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For Liberal Democrats that raises a familiar question: how do we maximise our influence without repeating the electoral damage of 2010–15? Full coalition is one answer. It is not the only one. I want to set out a…
Read moreIt’s not the first time Ukrainian top officials have spatted with France’s presidential front-runners in recent weeks: Last month, the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also directly replied to far-right…
Read morePolitics in Coventry is changing. For decades, Labour has dominated local government in our city. Yet public confidence in the administration has been increasingly tested by concerns over financial management, planning…
Read more“I don’t see Britain do that. I don’t see Canada do that.” The U.K. and Canada are both in the process of seeking closer ties to the bloc of 27 countries, which the U.K. voted to leave a decade ago. Burnham has said in…
Read moreUK Column News Show Notes 00:43 Remembrance: The Glorious Dead Ritual LIVE - Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2026 Royal Family join veterans and families at Festival of Remembrance - BBC News …
Read moreFlooding costs the UK an estimated £2.3 billion annually, 1 while the five heatwaves between May and July 2026 were estimated to have caused more than £4.4 billion in lost productivity. 2 For households, the consequences…
Read moreThe 43-year-old, from Gillingham in Kent, pleaded guilty on 22 September at Westminster Magistrates' Court to two counts of sending communications of an indecent or offensive nature. Kyle was sentenced to 20 weeks in…
Read moreThe footage actually shows emergency services responding to reports of concern for a person’s welfare—and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) told Full Fact that it has not had any notification of a new strain of…
Read moreIt was an intervention that genuinely moved me, and one that I hope everyone in Parliament, whatever their political allegiance, took the time to reflect upon. Eivie took her own life after eight years of refusals by her…
Read moreUnder the current rules, 80% of new cars sold in the UK must be electric by 2030 but industry groups have long called for "urgent relief". New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new…
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