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The EU’s 27 governments are divided over the total size of the 2028-2034 budget. Leaders gathering in Brussels are discussing the Irish plan , which envisions cuts of €159 billion in current prices to the Commission’s…
Read moreIt's how politics is supposed to work but almost never does, which is why on the rare occasions it happens the result can be faintly chaotic. What did Andy Burnham mean when he said – in response to a question from the…
Read moreYears of agricultural pollution have created an environmental disaster in an area of huge ecological significance that once inspired the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Its plight should be a top priority for Northern Ireland's…
Read moreThe prime minister had faced calls to apologise for the remarks, made during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, with a senior Tory saying they breached the "presumption of innocence" in criminal cases. A man was…
Read moreOn Monday, hours before a meeting of EU environment ministers convened in Luxembourg, Poland led a meeting of member countries with concerns on the ETS. Their gang, which originally counted 10 countries in March, had now…
Read moreHowever, they stop short of explicitly endorsing strategic reserves that governments would have to fill to a set level to offset supply shortages, regardless of market conditions. Countries that typically rely on…
Read moreAfter the home secretary threatened to block all Eritreans from entering the UK unless a returns deal was agreed, the country's embassy claimed the UK had failed to engage in "meaningful and appropriate" dialogue. The…
Read moreThe Reform leader told BBC Look East his party vetted "to a much higher standard than other parties" but "you can't vet for future comments". In the film, Undercover: A Year in Reform , a Reform councillor and deputy…
Read moreThe man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday, 10 October. He has been named by police and in the media as William Chapman. In the aftermath of the attack, South Yorkshire Police…
Read moreNon seulement les 27 pays sont divisés sur son montant et sur ses priorités mais plusieurs élections nationales compliquent l’équation politique. En amont du sommet du Conseil européen de jeudi et vendredi, Marine Le Pen…
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