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UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship seen near British waters
Becky Morton Political reporter Jonathan Beale and Damian Grammaticas Defence correspondent and political correspondent Ministry of Defence HMS Somerset monitored…
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Rachel Reeves to soften non-dom tax changes
Plans to abolish non-dom status will be amended to allow a more generous phase out of tax benefits, Chancellor Rachel…
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Banks raise concerns over benefit debt recovery powers
The UK banking industry has warned that government plans to crackdown on benefit fraud could leave banks at risk of…
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Starmer vows to curb ‘Nimby’ legal blocks on infrastructure schemes
Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to block campaigners from making repeated legal challenges to planning decisions for major infrastructure…
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Misbehaving Welsh Senedd politicians could be voted out
David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Reuters Currently there is no way for an MS to be removed through…
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Closing Parliament’s bars could risk MPs’ safety, says Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell says she is happy to debate “whether there should be any bars” in parliament Closing all of Parliament’s…
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Reeves optimistic despite surprise rise in UK borrowing
Michael Race & Faisal Islam Business reporter & Economics editor, BBC News Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she is…
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Schools bill is an act of vandalism, says Kemi Badenoch
Kate Whannel Political reporter Henry Zeffman and Vanessa Clarke BBC chief political correspondent and education correspondent Kemi Badenoch calls Labour’s…
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Don’t widen terrorist label, says former anti-terror chief Neil Basu
A former head of counter-terrorism has warned of “unintended consequences” if terrorism laws are expanded to include attacks like the…
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Benefit cheats could lose driving licences in anti-fraud drive
Jack Fenwick & Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Convicted benefits cheats who fail to pay back the taxpayer could…
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