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Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
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Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
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The increasing cost of living may be denting support for the Labor government.
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The Bank of England and the OBR hold politicians back, but with good reason.
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When the public sees an institution is failing, they generally lose trust in it. Not so with the health service.
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Labour’s deputy leader has said she will resign if she is found to have committed a criminal offence in relation to her registered home address ten years ago.
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Should Rayner have to stand down over a housing scandal, the party would have to run a distracting internal election.
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The first-past-the-post electoral system has helped the Conservatives stay in power for much of the past century. Now it could lock them out.
Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene dons her signed ‘make America great again’ hat.
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When rightwing politicians talk of bringing back greatness, they are doing it for a reason.
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British elections are pencil and papers affairs, which makes them difficult to hack. But the breach of millions of people’s details is still a deeply serious matter.
Rachel Reeves makes her case.
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‘Securonomics’ examined.
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Mordaunt is predicted to lose her seat at the election so it’s now or never for her – but the path to victory is laden with obstacles.
Vaughan Gething MS.
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Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
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As the Trump v Biden contest shapes up ahead of the US presidential election in November, the polls are not favourable to the incumbent president.
Taking time out.
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Economic inactivity is not always the worst option.
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Gove and Rishi Sunak trailed the change as a response to Gaza protests – but this definition has nothing to do with them.
Vixen Tor on Dartmoor in Devon is one of many access islands where right to roam laws prevent people reaching an area without trespassing or arriving by helicopter.
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Right to roam campaigners are protesting about thousands of ‘access islands’ of wilderness in England that are surrounded by private land. Outdated countryside access laws need an overhaul.
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New definitions don’t protect communities or deter extremists.
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Frank Hester’s words are only the latest extreme example of the constant discrimination black and ethnic minority women face when they enter public life.
Protesters in London call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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The laws around protest have rarely been tougher – so we have to wonder why the government is seeking more power by redefining what extremism means.