2 h. ago Activist Kwajo Tweneboa warns Labour risks losing election if it fails to fix housing system

Kwajo Tweneboa, who has built a following by exposing unsafe homes and fighting for tenants' rights, said families are 'sick and tired' of waiting for change

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44 h. ago Fired Surface Transportation Board member sues Trump over his dismissal ahead of rail merger review

A former Democratic member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board has filed a lawsuit challenging his dismissal by President Donald Trump

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48 h. ago US government shutdown live: Republican stopgap funding bill fails in Senate as White House to hold press briefing on shutdown

Senate votes 55-45 against Republican bill with three Democrats crossing party lines to support measure; Karoline Leavitt to give press briefingUS government shuts downTracker: how each US senator votedThis shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe.Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago US government shutdown live: Trump’s White House orders shut down after Senate fails to pass funding bill

The US federal government has shut down after a Republican funding bill failed in the Senate on Tuesday evening

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59 h. ago Trump's White House orders US government shutdown after Senate vote fails

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61 h. ago Trump’s White House orders government agencies shut down as Senate fails to pass stopgap funding bill: Live updates

The government has shut down after a Republican funding bill failed in the Senate Tuesday evening

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67 h. ago Ovo warns of ‘material uncertainty’ over its going concern status

Household energy supplier makes disclosure after failing to meet industry regulator’s capital adequacy targets

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4 d. ago Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of new reality’, Danish minister warns, as Russia embarks on huge army call

Peter Hummelgaard compared recent spate of hybrid attacks on Europe to 9/11 terrorism; 135,000 called up in RussiaBut Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of our new reality’, Danish justice minister warns – Europe live

Peter Hummelgaard compared recent spate of hybrid attacks on Europe to 9/11 terrorismBut Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Putin ‘does not want a ceasefire and does not want peace for Ukraine’, says German defence minister – Europe live

Boris Pistorius says Europe ‘will not be lured into Putin’s trap of continuous escalation’But Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Starmer is right to stake Labour’s future on fighting for the soul of the nation – and he must deliver

Editorial: Labour infighting would be a serious distraction when far greater risks are posed by Nigel Farage

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4 d. ago If you worry about migration Labour will call you racist, says Reform after Starmer's attack on plan to strip migrants of 'settled status'

Kicking off Labour 's conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer risked inflaming public anger by using the term 'racist' to dismiss the policy of abolishing 'settled status'.

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5 d. ago ‘Prospect of chaos’ if Reform or Plaid win in Wales – Welsh First Minister

Baroness Eluned Morgan said jobs in Wales could be ‘on the line’ if the party loses the Caerphilly by-election and is unable to get a budget through.

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5 d. ago Labour must convince Scots the party is ‘good enough’ to win, says Alexander

The new Scottish Secretary said a majority already believed the SNP were ‘bad enough that they deserve to lose’ in May’s Holyrood election.

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5 d. ago Farage goads Starmer for pressing the 'racist' button over Reform's plan to strip migrants of 'settled status'

Kicking off Labour 's conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer risked inflaming public anger by using the term 'racist' to dismiss the policy of abolishing 'settled status'.

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5 d. ago Palestine Action protesters set to risk arrest as they 'confront ministers' at Labour Conference

Campaign group Defend Our Juries said protesters will be “confronting MPs, cabinet members, as well as members and delegates” as they walk into Labour Conference

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5 d. ago Starmer says Reform's plan to strip migrants of 'settled status' is 'RACIST' as floundering PM squirms over how digital IDs can stop illegal workers coming to Britain

Kicking off Labour's conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer risked inflaming public anger by using the term to dismiss the policy of abolishing 'settled status'.

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer refuses to say if he'd stand down if Labour lose Senedd elections in Wales

May's local and devolved elections will be a key test for the Prime Minister

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8 d. ago House of Guinness on Netflix review: this Stout Succession tries and fails to split the G

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is back with a period drama that applies his tried and tested formula to 19th-century Ireland

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9 d. ago Slow Horses author Mick Herron says he knows how Jackson Lamb dies

The writer knows ‘how, why, when and where’ Gary Oldman’s cantankerous intelligence officer meets his end – a fate he figured out ‘relatively recently’Slow Horses author Mick Herron has revealed that he knows how Jackson Lamb dies.The irascible, unkempt cold war-era spy heads up Slough House, the crumbling office for failed MI5 agents at the centre of Herron’s bestselling series. Continue reading...

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