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Independent UK - Politics

Tories would ban long-term benefit claimants from buying alcohol

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Britain should rejoin EU within 10 years, Tony Blair tells Burnham

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Burnham wants alcohol ban in stands at football matches overturned

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Reform council withdraws support for Show Racism the Red Card

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Putin exploiting Brexit to sow disinformation, Burnham tells UN

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Watch: David Miliband says Brexit is 'daily anguish' he predicted

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End cash benefits for anxiety to end Neet crisis, Tony Blair urges

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MPs warn Budget watchdog 'should not be blamed' for tough decisions

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Burnham says UK will 'stand firm' over threats to Falkland Islands

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Reform MSPs stage Holyrood walkout over Scottish independence debate

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Council leader quits after fraud and tax evasion conviction

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Ed Davey promises income tax cut and a return to EU single market

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Women who have abortions will now have right to bereavement leave

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Tory defector who was suspended over slur named Reform deputy in Wales

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Burnham vows to find Chagos Islands resolution with Mauritius

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Support for Reform UK plummets to lowest level in two years

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Supporting Saudi Arabia could curb rising fuel prices, minister claims

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Burnham refuses to rule out rejoining EU

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Government borrowing surge piles pressure on Healey ahead of Budget

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Burnham targets Trump reset with new defence and AI pact

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Burnham cannot afford for his first Trump meeting to go badly

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Burnham approves UK military support for Saudi Arabia against Houthis

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Hunt: Mini-Budget disaster cannot deter Healey from taking bold action

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New Welsh Reform leader named after Dan Thomas arrested

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UK urged to 'team up' with EU and Canada in economic partnership

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Specialist rape courts to be rolled out in England and Wales

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Burnham hails Danish prime minister for reaching Greenland deal

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Minister hits out at 'tax exile' Man Utd owner Jim Ratcliffe

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Reform's use of donations could be hampered by spending rules review

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Zack Polanski speaks Bengali in bid to reach by-election voters

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All but four constituencies would support rejoining EU, poll shows

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Ex-Reform MS who defected 'lied' about her views, Tice claims

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Parents could face prison for child's crimes, minister warns

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Reform will turn UK into a 'Trump satellite state', Ed Davey says

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Four in 10 Brexit backers want to strengthen defence ties with Europe

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New leader of Scottish Labour announced after Sarwar quit

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Spend £6bn to 'save' millions of renters at Budget, Burnham urged

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Labour accused of 'softening' UK up for 'brutal budget'

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Green Party considered conference delay for Polanski's by-election bid

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes senior job at Palantir

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Badenoch instructs lawyers to fight Wandsworth's 94% council tax rise

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Reform MP criticises Jenrick's 'revolting' Covid food box programme

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Shabana Mahmood dubs far-right activist Danny Tommo 'outright racist'

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John Healey to ask EU to include UK in 'Made in Europe' scheme

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Burnham considering tax hike on holiday lets ahead of Budget

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Thames Water's £10bn creditor rescue deal should be rejected, MPs say

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DWP could scrap PIP for high earners to save £8bn, Burnham told

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Andy Burnham doubles on net zero vow after calls to scrap phrase

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Sadiq Khan mocks Zack Polanski by speaking to him in Urdu

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Leaked No 10 papers show Labour's desperate final bid to save Starmer

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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks

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Ex-cabinet secretary who got £860k payout takes House of Lords seat

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