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European Edition Thursday, 08 October 2026
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Politics

Politics

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

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Burnham poised to revive Attlee-era state ownership model

Andy Burnham, certain to succeed Keir Starmer, is drawing on postwar nationalisation blueprints, signalling a potential shift in how the UK manages its core utilities.

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The EU finds itself Trumped in north Africa

The US is emerging as the main partner for Libya and Morocco, with the EU likely to see its own influence in North Africa diluted

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Brussels sets October deadline to rebalance €1bn-a-day China trade deficit

The EU has given Beijing until October to deliver concrete progress on rebalancing a record trade deficit, as heavy job losses in

Resident doctors in England accept pay deal and end strikes

EU trade chief sets October deadline to resolve China deficit row

Ex-MP Craig Williams pleads guilty over general election betting offence

Labour contender Burnham backs regional devolution, pledges fiscal prudence

Ukraine logistics strikes drain Russian fuel supply ahead of new missile

EU proposes ending temporary protection for military-age Ukrainians

EU declines to take a stand on air conditioning amid heatwave

Brussels park privatised for US 250th party as trade tensions flare

UK's Burnham plans historic devolution and northern housing boom

Russia's seizure of Ukrainian homes tests EU reparation plans

We are prisoners of the past, said a local political scientist about modern Croatia and its shift to the right

White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry

Burnham’s first test: fix UK’s ‘national embarrassment’ defence to reassure Nato

The people and places that helped Andy Burnham find self-belief

UK Labour backs Burnham as markets await economic plan

UK Labour race hinges on defence spending plan

King urges MSPs to help build a 'fair and prosperous society'

The EU’s Russia-veto problem has moved, from Orbán to Bulgaria’s Radev

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