Politics
European politics: the EU, Brussels, elections, governments and policy.
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Burnham tables blueprint to break up England's centralised state
A cabinet paper from Greater Manchester's mayor proposes mayoral tax powers and a German-style equalisation duty, aiming to end fo…
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UK physics faces £160m funding cuts, threatening Jodrell Bank telescope
A £160 million reduction in UK physics funding threatens the iconic Jodrell Bank telescope and international research partnerships…
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Martin Rowson on Andy Burnham’s plans for care reform – cartoon
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Burnham faces criticism over plans for mayors to get share of income tax
Tory mayor Lord Houchen wants to offer a rebate, but the prime minister says it should be reinvested in communities.
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Trump calls Ceuta migrant surge 'terrible' as White House blames far left
Trump invoked the mass crossings into Spain's North African enclave to warn Americans about immigration, as the EU stressed the cr…
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'Wheels coming off Stormont', says Sinn Féin
The Democratic Unionist Party says it is interested in delivering for the people of Northern Ireland.
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Healey sets budget for late October, promising to ‘spread money and power’ around UK
Chancellor will have to find money for Burnham’s policies while sticking to fiscal rules as borrowing costs rise Andy Burnham’s go…
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Council cancels climate emergency declaration
A Reform UK motion argues the council can improve the local environment without the official pledge.
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Romania defends Nato’s Eastern flank even without a working government and a busted budget
Romania must defend itself against repeating drone incursions from Russia, even without a proper government and with its public fi…
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Healey announces his first Budget will be on 28 October
The new chancellor pledged to move money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain.
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Burnham to revisit plan to curb jury trials
The prime minister says his "instinct" is to reverse plans by the last PM to limit jury trials in England and Wales.
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Shell kept Niger Delta pipeline running despite staff warnings, court papers show
Internal documents disclosed in a UK lawsuit reveal Shell exempted its Nigerian subsidiary from global safety standards to keep oi…
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Paks nuclear plant shut down for first time as Danube hits record low
Hungary's largest power station is offline because the river used to cool its reactors has dropped to unprecedented levels, prompt…
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Ceuta mass crossing fractures EU unity as Italy suspends Schengen with Spain
After roughly 60,000 people entered the Spanish enclave from Morocco in days, the political fallout has exposed deep divisions ove…
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Iceland votes on restarting EU accession talks frozen since 2013
A referendum on 29 August will decide whether Reykjavik reopens membership negotiations suspended twelve years ago, in a debate no…
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UK scraps jury trial restrictions, leaving 80,000 case backlog
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has abandoned his predecessor’s plan to restrict jury trials to clear a massive court backlog, a major…
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FP-1, Liutyi, Hornet: The drones behind Russia’s new fuel crisis (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,619)
By turning Russia’s vast territory and imported refinery hardware into easy prey, Ukraine’s precision drone strikes are now drivin…
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Temu accused of obstructing EU inspection in Ireland
The European Union on Friday accused Temu of failing to hand over information during an inspection as part of a probe into the Chi…
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MEPs to summon Infantino over FIFA private investment plan
European lawmakers are preparing to summon FIFA President Gianni Infantino to explain a controversial plan to sell up to a 20 perc…
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High Court upholds decision to allow Chinese mega embassy
The government has given the green light to the site on the old Royal Mint, near the Tower of London.
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Can Andy Burnham turn a flying start into sustained success?
Labour has regained the lead in polling but the new PM will need to widen his appeal further to win a general election Andy Burnha…
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Concerns raised over council's £900m debt
Councillor Patrick Lambert fears taxpayers will be left liable for the authority's debts.
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Scholars push EU to use trade law for settler import ban
Top legal experts have accused the European Commission of deliberately misinterpreting international law to avoid banning settleme…
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UK halts early prison releases as justice minister Timpson quits
Andy Burnham's decision to suspend a prisoner-release scheme prompted the resignation of its architect, James Timpson, and threate…