86 m. ago How Keir Starmer’s new immigration plans won’t beat the far right

Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement comes as the government seeks to curb the rise of Reform UK

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98 m. ago Big improvements planned on major Greater Manchester bus route

It's part of a plan to encourage more people to use public transport.

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1 hour ago ‘Just wildly illegal’: top Democrats push to censure Trump’s plan to accept Qatar jet

Four senators, including Cory Booker, say they’ll press for vote against president’s plan to take $400m gift from QatarTop Democrats in the US Senate are pushing for a vote on the floor of the chamber censuring Donald Trump’s reported plan to accept a $400m luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar for use as Air Force One and later as a fixture in the Trump’s personal presidential library.Four Democratic members of the Senate foreign relations committee said on Monday that they would press for a vote later this week. They said that elected officials, including the president, were not allowed to accept large gifts from foreign governments unless authorized to do so by Congress. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Edi Rama on course to win fourth term as PM in Albania elections

Socialists set for clear victory with 30% of votes counted in poll seen as pivotal to country’s hopes of joining EUAlbania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, is poised for victory in general elections after preliminary results showed voters returning him to power for an unprecedented fourth term.With 30% of the ballots counted, Rama’s party was leading the leftwing Socialists to a resounding win over Sali Berisha’s centre-right Democratic party in a poll viewed as pivotal for the Balkan country’s attempt to join the EU. The incumbent party had garnered 53% of the vote compared with 34% for its main opposition rival. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago James Bulger's mum has dramatic plan for son's killer at his parole hearing

Toddler James Bulger's vile killer Jon Venables has launched yet another bid for freedom, but his brave mum Denise has vowed to fight to keep him behind bars for the sickening crime

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2 h. ago The cases both for and against Scotland's Assisted Dying Bill

As MSPs prepare to vote on the Assisted Dying Bill, dementia expert Professor June Andrews and Liam McArthur MSP offer arguments from both sides of the debate

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2 h. ago CHRISTINA MCANEA: 'Care sector would have collapsed years ago without overseas workers'

UNISON General Secretary Christina McAnea writes for The Mirror as Keir Starmer's government announces major changes to immigration rules for care workers

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3 h. ago 'Clear sense of direction' important for Renfrewshire Council department amid cost

The point of view has been emphasised by the director of children's services in a new three-year plan.

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3 h. ago Republicans plan work requirement for Medicaid – but hold off on slashing federal contributions

Congressional Budget Office estimates that 13.7 million people could lose their health care

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3 h. ago Immigration crackdown a 'guillotine' on care sector that will see homes close, industry warns

It follows announcements from the UK Government on Monday

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4 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As I watched Keir Starmer shed every principle he once had for his latest migration 'crackdown', I didn't know whether to laugh or vomit

All you need to know about the latest 'crackdown' on immigration is that had it been proposed by a Conservative government, Surkeir Starmer would have voted against it.

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4 h. ago Trump live: President asks drugmakers to voluntarily lower prices but offers no plan to enforce it

It comes as Trump has defended reports the Qatari royal family will gift a $400 million Boeing jet to the president to use as the new Air Force One

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4 h. ago Nurses, universities and some Labour MPs criticise Government's new immigration rules

The GMB union said plans to scrap care visas could be ‘catastrophic’ for the sector

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4 h. ago ‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones

The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there anyone in there saying: “This will not halt Reform. This will not make Reform less obnoxious. This will not make them more moderate, and it will not stop people voting for them. All it will do is make your own supporters despair.” If there is, are they screaming it, or whispering it, with a thousand-yard stare?It’s bad enough that the government has swallowed this anti-immigrant rhetoric wholesale; that it’s decided to land its misdirected toughness on the care workers is dumb on so many levels. First, Starmer’s claim that that migrant care workers are “cheap foreign labour”. Pause to note how extraordinary it is, to hear this kind of denigratory language coming from a human-rights lawyer. It is also u...

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4 h. ago Trump says friend in UK on ‘the fat shot drug’ inspired plan for price controls and tariff threats to lower prescription costs

Trump is ordering the government to consider punishing countries that negotiate lower drug prices for their single-payer health systems

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5 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer warned he is ‘laying the groundwork for Farage’ after immigration speech

Labour MPs condemn Starmer’s speech as ‘shameful and dangerous’

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5 h. ago Cyclist slams 'entitled drivers' for making this 'selfish mistake' on the roads

Confrontations between cyclists and motorists are nothing new, but this individual pointed out a particular bugbear that has sparked a heated debate online

Transport

5 h. ago UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says

PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirementsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” without tougher immigration policies, Keir Starmer has said, as official estimates show there could be 100,000 fewer migrants every year under new policies outlined on Monday.The prime minister said his government would “take back control of our borders” and close the book on a “squalid chapter” of rising inward migration as he unveiled a radical crackdown. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Democrats fear Fetterman can’t handle stress of Senate and are looking for ways to help after bombshell report

‘Every time I see him, I’m worried about him,’ anonymous Democratic senator says of Pennsylvania colleague

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6 h. ago Nursing union boss condemns immigration plans as ‘pandering and scapegoating’

Sir Keir Starmer has set out a number of measures aimed at reducing the number of people coming to the UK.

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