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• Tories push to ban recording of non-crime hate incidents

  22-04-2025 13:16 via bbc.com
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says the incidents waste police time and calls for them to be scrapped.
  
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• Asylum accommodation costs set to triple, says watchdog

  07-05-2025 18:11 via bbc.com
  
  The cost of housing asylum seekers is expected to reach £15.3bn over 10 years, the National Audit Office says.
  
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• Reform UK is a 'cult', says suspended councillor

  07-05-2025 16:39 via bbc.com
  
  Donna Edmunds was suspended from the party last week over a post on social media.
  
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• Criminals who skip sentencing could face more jail time

  07-05-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  A new bill providing powers for judges to punish offenders will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday.
  
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• Act now to win back Red Wall voters, Labour MPs say

  07-05-2025 16:36 via bbc.com
  
  The call from MPs in northern England and the Midlands comes after a disastrous set of local election results.
  
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• Blow to clean energy drive as major windfarm ditched

  07-05-2025 14:27 via bbc.com
  
  In a blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, a company cancels a huge windfarm off Yorkshire.
  
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• PM defends winter fuel cuts in face of calls for U-turn

  07-05-2025 14:03 via bbc.com
  
  During PMQs, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir to "listen to his own party and change course".
  
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• Government defends NI exemption in UK-India trade deal

  07-05-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  Opposition parties claim the new trade agreement means Indian workers will be cheaper for employers to hire.
  
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• Chris Mason: Can Delhi deal mask Labour's problems at home?

  07-05-2025 07:46 via bbc.com
  Labour says the deal has "tangible benefits", but it comes as the government faces heat at home.
  
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• What's the outlook for Labour in the 2026 Senedd election?

  07-05-2025 07:02 via bbc.com
  Labour has dominated Welsh politics for more than a century. Next year, could that come to an end?
  
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• Ken v Tony: How London elected its first mayor

  07-05-2025 06:54 via bbc.com
  A powerful prime minister tries and fails to stop an Old Labour stalwart's progress to City Hall.
  
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• Climbing on Winston Churchill statue to become a crime

  07-05-2025 02:51 via bbc.com
  The home secretary will include Churchill's statue in new law trying to stop war memorial vandalism.
  
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• UK and India agree trade deal after three years of talks

  06-05-2025 23:11 via bbc.com
  The deal will improve access for UK whisky and cars to the Indian market, and cut taxes on India's clothing and footwear exports.
  
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• India trade deal could undercut UK workers, opposition parties say

  06-05-2025 22:40 via bbc.com
  The trade deal gives a tax break to Indian professionals, which critics say undercuts UK businesses.
  
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• Swinney vows action on GP appointment 'lottery'

  06-05-2025 20:19 via bbc.com
  Scotland's first minister says the NHS will be at the heart of his government's plans for the coming year.
  
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• Wales' Labour first minister says she'll call out Starmer

  06-05-2025 18:08 via bbc.com
  Eluned Morgan says she will "not stay silent" if the UK government takes decisions "we think will harm" Wales.
  
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• Trans life could become 'unliveable' - Sturgeon

  06-05-2025 17:59 via bbc.com
  The former first minister has spoken for the first time about the Supreme Court's judgement on the definition of a woman.
  
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• Henry Zeffman: Labour MPs' rage over election results simmers on

  06-05-2025 15:52 via bbc.com
  Anger over the party's drubbing in last week's local elections has not dissipated over the weekend.
  
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• No 10 resists Labour calls for winter fuel rethink

  06-05-2025 15:33 via bbc.com
  Calls to abandon cuts to the pensions top-up have grown in the wake of local election losses last week.
  
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• Ex-Runcorn MP blames Labour mistakes for election losses

  06-05-2025 12:07 via bbc.com
  Mike Amesbury says Reform UK benefitted from government mistakes over welfare cuts.
  
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• Visa applications for some nationalities could be restricted

  06-05-2025 11:54 via bbc.com
  People from Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK, under new plans.
  
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• Plan to modernise 1,000 GP practice buildings

  06-05-2025 10:15 via bbc.com
  The Department of Health and Social Care said it is the biggest public investment in facilities in England in five years.
  
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• Trump film tariffs to be part of UK-US trade talks

  05-05-2025 17:44 via bbc.com
  
  It comes as moviemakers worry the UK's thriving film industry could be hit by the new tariff threat.
  
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• Reform clarifies flag policy after red rose row

  05-05-2025 17:01 via bbc.com
  Blackpool South MP Chris Webb raised concerns that Lancashire's flag would be banned from being flown.
  
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• Doing nothing on social care 'untenable', MPs warn

  05-05-2025 05:05 via bbc.com
  
  The report says failure to fix England's social care system carries an unknown human and financial cost.
  
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• Farage to increase Scottish visits for Reform campaign

  04-05-2025 15:53 via bbc.com
  Reform are being forecast in several polls to do well in next year's Holyrood elections.
  
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• New Reform councillor promises no quick fixes

  04-05-2025 14:39 via bbc.com
  Reform UK's performance wiped out a Conservative majority held for nearly 30 years.
  
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• Changing leader not enough to fix Tories, Badenoch says

  04-05-2025 13:44 via bbc.com
  The Tory leader says her party's comeback will be "slow and steady", after her heavy local election losses.
  
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• Reform considers legal challenges against asylum hotels

  04-05-2025 13:40 via bbc.com
  Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf told the BBC the party is exploring ways to fulfil its promise to voters.
  
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• Labour minister sorry over grooming gangs remark

  04-05-2025 10:59 via bbc.com
  Leader of the Commons Lucy Powell has sought to clarify comments she made in "the heat of" a radio debate.
  
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