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The UK borrowed more than expected in July as Chancellor John Healey prepares to deliver the government’s first Budget. Healey said the government remains committed to meeting its fiscal rules.
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Kemi Badenoch is expected to reshuffle her front bench, with Tugendhat set to replace Patel as shadow foreign secretary following a series of high-pro...
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A minister has said Burnham will take action on the influence of wealthy political donors, as some MPs press the Government to introduce a cap on dona...
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Reform says it would deploy the Navy to intercept boats carrying migrants and return them to France if it forms the next government, under an agreemen...
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Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is due to receive a substantial increase in his annual salary, taking it to 3.6 million Singapore dollars, equi...
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The Taoiseach has told the Prime Minister that there is a shared duty to make further progress on the Good Friday Agreement, with talks also expected...
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Cabinet minister Angela Rayner has defended pausing plans to overhaul local councils, saying the delay was intended to ensure the proposals could with...
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A dispute has intensified over Wandsworth Council’s decision to increase tax by 94%, with the Tory-run authority blaming cuts to government funding. B...
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Burnham has rejected comments describing him as a “tax and spend socialist”, while the prime minister has said he is prepared to take difficult decisi...
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Former cabinet secretary Lord Wormald received a pay-off of almost £860,000 after leaving the role in February, when he became the shortest-serving ho...
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The leaders of Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Fein have said the UK government should prepare for constitutional change, arguing that Westminster’s era...
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The government is seeking to alter rules on donations to UK political parties from British expatriates, with peers set to debate the proposed changes...
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BBC News reports that India’s CJP protest, described as a highly visible sign of public anger towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, has b...
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BBC News has published a video billed as an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Andy Burnham’s first week in charge, presented with Laura Kuenssberg.
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BBC News reports that the government wants to ease wedding laws so couples can marry in a much wider range of places, drawing mixed public responses.
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The housing secretary has warned that the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes is under pressure from high construction costs and the wa...
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Jenrick has said Reform’s £72m in donations is lawful as the government seeks to change rules governing donations to UK political parties from British...
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans to give councils more authority to stop vape and betting shops, saying town centres have been damaged...
