bills for households are expected to stay stubbornly highBritons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from OctoberAnother Ofgem energy price cap day, another increase in bills. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the new energy secretary, can blame the usual culprit on Wednesday – the fossil fuel price “rollercoaster”, given a shove this time by Donald Trump’s Middle East misadventure. Higher gas prices will indeed be the main qu
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A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem said.