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Independent UK - Politics

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Treasury urges supermarkets to cap food prices

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Streeting warns Labour must 'change course' or hand victory to Reform

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UK announces trade deal with six Gulf states worth £3.7bn a year

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Deputy British ambassador in Washington abruptly leaves post

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