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A government spokesman tells the BBC the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".
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Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.
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It’s a decade since the MP for Batley and Spen was killed by a far-right extremist. Her sister, Kim Leadbeater, who took over her parliamentary seat, explains what lessons are still to be learnedJo Cox was the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, the place she had grown up and had known her whole life. She was firmly pro-Europe, a passionate campaigner for social justice, and the mother of two young children, aged five and three. On 16 June 2016, at the height of a toxic Brexit campaign, she was murde
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Andrea Egan tellls the BBC that Labour haven't delivered and her election demonstrated that members were desperate to have their voices heard.
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Polls open on Thursday for the Makerfield by-election with 14 candidates vying to become the constituency's MP
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Sites including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok will become inaccessible for millions of children, the prime minister has announced.
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Secretary of State for Technology Liz Kendall was addressing the Commons following the announcement of a social media ban for under-16s.
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It fell to Robert Jenrick to announce his party’s plans to lift white British people from the bottom of the pileNow is not a good time to be a white Brit born in this country. Nigel Farage is clear about this. So much so that he wrote a 6,000 word Substack piece about it at the weekend. Or rather someone did. Possibly an intern who had been told to channel their inner Nige.Or maybe, if Matt Goodwin was involved, ChatGPT helped out. “Write me an essay in the style of an even more deranged Rupert
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There is nothing left to be squeezed from disabled people or families, yet some continue to bang the same old drumWhat’s it to be, warfare or welfare, social or military spending, guns or butter? Hermann Göring coined that phrase calling for re-armament, “Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat.” In her “Britain awake” speech, Margaret Thatcher in 1976 warned that the Soviets “put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns” – though defence spending fell
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A full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cardsAs Britain approaches the 10th anniversary of its vote to leave the EU, the British are beginning to debate rejoining what they call Europe. But, as in most previous British debates about “Europe”, this is Europe with the Europe left out. The discussion is all about what would be best for Britain economically and the British politics of getting there. Little
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Keir Starmer has announced his social media ban for under-16s. The proposals are tougher than expected, and include a ban on major apps such as TikTok, Instagram, X, Snapchat, YouTube and Facebook. Plus, the Makerfield byelection is on Thursday. How will team Starmer be preparing for a potential Andy Burnham win? Continue reading...
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The party says the move would allow it to reverse last year's National Insurance rise for British workers.
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Shipments deliberately mislabelled to bolster settler economy, says non-profit Global EchoIsraeli exporters to Europe regularly hide the origin of produce grown in occupied Palestine to qualify for unlawful tax breaks that bolster the settler economy, a rights group investigation has found.The legal non-profit Global Echo analysed more than 30,000 export documents for thousands of Israeli shipments to the UK and EU over eight years. Continue reading...
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Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Property and a car linked to the prime minister were targeted in arson attacks last year.
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Make UK and TUC are right – ministers need a proper strategy to cut energy costs before there are more closuresBritain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relief from high energy pricesThe manufacturing lobby group, Make UK, and the Trades Union Congress have picked a bad moment to plead for urgent relief for the nation’s industrial companies from sky-high electricity prices. The cabinet is tearing itself apart over defence spending, so even a “one minute to midnight” call for an extra £3bn for
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Former immigration minister criticised by inquiry chair for failing to give statement about ‘wretched’ Manston siteThe former Conservative immigration minister Robert Jenrick has been rebuked by the chair of an inquiry for failing to provide vital evidence about conditions for small boat arrivals at a controversial processing centre.The independent Manston inquiry was set up to examine the events surrounding the detention of thousands of people who arrived by small boat between 1 June 2022 and 2
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Starmer promises 'bold action' ahead of Monday's announcement on restrictions for children.
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Able Labour politician, often at odds with his party, who became a successful author and columnist.