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‘Killed slowly’ in Europe’s asylum system: how the new migration pact is (not) working
The new EU migration pact has been coming into force across Europe for two weeks now, bringing greater uncertainty and slowing dow…
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At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake Morrison
The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook – one that the country is sorely in need o…
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Why Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is one of Europe’s most influential leaders
Shaped by a childhood marked by standing up to bullies and a political career defined by pragmatic shifts, Mette Frederiksen is no…
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UK shifts refugee integration costs to businesses and universities
The UK is launching a Canadian-style refugee sponsorship scheme that transfers housing and employment costs from the state to priv…
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UK Conservatives pledge tax cut to boost reservists to 50,000
The UK Conservative Party has proposed making the first 30 days of reserve service tax-free, a policy aimed at expanding Britain's…
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David Miliband says he is optimistic about potential Burnham government
The former foreign secretary says Burnham has "this openness and energy that I think is very attractive and positive".
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Mahmood outlines safe immigration routes plan to win over Labour left
Home secretary speeds up major part of bill governing asylum and refugees as new prime minister set to take over Shabana Mahmood w…
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US President Donald Trump threatens 100% tariffs if Europe implements digital services tax
US President Donald Trump threatens to slap a 100% tariff on European countries that impose a digital services tax, adding that ex…
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Andy Burnham says he will give 15% of his MP’s pay to local causes
New member for Makerfield and expected next prime minister joins other MPs who donate some or all of their pay Andy Burnham has sa…
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Martin Rowson on the UK’s record-breaking June temperatures – cartoon
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UK rejects US official's false claims of mass speech arrests
A senior US state department official's false claims about British policing signal a troubling alignment between Washington and Eu…
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UK heatwave exposes growing political retreat from net zero targets
As Britain endures record June temperatures and its first three-day red heat warning, a political battle over the next chancellor …
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The king, his billions, and the first public royal tax bill – The Latest
King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the la…
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Green Party returns inadmissible donation from Polanski
Under UK electoral law parties can only accept money from people on the UK electoral register.
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Andy Burnham’s long coup: the chaotic year-long project to return him to Westminster
Efforts of campaign groups, supporters and party figures coalesced after May elections as MPs’ views began to change The third com…
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Russia and Ukraine swap 160 soldiers each in latest prisoner exchange
The United Arab Emirates brokered the handover, which brought home fighters captured in the early weeks of the full-scale invasion…
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To use air con or not? The facts behind the politicised battle to stay cool in Europe
French politicians have drawn ideological battle lines over air conditioning as Europe struggles with record-breaking temperatures…
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Crimea declares ’emergency’ also on banks, as viral Russian soldier threatens anti-Putin mutiny (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,583)
Soaring fuel prices, cash restrictions in Crimea, and growing talk of forced mobilisation mean ordinary Russians could soon feel t…
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Buurtzorg: the Dutch proximity health care revolution
In the Netherlands, Buurtzorg’s self-managed nurses provide holistic home care and social support, helping older people live indep…
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UK government urged to act on ‘devastating’ impact of heatwaves
MPs hear current plans fall ‘far short of what is needed’ with many deaths expected and children baking in classrooms UK politics …
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Mazzucato's new book calls for an economy built on the common good
Economist Mariana Mazzucato argues in a new book that governments must abandon decades of market-pleasing orthodoxy and actively d…
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Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs
Veteran Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child attacks ‘performative cruelty’ of Shabana Mahmood’s policies UK politics live – late…
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Hungary’s Magyar moves to sideline senior Fidesz MPs with 12‑year term limit (74 days after election)
As Peter Magyar rams through his ‘Purgatory’ reforms to sideline Orbán’s old guard, he has also triggered warnings against his bid…
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Digested week: Another PM bites the dust and it’s surprisingly moving | John Crace
Plus, World Cup fever, EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster and cancer Hard to believe, but in my 12 an…