Politics
Pro-EU mayor beats Trump-inspired nationalist in Romanian presidential election shock
May 19, 2025Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival inspired by Donald Trump. Official results from nearly all voting stations showed Mr Dan garnering about 54% of ballots cast by voters in the EU and NATO member country of about 19 million […]
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UK-EU deal ‘breakthrough’ as Keir Starmer to announce post-Brexit reset agreement after late-night talks
May 19, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has reportedly achieved a breakthrough in his bid to secure a new deal with the EU – after talks went “down to the wire” on Sunday night. Ministers had appeared confident of securing an agreement, with Number 10 saying on Saturday the Prime Minister would “strike a deal” at the first UK-EU […]
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Starmer set to announce new EU deal at London summit
May 17, 2025Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce a new deal with the EU in the coming week as he hosts a major summit with the bloc in London. Details of the agreement are yet to be revealed but reports have suggested it could focus on UK access to a major EU defence fund, with a […]
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Rachel Reeves faces call from her local Labour party to abandon welfare cuts
May 17, 2025Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks with the media at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby. (Darren Staples/PA) PA Wire Rachel Reeves’s local Labour party will demand that the Chancellor abandons her plans to cut disability benefits. The Leeds West and Pudsey Constituency Labour Party (CLP), which campaigned to return Ms Reeves to Parliament in […]
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Youngsters the focus as Sturgeon hits campaign trail ahead of by-election
May 16, 2025Nicola Sturgeon will hit the campaign trail in the Hamilton by-election on Saturday, touting the SNP’s record on young people. The former first minister will make her first public appearance in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Holyrood constituency ahead of the June 5 poll sparked by the death of Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie. She […]
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Starmer signals youth mobility scheme with EU would not cross red line
May 16, 2025Sir Keir Starmer has signalled that a youth mobility scheme would not cross Labour’s red line on freedom of movement with the EU. The Prime Minister said youth mobility is “not freedom of movement” ahead of a UK-EU summit in London on Monday which is part of efforts to “reset” relations after Brexit. Reports suggest […]
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Justice Secretary warns of ‘moment of reckoning’ for grooming gangs scandal
May 14, 2025The grooming gangs scandal faces a “moment of reckoning,” the Justice Secretary has warned ahead of the publication of a national report on child sexual exploitation. Shabana Mahmood said there was a need for “truth and reconciliation” for people whose trust in authorities had been “fundamentally shaken, if not totally broken”. A “rapid” audit, led […]
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UK economy expected to have grown in first months of 2025
May 14, 2025The UK economy is expected to have grown in the opening months of the year, before tax rises and announcements on US tariffs came in during April. The Office for National Statistics will report the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) figures for January to March on Thursday morning. Economists are forecasting GDP growth of 0.6% […]
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London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places
May 14, 2025The top 20 constituencies with the best social mobility in England are all in London, according to research from a leading education charity that underscores the stark regional divide in children’s life chances. In a report published on Thursday, the Sutton Trust has put together an “opportunity index” by analysing six measures of mobility. These […]
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Planning bill is bad for developers and nature | Letters
May 14, 2025The mayor of London is right to redouble his efforts to tackle the capital’s housing crisis, but there is no reason this should come at the expense of protecting nature (Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt, 9 May). We must create good-quality and affordable homes, alongside green spaces that […]
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