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• University tuition fees rising to £9,535 in England

  04-11-2024 23:22 via bbc.com
  
  Maintenance loans are also going up to help students manage the cost of living.
  
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• Sinn Féin councillor suspended over alleged inappropriate messages

  04-11-2024 23:10 via bbc.com
  
  JJ Magee is suspended from the party after an allegation that inappropriate online messages were exchanged between him and a minor.
  
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• Ben Jennings on the US presidential election – cartoon

  04-11-2024 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
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• Ex-Labour MP quits party over 'authoritarian' agenda

  04-11-2024 20:54 via bbc.com
  
  Beth Winter has accused the Labour Party of pursuing an "authoritarian political agenda".
  
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• Badenoch plucks Patel, Jenrick and Stride from the Tories’ tiny gene pool of talent | John Crace

  04-11-2024 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  James Cleverly has the right idea – sit tight until the new leader of the opposition crashes and burns of her own accordJust do the maths. There are 120 other Tory MPs from which Kemi Badenoch can select her ministerial team. Or put it another way, there’s about a one in five chance of any MP making it into the shadow cabinet and a near 100% chance of becoming a ministerial bag carrier. These are days of plenty for ambitious young Tory MPs with one eye on their own careers. It just r
  
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• Jenrick accepts role in Badenoch's top team

  04-11-2024 19:55 via bbc.com
  
  Kemi Badenoch's Tory leadership rival has accepted the role of shadow justice secretary, the BBC understands.
  
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• The Guardian view on raising university fees: help for poorer students must be prioritised | Editorial

  04-11-2024 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  By ending the freeze, ministers will ease funding pressures. But student loans need further reformThe announcement that the tuition fees paid by English students (but not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish ones) are to rise next year is a response to the financial crisis threatening the sector. With about 40% of England’s universities suffering deficits, course closures and a fall in international applications following visa restrictions imposed by the last government, ministers needed to a
  
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• Philip Barton to step down as Foreign Office chief

  04-11-2024 19:30 via bbc.com
  
  As top civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Philip oversaw the chaotic evacuation of staff from Kabul in 2022.
  
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• Stride and Patel join UK shadow cabinet as Badenoch fills key posts

  04-11-2024 19:22
  
  New Conservative leader picks former rivals for first senior appointments
  
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• University tuition fees to rise from next year in England

  04-11-2024 19:19
  
  Ministers will increase cap in line with inflation to £9,535 after eight year freeze
  
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• ‘High energy, high risk’: Tories already wonder if Kemi Badenoch will last until the next election | Katy Balls

  04-11-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break herOne of the regular refrains from Keir Starmer’s team during their wilderness years was that oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. So, there is an argument for the opposition to not rock the boat unless it really has to. Four months into this Labour government, some in the Tory party have started to think such tactics might work
  
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• What would a Trump or Harris win mean for relations with the UK?

  04-11-2024 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with BritainEarly on Wednesday morning the results will start to trickle in from the most consequential US presidential election in a generation.The result will set the path for the US’s relationship with a UK led by its first Labour government in 14 years. Keir Starmer and his team have sought to prepare themselves for either eventuality: a Kamala Harris victory, with i
  
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• UK tax plan for wealthy foreigners risks turning London into ‘bigger version of Bahamas’

  04-11-2024 16:49
  Advisers warn British government’s proposal to replace non-dom scheme will attract those seeking short-term tax holidays
  
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• Without hard thinking on tax and the state, Kemi Badenoch is doomed to fail

  04-11-2024 15:52
  The new Tory leader can’t rely on Labour being derailed by global events or problems with its own model
  
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• Watchdog says cladding removal deadline may be missed

  04-11-2024 15:08 via bbc.com
  
  It says up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding have still not been identified.
  
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• We must stop smuggling gangs before they act - Starmer

  04-11-2024 14:12 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Keir Starmer announces an extra £75m to police the UK's borders as he vows to "smash" criminal gangs.
  
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• UK looks at handing asylum seeker housing contracts back to local councils

  04-11-2024 12:00
  
  Exploratory talks follow criticism of private outsourcing groups and concern about their high profits
  
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• Finally, the end of ‘the British empire’ – and maybe an honours system a modern country can live with | Hugh Muir

  04-11-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports suggest King Charles would not object to a move away from awards with ‘empire’ in the title. Not before time​Benjamin Zephaniah did it. So did ​Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Howard Gayle, the pioneering black footballer, did it without a second thought.​Britain, keen to highlight their achievements as outstanding citizens who have made a notable contribution to how we live, dangled the recognition of a​ state-backed honour in front of each of them. And each, u
  
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• Mothers challenge government over child benefit cap

  04-11-2024 10:51 via bbc.com
  
  A charity supporting the women say the Universal Credit policy is "discriminatory and irrational".
  
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• Why the Tories stay ahead on political firsts

  04-11-2024 10:40
  Rule book ability to change its leaders has driven its success — but also its dysfunction
  
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• Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammy

  04-11-2024 10:31 via bbc.com
  
  Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.
  
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• ‘Nail in the coffin’: family farmers respond to inheritance tax changes

  04-11-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rachel Reeves announced in her budget that after April 2026 heirs will pay tax when farms are passed onFor more than 100 years, the family of 56-year-old Andrew Smith has had a cattle farm on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Smith, who now runs the farm, sees chancellor Rachel Reeves’s changes to inheritance tax rules as a grave betrayal of British farmers.Working with his three sons, the farm produces about 2,000 sheep and 30 to 40 cows each year, yet makes “no profit”, he says. &ldqu
  
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• UK MPs plan to grill Shein boss over labour practices

  04-11-2024 06:00
  Business select committee intends to summon fast-fashion brands over workers’ rights as soon as January
  
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• The former PwC partner trying to reinvent the West Midlands

  04-11-2024 06:00
  Richard Parker narrowly beat Andy Street in the mayoral contest, but is setting himself apart from his predecessor
  
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• BoE expected to cut interest rates despite looser fiscal policy

  04-11-2024 06:00
  
  UK central bank focused on longer-term picture of slowing inflation even as Budget predicted to increase near-term demand
  
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• England’s dangerous cladding could cost £22bn to rectify, watchdog finds

  04-11-2024 01:01
  Ministers must ‘manage risks’ to limit taxpayers’ exposure to £5.1bn already budgeted, says report
  
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