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European Edition Thursday, 08 October 2026
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Politics

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

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Troubles' legacy bill 'unfit for purpose' says ex-minister

Al Carns cited his opposition to the bill as one of the reasons why he quit the government on Thursday.

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UK economy contracts as Iran war impact felt

The economy shrank slightly in April as the Iran war began to have an impact on businesses, official data shows.

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Left, right and centre, I see all strands of the Labour tribe pulling together in Makerfield. This is bigger than Burnham | Polly Toynbee

Everyone here knows this is a sliding doors moment. A win could be a new beginning for the party, a loss an unimaginable calamity

UK economy shrank by 0.1% in April as Iran war held back growth

Pro-Palestine activists believe ‘sea change’ coming in Labour’s approach to Middle East

Chris Mason: Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party

Record number of young people fear long-term unemployment

Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resignation letters in full

Healey quits as defence secretary in row over military spending

Ukrainians hit four more Crimea bridges, amid reports of empty shelves in food shops (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,568)

Global wars, a depleted military and stubborn Labour MPs: Healey exposes Starmer’s perfect storm

More than one in five pupils in England have special educational needs, figures show

Polite but deadly: John Healey skewers Keir Starmer as he heads for the door | John Crace

Patients are dying in A&E corridors - but I've seen how things could be different | Sophie

Andy Burnham rules out paying compensation to Waspi women

Chris Mason: Healey's resignation is a devastating critique of Starmer's government

EU Commission must publish Covid vaccine contracts in full, says top court lawyer

How the identitarian ‘remigration’ movement rebrands extremism

Track UK's latest migration numbers - net migration, visas, asylum and small boats

Young people in Britain are suffering a joblessness epidemic, and, so far, Labour is just making it worse | Larry Elliott

A suspected Ebola case turned a Prague hospital into one of Europe’s tightest quarantine labs

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