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European Edition Wednesday, 07 October 2026
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European politics: the EU, Brussels, elections, governments and policy.

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How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start | Polly Toynbee

Michael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good GCSE results day was marked with the usu

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Scottish National Investment Bank makes 'painful' £138m net loss

The publicly-owned body, which operates independently, has invested in several firms that collapsed last year.

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Reform says it will prioritise British-born workers for social housing

Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".

Sweden moves to prevent school attacks after one killed in sword assault in Fagersta

Seize Russia’s frozen €210bn for Ukraine now, while EU unity lasts

US comedy star trapped in Hermès toilet for 80 minutes

41-year-old French tourist dies while hiking in Crete

Syrian criminal clans: How is Germany attempting to address the problem?

Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump, and a headache for Britain’s new PM

[Interview] Europe’s labs are chronically underfunded and sovereignty is at stake, says French Academy chief Françoise Combes

‘We fear lessons will not be learned’: Chloe Moffat’s parents on their fight to hold Treasury to account

Ofcom investigating Sky News over Farage harassment claims

EU urged to use obscure blocking statute to protect International Criminal Court from Trump sanctions

Russians infiltrate last stronghold before Sloviansk, as North Korea supplies devastating new missiles (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,639)

Burnham to send high-performing civil servants to mayoral offices

UK borrows more than expected in July as Healey prepares for first Budget

Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street library

Wildfire-hit residents remove Greenpeace mural of Burnham from scorched mountain

The town whose council wants migrants to move in

Burnham announces plans to clean up worst three illegal waste dumps

Reform UK proposes tax rebates for firms to boost apprenticeships

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