Yvette Cooper pledges £140m to boost urgent care as NHS faces ‘tough’ winter
She said: "Winter will be more challenging for our NHS this year, after such a heavy summer. "That's why we have been preparing early and investing in extra urgent care capacity to help get patients the care they need."…
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No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post
Helm, a journalist and author who is married to Jonathan Powell, posted on X on Thursday: " God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action ." The Metropolitan police said on Friday the post was "in the…
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Reform candidate filmed saying asylum seekers should be put in ‘concentration camps’
The comments were recorded as part of the undercover investigation by ITV that has already seen Reform accused of "appalling behaviour" and "extreme racism". Reform has said it had opened investigations where activists…
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SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
On Saturday, the Scottish first minister said the SNP would launch its "most sophisticated campaign in history" to convince Scottish voters of the benefits of independence, backed by "a six-figure war chest". Called…
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Starlink restrictions in Ukraine a ‘planned operation’, Zelenskyy says
Russia is trying to leave millions of our people without electricity and heating. Pressure is needed to stop this,” he said on Telegram . “An American sanctions blackout, easing pressure on the aggressor, monetary…
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Police, demonstrators clash on sidelines of mass French protests
Students involved demonstrate against the cost of living in Pau, France on Oct. 17, 2026. | Jean-Christophe Chartre/AFP via Getty Images Saturday’s demonstrations grew out of the student protests that began last month…
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Briton threatened with deportation from Sweden over Brexit rules goes into hiding
Terrified of deportation, he and his wife have moved out of their home in Falkenberg, in south-west Sweden, to a caravan park. "We are in hiding, we daren't go back to our apartment. We are scared to go out as we don't…
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Spain’s far left fails to unite ahead of November vote
Some smaller local parties have also joined the ticket. The lead candidate for prime minister will be Ada Colau, the former mayor of Barcelona. Sumar, the dominant force in the alliance, has seen its vote share more than…
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Wer führt in Zukunft die SPD? Mit Rasmus Buchsteiner
Der neue Arbeitsminister Alexander Schweitzer macht es für den Kanzler nicht einfacher. Warum der SPD-Pragmatiker plötzlich auf Konfrontation geht und wie diese Machtkämpfe die Regierungsarbeit lähmen, steht im Zentrum…
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‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Aditya's suggested reading: To read the fruits of Michael Gove's dalliance with the Marxism Today gang, look up his essay in a 1998 collection called The Moderniser's Dilemma: Radical Politics in the Age of Blair For…
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