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Week-in-Review: Kemi Badenoch’s early troubles reflect fundamental problems
All this meant that when Badenoch took to the despatch box on Wednesday afternoon for what was effectively her inaugural PMQs ...
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Labour government must ‘reconnect’ with Elon Musk, Mandelson urges Starmer
Peter Mandelson is tipped as the frontrunner to become the UK ambassador to the US, with a decision expected within days.
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Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ as economic growth slows to 0.1%
The economy grew by just 0.1 per cent in the third quarter of this year, according to data from the Office for National ...
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Senior Conservative Jesse Norman: ‘We know who this government is against. But what is it for?’
Lucy Powell and Jesse Norman clashed for the first time in the House of Commons on Thursday, after the latter was appointed to the post of shadow commons leader. Jesse Norman, in his inaugural showing ...
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Backbencher Rishi Sunak questions government on food security in commons return
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak returned to the House of Commons on Thursday to ask the government about food security. The Conservative MP for the rural constituency of Richmond and Northallerton ...
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Donald Trump is opposed to Chagos Islands handover, Farage suggests
Nigel Farage has suggested the US president-elect and his friend, Donald Trump, is opposed the UK government’s decision to handover sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Granted an urgent ...
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Fading from Gray: Keir Starmer’s ruthlessness has been rewarded
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TUC – With the right safeguards, workers savings can help boost the UK economy
Commenting on plans for pension fund reforms set to be announced in the Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech tomorrow, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said: “These proposals have the ...
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‘It’s not the 1970s’: Minister rules out four-day week for civil servants
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. A minister has dismissed calls from civil servants to move to a four-day week, telling advocates of the reform “we are not ...