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European Edition Wednesday, 07 October 2026
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Politics

Politics

European politics: the EU, Brussels, elections, governments and policy.

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UK caps England bus fares at £2, diverts climate funds

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has capped bus fares across England at £2, funding the £500m consumer relief measure by converting international climate finance investments i

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Burnham cuts UK energy taxes but flags tighter spending ahead

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has removed VAT from electricity bills to ease living costs, but his refusal to borrow means go

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UK PM Burnham signals major social care funding reform

Newly appointed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled he will spend political capital on overhauling England’s social

John Healey named UK chancellor as spending pressures mount

Burnham reshuffle punishes Starmer loyalists, rewards rebels

UK PM Burnham cuts energy VAT, appoints surprise chancellor

Normandy D-Day beaches await UNESCO decision with €700m at stake

Burnham names Healey as chancellor, Streeting to defence

UK's Burnham creates new PM office, shifts economic power to Manchester

Copenhagen Estate Fights Retroactive Demolition Under Danish Ghetto Law

Counter-terrorism police probe murder of former MEP Ann Widdecombe

UK drops household electricity VAT from October, leaving businesses exposed

Ukraine sea drone war risks global wheat and oil crisis

Europe has few economic tools left to pressure Moscow, expert warns

Rayner returns to UK cabinet to lead housing and devolution

Burnham shifts UK economic power to new Manchester hub

Counter-terror police probe murder of former MEP Ann Widdecombe

UK PM Burnham announces cost of living aid as Healey faces inflation trap

Starmer ally takes swipe at Burnham's first big policy

Ukraine’s media revolt: eight newsrooms defy Kyiv court to publish ‘forbidden’ corruption probe

Europe’s treaties leave no room for dictatorship in a member state, if we actually enforce them

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