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Keir Starmer forced on back foot at PMQs over ‘weak’ defence plan
Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficient UK politics live…
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Defence plan is '£5bn short', Badenoch says
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the defence spending plan is '£5bn' short and 'doesn't add up'.
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Badenoch presses Starmer on defence spending
The Conservative leader says the head of the UK armed forces 'made it known' that the military needed a minimum of £28bn more to d…
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Starmer leaves No 10 as he heads to PMQs
Sir Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street as he heads to the Commons for one of his final Prime Minister's Questions.
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Politician says rabbit owners should have training
Welsh Labour's Mike Hedges asked Rhun ap Iorwerth about animal welfare in first minister's questions.
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Listen: Who will benefit from the new €3 tax on small parcels?
From Wednesday onwards, the European Union is introducing a new €3 customs duty on low-value parcels entering the bloc from outsid…
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EU seeks to deepen ties with Turkey amid geopolitical volatility
Three EU commissioners met the Turkish president in Ankara to improve cooperation on trade, migration and security with a key cand…
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New defence secretary says Burnham backs defence budget
Dan Jarvis says Andy Burnham will back his £15bn defence spending plan if he becomes PM.
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The EU’s transatlantic strategy is broken: it courts MAGA powerbrokers and sidelines America’s opposition
Since Donald Trump's return, Europe has consistently failed to get into the rooms where straight answers exist. What Europe has no…
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Russia closes railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia
In an unexpected move, Russia announced several railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia to be “temporarily” shut…
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Burnham's chancellor will have to find extra £4.7bn for defence, says minister
Luke Pollard says the next chancellor "whoever that may be" will have to "find the resources" to fund defence plan.
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Starmer to take PMQs as he faces backlash over ‘poisoned chalice’ defence investment plan – UK politics live
Concerns that plan is not properly funded and will take cash from much-needed road projects Good morning. Yesterday Keir Starmer p…
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Ministers ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Robert Jenrick and MP for Lincoln among those whose constituencies could be hit by cuts to road infrastructure plans The MP for Li…
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'We cannot kill our industry due to climate change,' Manfred Weber says
European People's Party President Manfred Weber has told Euronews that EU climate policies must be "reasonable from a business per…
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Where does a university degree give you the biggest edge?
Europe in Motion breaks down employment and unemployment data across Europe.
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Chris Mason: Starmer's defence plan leaves crunching trade‑offs for Burnham to confront
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan.
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[Interview] Europe needs to catch up with Russia in weapons production, says EU defence commissioner
Ukrainian drones reshape the war and expose Russian vulnerabilities but Europe’s disjointed weapons factories and looming US pull-…
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When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling it…
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Europe Today: EPP boss Weber speaks exclusively to Euronews as von der Leyen visits Baku
Manfred Weber, President of the European People's Party, speaks exclusively to Euronews as European Commission chief Ursula von de…
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EU slaps €3 duty fee on SHEIN, Temu and AliExpress imports
A new €3 customs duty takes effect across the EU on 1 July, ending years of tax-free shopping from platforms like SHEIN, Temu and …
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Ukrainian volunteers in Poland support front despite growing war fatigue
A December survey by CBOS, an independent Polish research centre, found that 48% of Poles support accepting Ukrainian refugees, th…
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‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley
Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector Good news for Andy Bu…
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Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries
Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000 The era of academy school …
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90% of EU citizens want a more united Europe against global crises, survey shows
Geopolitical uncertainty has left many EU citizens wanting more of their union, new eurobarometer figures reveal.