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A former education secretary says universities need to choose between being “engines for equality” or “engines of inequality”.
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Independence is a vexed question for the Scottish people, especially with so much yet unknown about how the UK will fare in its divorce from the European Union.
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The Sabisky affair should not be seen as a random event: the real battle lies ahead.
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The BBC is under threat as the government considers abolishing the licence fee. This would be a disaster.
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The question is: how long will Rishi Sunak last?
Who’s in and who’s out?
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This is Boris Johnson’s first major cabinet reshuffle since the Conservatives’ general election victory.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, in August 2019. Can the U.K. and Canada forge a post-Brexit trade deal?
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The U.K. is now in the unenviable position of having to negotiate multiple trade deals following Brexit. Here’s why it should start with Canada.
The main immediate impact of Brexit is that UK lawmakers will have to vacate the EU Parliament.
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Even though the UK is officially out of the EU on Jan. 31, it’ll take at least another 11 months of negotiations before its departure is complete.
As the U.K. leaves the European Union, what awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) with a host of African leaders at the UK Africa Investment Summit in London.
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Trade and investment can help reduce poverty, promote women’s empowerment, and support children’s rights. It can also do the opposite.
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Boris Johnson has proposed the public ‘bung a bob for a Big Ben bong’ to commemorate Brexit.
Johnson visiting Tony Blair’s former constituency of Sedgefield after the December election.
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When you look at what the PM is up against, the Brexit trade negotiations might almost seem like light relief.
Prime minister Boris Johnson with deputy first minister Michelle O'Neil, first minister Arlene Foster and Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith.
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A new deal has been signed that seeks to encourage Sinn Fein and the DUP to work together.
Johnson: a new voter base demands a new approach.
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There is speculation over what the PM actually needs to do to hold on to his new voters.
The prime minister may be assured that this issue will not be going away any time soon as Nicola Sturgeon makes a democratic case for transferring powers rather than a legal one.
‘I can’t believe I’m still here, either.’
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‘They might be a liar but at least they’re honest.’
Now let’s do a deal.
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What Boris Johnson’s victory means for US-UK relations.
As usual, the UK media landscape offered partisan coverage of the 2019 election.
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It wasn’t the ‘Sun wot won it’, but the partisanship of the UK press made the Conservatives’ task a great deal easier.
It’s not just Brexit that he’s eyeing up.
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A large majority gives the prime minister freedom to dramatically alter the machinary of the nation.
Led by Boris Johnson, the Conservatives won 56% of the vote and will have an 80-seat majority.
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The election means Britain will Leave the European Union by January 31 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, which was blocked by the previous parliament.