Poland’s government votes to ease abortion laws in challenge to conservative president

The multi-party coalition includes many conservatives and lacks agreement on the liberalization going this far. Both bills now move from the lower chamber, or the Sejm, to the Senate, where they seem poised to pass, but…

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Europe’s conservatives have 2 new targets in their campaign to weaken EU climate laws

A successful repeal of ETS2 in particular would be a blow to EU climate goals, as it covers around 40% of the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions. But it would also be a major victory for conservative and pro-business…

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Ed Miliband’s clean energy company is being split apart

It is still enough for Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives to pile the pressure on ministers to explain why their plans have changed. “Taking half the GB Energy budget and putting it into a venture that was only announced a…

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Labour MP Perran Moon suspended over Covid loan allegations

It is understood the company was eligible for the loan, but ceased trading while repayments were ongoing. LabourList understands Moon agreed to be suspended while a party investigation takes place. Moon said: “A company…

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What does the UK’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield mean?

So what does this long-awaited decision mean for the Labour party, household bills, the economy and the climate crisis? Does this break a Labour manifesto promise? No, because although the party vowed to "not issue new…

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Jane Dodds standing down as Welsh Liberal Democrats leader

Dodds said she would remain the party's only Member of the Senedd (MS), but that work to increase its presence in Wales' parliament "should be led by a new generation". "Leading the Welsh Liberal Democrats has been the…

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Senior Reform official cast doubt over legality of huge donations

A reporter was posing as a potential donor when Orr talked to him about "filling the war chest in anticipation" of tougher donations rules, describing it as the establishment trying to "kneecap" the party. Orr was…

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UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

The operation – the most significant military mission signed off by Andy Burnham as prime minister – will involve RAF pilots attempting to shoot down Houthi missiles and drones, which attacked Saudi airports and oil…

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Andy Burnham faces climate revolt after approval of North Sea gas drilling

The approval for drilling at one of the biggest undeveloped fields in the declining North Sea basin is a big boost for Britain's oil and gas industry – and especially for Shell and the Norwegian company Equinor, which…

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US to offer Putin face-to-face talks with Zelenskyy and Trump

“Steve Witkoff will fly tomorrow to St. Petersburg where he will be meeting with Russian leadership and exchange ideas from this meeting and the proposals that have been worked on by European and American colleagues, and…

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