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• UK and France in talks over migrant returns deal

  16-04-2025 16:16 via bbc.com
  The scheme would return illegal migrants who cross the Channel in exchange for the UK taking legal migrants.
  
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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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• 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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• Scotland's election countdown - should Swinney be optimistic?

  04-05-2025 10:01 via bbc.com
  The first minister will set out his programme for government this week, with a focus on steadying the ship.
  
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• Ex-Tory council leader calls for Badenoch to resign

  04-05-2025 06:24 via bbc.com
  Jason Smithers says the Conservatives need a new face at the top after "terrible" election results.
  
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• Sir John Curtice: The map that shows Reform's triumph was much more than a protest vote

  04-05-2025 01:23 via bbc.com
  It suggests the party was particularly popular among those who voted for Brexit in 2016 and for Boris Johnson in 2019.
  
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• What might Reform do with its newly-won power?

  03-05-2025 16:19 via bbc.com
  
  For the first time the party has won control of local councils, as well as two mayoralties.
  
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• Farage hails election results, as Labour and Tories digest losses

  03-05-2025 16:02 via bbc.com
  
  Reform UK took control of 10 local councils, won two mayoral races and added a fifth MP to its ranks.
  
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• Assisted deaths could be more than 4,000 in 10th year after law change

  03-05-2025 09:56 via bbc.com
  
  Estimate included in official review of costs and impact of passing assisted dying law in England and Wales.
  
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• Local elections 2025 in maps and charts

  03-05-2025 04:23 via bbc.com
  
  Find out who's winning where using our lookup tool, as the first results are declared.
  
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• Reform UK makes big gains in English local elections

  03-05-2025 02:44 via bbc.com
  
  Nigel Farage's party gains its first foothold in local government after seizing hundreds of seats.
  
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• Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortems

  03-05-2025 02:41 via bbc.com
  
  Senior Reform figures believe the primary driving motivation behind their surge is betrayal.
  
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• Lib Dems take councils after local election gains

  03-05-2025 00:06 via bbc.com
  
  The Lib Dems win more than 140 new seats, almost entirely from the Conservatives, in Thursday's election.
  
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• Henry Zeffman: Seven things we have learnt from the election results

  02-05-2025 22:45 via bbc.com
  
  The patchwork of different contests across England has been truly fascinating, throwing up all sorts of lessons.
  
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• Local elections at-a-glance: What's happened?

  02-05-2025 22:18 via bbc.com
  
  Reform UK wins its first Parliamentary by-election and makes gains in council elections.
  
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• 'Not Labour enough': MPs' despair at voters' verdict on government

  02-05-2025 21:16 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls for a change of direction after a dismal set of local election results.
  
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• Sir John Curtice: Reform's sweeping election wins shake Tory and Labour dominance

  02-05-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  
  Though some of the results are still to be reported, Reform are clearly the winners of Thursday's local elections.
  
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• Why Lincolnshire turned a lighter shade of blue

  02-05-2025 17:03 via bbc.com
  
  Reform wins both control of the county council and the Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral vote.
  
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• How the political consensus on climate change has shattered

  02-05-2025 16:16 via bbc.com
  In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
  
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• Reform takes Runcorn from Labour by just six votes

  02-05-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  Sarah Pochin overturns a huge 14,696 majority to win Reform UK’s first by-election.
  
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• Andrea Jenkyns: First Reform mayor has knack for bouncing back

  02-05-2025 14:03 via bbc.com
  The ex-Tory MP has been elected as the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, marking a return to politics.
  
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• Scottish government drops plans for new misogyny law

  02-05-2025 13:57 via bbc.com
  The government says there is not enough time to introduce a new misogyny law before next year's Holyrood election.
  
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• Watch: Reform by-election win raises questions for Labour and Tories

  02-05-2025 10:00 via bbc.com
  Damian Grammaticas reports from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election count after a knife-edge victory for Reform.
  
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• When will we know all the results?

  02-05-2025 06:17 via bbc.com
  Results are due for 23 councils across England, six mayoral contests and a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby.
  
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• Streeting accused of 'betrayal' over maternity funding plan

  02-05-2025 01:14 via bbc.com
  Campaigners say the move will“rip the heart out of any moves to improve maternity safety”.
  
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