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Release of Rochdale grooming gang leader ‘really scary’, says whistleblower
Exclusive: Health worker Sara Rowbotham fears for women and girls because of ‘weak’ probation service The impending release of the…
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Bulgaria aims for 'no further cuts on cohesion' in EU's next budget, minister says
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov said the EU must "retain policies like cohesion" in its next long-term budget. Whi…
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EU Court of Justice rejects Google’s appeal against record €4.1 billion fine
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the company's Android system has created "more choice, not less".
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Government 'looking at every route' to deport grooming leader
Shabir Ahmed is barred from deportation by the provisions in a 55-year-old piece of legislation.
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Listen: Hormuz latest – will oil and gas prices keep falling for the summer holidays?
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Bankers and unions set for clash over possible Burnham tax raid on UK banks
City bosses say move would be economically disastrous, but union leaders urge likely new PM to ignore ‘vested interests’ Battle li…
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EU Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin criticises ‘frugals’ over proposed long-term budget cuts
The so-called "frugal" member states are asking a significant reduction in spending ahead of the EU's upcoming 2028-2034 budget.
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ATMs are down and petrol is running out even on the black market. How Ukrainian attacks are changing life in Crimea
With ATMs failing, transport halted and food rationed, families on the peninsula are being pushed into a survival mode that could …
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Starmer to issue formal apology to mothers and children harmed by historic forced adoption policies – UK politics live
Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales …
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Starmer to formally apologise to victims of forced adoptions
The practice saw thousands of babies taken from their mothers between 1949 and 1976.
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At the start of the war it helped save Ukraine, now Bulgaria says it has done ‘enough’
Bulgaria, once quietly funnelling Soviet-calibre shells that kept Ukraine from collapse, is now invoking war fatigue and religious…
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They say Andy Burnham is ‘good at politics’ – but the proof will only come in time | Zoe Williams
The PM-in-waiting brings the promise of likability and a mission voters can believe in. He’ll need all that and more to survive Th…
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Why is Nigel Farage being paid so much to promote a gold bullion company?
Reform UK leader was paid £270,000 for 12 hours’ work – but who is behind Direct Bullion and what does it do? Tell us: have you in…
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Newsletter: EU enlargement climbs the political agenda
Good morning, I’m Mared Gwyn. Today: An exclusive on Brussels' planned redistribution of Western Balkans funding, why enlargement …
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Europe Today: Clash over EU cash set to dominate today's Budget Conference
The battle over the EU's next long-term budget will be on full display at today's Annual EU Budget Conference as member states cla…
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RAF Barnham asylum plan meets local resistance
There is cross-party agreement that the proposal for the Suffolk/Norfolk border is inappropriate.
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EXCLUSIVE: EU set to reallocate Western Balkans funding in favour of accession 'frontrunners'
The EU will redirect Western Balkans reform funding towards frontrunners Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia, as other countri…
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Burnham’s No 10 North: could two-centre government be made to work?
Plan to move part of Whitehall to Manchester wins praise but would involve major logistical challenges and costs ‘It’s a stellar i…
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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
This shadowy treaty on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and th…
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‘It’s a stellar idea’: readers on Andy Burnham’s No 10 North plans
Some hail the opportunities greater devolution could bring, while others question the cost Burnham’s No 10 North: could two-centre…
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England’s mayors should be given sweeping new powers, says devolution expert
Exclusive: Burnham-aligned thinktank calls for devolution of public services including social care, childcare and skills Mayors sh…
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Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election
Exclusive: Poll shows policies such as rent control and higher wealth taxes could fend off Reform UK in key seats Andy Burnham is …
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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports The NHS will have to div…
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Committee tasked with post-war Gaza governance says Cyprus talks 'highly productive'
Participants reviewed plans for reconstruction, security and governance, while developing a framework to ensure transparency and a…