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It says it would pay for the higher spending through £45 billion of cuts to other areas such as welfare. While the party is still developing a comprehensive defense policy, Reform MP Danny Kruger this summer called for…
Read moreSuch utter conviction can keep everyone believing while the actual practicalities of a political project are worked out. Yet when an air of absolute certainty turns out to be overconfidence, the bubble bursts. The…
Read moreAuthorities in the German capital “have launched a death investigation,” Berlin Police said in a statement . A spokesperson for the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office told Bild overnight that there is “currently no…
Read moreMore than 100 groups are joining together for the " Stop Dirty Data Centres " events on Friday and Saturday. They are calling for a moratorium on large projects, citing environmental and social costs that "we can no…
Read moreThese were the days when being seen with Donald Trump, the man people had openly sneered at the idea of ever being US President, was to be lime-lit at the cutting edge of something new. The so called ‘bad boys of Brexit’…
Read moreHistoric apologies have become part of the repertoire of modern politics. Like many of our new habits, it started with Tony Blair, and his apology for the Irish Famine. Since then, the statements of national sorrow have…
Read moreShe was Parliamentary candidate for Telford in 2024 and is currently the Regional Deputy Chairman (Political) for the West Midlands. One of the more significant developments at Conservative Party Conference was not an…
Read moreEvery thriving community needs a thriving high street. Our shops, cafés, pharmacies and independent businesses provide employment, essential services and the everyday encounters that bring neighbourhoods together.…
Read moreAs part of its plans to force low-paid migrant workers to wait 15 years before settlement in the UK, the Home Office has been in a battle behind the scenes for the past six months to controversially include care workers…
Read moreThe Commission is hoping to do something about that. Today on the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss the unveiling of Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu’s Education and Skills Package. In it, the EU executive…
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