Tag: UK Politics
over 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Artificial intelligence is the future of war, former national security advisor Mark Sedwill says

Ex head of civil service says UK needs to invest in capabilities

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over 1 year ago
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We won’t repeat mistakes of coal pit closures with North Sea oil, Keir Starmer says

Labour leader pledges state investment in green jobs to replace fossil fuels

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over 1 year ago
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Refusal to hand over Covid WhatsApps based on ‘spurious nonsense’, top Tory MP says

The government has argued certain messages are ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ to Lady Hallett’s inquiry and is seeking a ...

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over 1 year ago
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Keir Starmer told banned mayor Jamie Driscoll: ‘There is more that unites us than divides us’ bef...

Keir Starmer has been accused of waging a factional war against the Labour left

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over 1 year ago
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Covid lockdown benefits were ‘drop in the bucket’ compared to costs, study says

Johns Hopkins University study casts doubt on policy’s effectiveness

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over 1 year ago
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Money for nothing: Universal basic income be trialled in England for first time

Two areas have been selected to pilot the policy, Jon Stone reports

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over 1 year ago
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150 questions the Covid inquiry wants Boris Johnson to answer

Covid Inquiry to investigate whether ex-prime minister said ‘let the bodies pile high’

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over 1 year ago
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Everything you need to know about Boris Johnson and the UK Covid-19 Inquiry

The government is taking the inquiry to court

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over 1 year ago
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Boris Johnson yet to hand over 2020 Covid lockdown WhatsApp messages, government says

Cabinet Office says ex-PM has only provided info from May 2021 and later

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over 1 year ago
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Deadline looms for government to release Boris Johnson messages or face being dragged to court

Just 24 hours before Covid-19 inquiry deadline elapses

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over 1 year ago
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Closing gender pay gap will boost growth, Labour says

Opposition says economy needs to ‘work for working women’ if they are to return to work

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over 1 year ago
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Revealed: Tory minister and MPs claimed driving fines on expenses

Exclusive: It’s scandalous, says former ethics tsar as Sunak is dragged into new ethics row

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over 1 year ago
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Revealed: Tory minister and MPs claimed driving fines on expenses

Exclusive: It’s scandalous, says former ethics tsar as Sunak is dragged into new ethics row

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over 1 year ago
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5 key takeaways from row over Boris Johnson’s Covid inquiry WhatsApps

What did the inquiry want and why wouldn’t the government give it to them?

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over 1 year ago
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Speaker kicks Tory MP out of Commons during PMQs: ‘I’ve warned you before’

Anger in Commons over yelling from government benches

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over 1 year ago
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All the MPs standing down at the next general election as Dominic Raab says he will quit

Matt Hancock is to stand down as he looks to “influence the public debate” outside Parliament

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over 1 year ago
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All the MPs standing down at the next general election as Dominic Raab says he will quit

Matt Hancock is to stand down as he looks to “influence the public debate” outside Parliament

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over 1 year ago
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Keir Starmer pledges Labour government will cut suicide rates and NHS waiting times

Labour sets NHS targets on ‘biggest killers’

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over 1 year ago
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Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak to investigate Suella Braverman speeding fine scandal

Former Tory party chair says home secretary has ‘questions to answer’

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over 1 year ago
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Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak to investigate Suella Braverman speeding fine scandal

Former Tory chair says home secretary has ‘questions to answer’

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over 1 year ago
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BBC to review impartiality of its immigration and small boats coverage

Exercise will look at whether ‘due impartiality is being delivered’

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over 1 year ago
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Rishi Sunak says immigration is ‘too high’ but won’t commit to reduction by election

Prime Minister insists ‘stopping the boats’ is one of his priorities.

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over 1 year ago
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‘Wild west’ council meeting descends into chaos

“It was the worst meeting I have been to in the 30 years I have been on the council"

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over 1 year ago
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Liz Truss says China is ‘biggest threat to free world’ after criticism of her ‘Instagram diplomacy’

Former PM says West should not capitulate to ‘rhetorical bullying from authoritarian regimes’

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over 1 year ago
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Boris Johnson ‘scrapped knighthood for Michael Gove’ after ‘betrayal’

Former PM ‘blamed’ ally for ruining his comeback

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over 1 year ago
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I don’t care if people think I’m a conservative, says Starmer, as he vows New Labour ‘on steroids’

Opposition leader says he is rewriting party’s DNA and blasts ‘patronising contempt for those who fly our flag’

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over 1 year ago
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Blueprint for Labour’s 2024 election manifesto is leaked

Early draft documents are intended for members’ eyes only

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over 1 year ago
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Zelensky should be allowed to speak at Eurovision, Rishi Sunak says

Ukrainian president’s address would be against rules of contest, organisers say

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over 1 year ago
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UK government decides to keep EU ‘bendy bananas’ regulation despite Brexit

Brexiteer dreams of malformed bananas left in ruins

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over 1 year ago
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Commons Speaker blasts Kemi Badenoch over EU laws bonfire U-turn: ‘Who do you think you are speak...

Lindsay Hoyle enraged by business secretary’s response to criticism

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over 1 year ago
independent.co.uk

Government announces major Brexit climbdown on scrapping EU laws

Kemi Badenoch scraps sunset clause on EU retained law bill, and Jacob Rees-Mogg declares: ‘The blob has triumphed’

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over 1 year ago
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Homelessness surges while government drags feet on scrapping no-fault evictions

Landlords used the Section 21 noticed on tens of thousands last year

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over 1 year ago
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Government’s ‘ideological’ approach to Brexit trade deals condemned by senior Tory

Former Cabinet minister George Eustice says too much has been given away in the name of free trade

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over 1 year ago
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Tory voters abandoning party because they’re ‘just doing a bad job’, poll finds

Survey detects little enthusiasm for Labour among people who previously backed Tories

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over 1 year ago
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Tories demand Rishi Sunak ‘deliver’ on pledges after ‘wake-up call’ local election results

Tories ‘not far off rock bottom’ of John Major’s support in the 1990s after local election losses

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over 1 year ago
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Tory fury as Sue Gray refuses to cooperate with inquiry into her job with Labour

Civil servant won’t answer questions on whether she accepted offer from Keir Starmer while investigating Partygate

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over 1 year ago
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Britons expect four day week to be ‘the norm’ by 2030, new poll shows

British public want government to explore reduction in working hours, polling shows

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over 1 year ago
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Tories try to manage expectations ahead of Rishi Sunak’s first electoral test

Election experts say Tories are heading for ‘drubbing’

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over 1 year ago
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Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak attack advert ‘is not racist’

Opposition has been accused of ‘gutter politics’ over the graphic

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