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Campaigners welcome the move but say passengers are mostly worried about train fares and delays.
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Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his partyTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpDid Tony Blair ever mention he was quite good at winning elections? If you happened to miss it, then his 5,700-word opus on where Labour, Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong is here to remind you. Several times.“I led the Labour party for 13 years and through three general elections,” goes the second sentence. Fu
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Reform's home affairs chief has publicly disagreed with its Treasury spokesman over what party policy is.
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The chancellor can point to growth and lower inflation, but weak job data, flat living standards and uncertain productivity are no reason to cheerIn October 1991, the then chancellor Norman Lamont said he thought he saw some “green shoots” of recovery. He was ridiculed, as Britain was in the midst of a deep recession that it would not clamber out of until the following summer. Insouciant in the face of the scorn heaped upon him, Mr Lamont defended himself robustly, even long after the event – no
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Opposition MSPs have criticised the first minister and ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon following Peter Murrell's guilty plea.
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The demand was the Scottish government's first item of business in the new parliament.
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A total of 989 people arrived in the UK in 14 boats between Friday and Monday.
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Some parents believe whether the government will take strong enough action remains to be seen.
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Rhun ap Iorwerth said schools would be empowered to make their own decisions, with a ban expected for England.
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The sentences of boys spared custody over the rape of two girls in Hampshire will be referred to the Court of Appeal, the prime minister has said.
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Corey Edwards quit as a Senedd candidate after a picture of him emerged appearing to do the salute.
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How could MPs who want Sir Keir Starmer to be replaced force a leadership contest and who could stand?
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Sarah Wakefield has been selected as the party's candidate for the 18 June poll.
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Campaigners, teenagers, legislators and experts give their opinions on the government’s social media consultation Change is coming for social media platforms. The UK government’s consultation on improving online safety for children will result in some form of action being taken against big tech. Even before the deadline for submissions has passed, ministers have pledged to introduce an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s or restrictions on “addictive” features such as infinite scrolli
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Bridget Phillipson will ask the competition watchdog to examine costs that families are still facing in government-funded childcare.
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The estranged husband of former Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon is remanded in custody after pleading guilty.
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Thecase has been hanging over the SNP like a toxic cloud since the police investigation began five years ago.
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The prime minister said it was "right" that the sentences were being urgently reviewed.