Is Labour facing its biggest test yet?

With billions at stake, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at the looming upheaval, the political cost and whether it could trigger a fresh Labour rebellion. Plus, as the PM visits the European Political Community in…

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Climate action must work for ‘people on all incomes,’ Burnham tells COP31

He warned at the time that the climate movement must not lose sight of the “struggles of ordinary families.” “The world feels very different now, and we need to adapt,” Burnham said. “Electrification in transport, heat…

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Estonia wants Costa and Kallas to speak for Europe in Ukraine peace talks

“The interests of the European Union must be represented by its institutions, in accordance with the Treaties,” he wrote in response to Meloni’s letter, appearing to hint that he was up for the job. Costa’s head of…

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The Booker prize winner described a dystopian Britain. But haven’t we been living in that since Brexit? | Zoe Williams

The government had disintegrated, but everyone was carrying on pretty much as they had before. Britain was isolated on the world stage and people missed Europe like hell, but weren't allowed to visit, let alone live…

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Badenoch has ‘already worked Burnham out’ at PMQs

Having just witnessed Burnham and Badenoch exchange blows with one another at PMQs, a Tory MP texted me that our leader was still very much in her “calibration stage.” She had the right mindset. She had the right ideas…

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Bob Seely: The BBC is dead, long live the BBC…World Service

Yet, if there was a BBC satellite dish, I’d break into a thankful smile. That’s because if the story I was there to report on was running on the BBC that my employer, The Times, would probably want a longer article from…

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Sara Gezdari: London gave me my future, now I want to restore the London dream

In 1997, I had to escape Albania whilst it descended into civil war. I have memories of sleeping next to my mother and our AK-47. When you have lived through that, the principles of freedom, security and democracy become…

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Shahbaz Arif: Bury deserves better: Accountability, safer roads and responsible spending

Residents expect clean streets, safe roads, reliable public services and a council that listens to their concerns. Yet one of the biggest frustrations I hear across Bury is that council tax continues to rise while…

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The summit Europe loves to hate

Today on the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson discuss why insiders don’t find the forum particularly useful, and some even hope it will end once French President Emmanuel Macron — who spearheaded the…

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Last-Minute-Poker um den Haushalt

Gerungen wird um strittige Themen wie und neue Steuern. Rasmus Buchsteiner und Maximilian Stascheit waren am Mittwochabend dabei, wo es Spitz auf Kopf ums Geld ging und ordnen ein, wie Union und SPD verblieben sind. Im…

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