7 h. ago Government vows to clean up Lake Windermere after beauty spot ‘choked’ by pollution

Environment secretary Steve Reed has vowed to ensure ‘only rainwater’ enters England’s largest lake

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49 h. ago Mike Johnson dramatically SPLITS from Elon Musk and DOGE: 'It's going to be corrected'

House Speaker Mike Johnson has distanced himself from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), vowing that controversial government cuts will be 'corrected.'

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62 h. ago Trump touts private sector jobs in latest employment data – live

Comments come as Trump vows to dramatically downsize government, including with mass firings of federal employeesCanadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has scrambled to convince Donald Trump to lift tariffs on his country, which together with Mexico and China is one of the US’s largest trading partners.That effort included a phone call between the two leaders on Wednesday, which appears to have had some effect – on Thursday, Trump exempted Canada from some of the tariffs he had imposed, along with Mexico.Trudeau responded Tuesday by placing tariffs on the US, and he questioned whether further negotiations would make any difference, accusing Trump of acting in “bad faith.” The two leaders eventually spoke Wednesday morning, an exchange Trump said ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner. A person familiar with the matter said the call grew heated and included profanity. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ireland vows to do 'anything we can' to unpick Brexit by helping the UK get closer to the EU

Irish premier Micheal Martin has vowed that his government will do 'anything we can' to help forge better relations between the UK and EU in the aftermath of Brexit.

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7 d. ago Greek PM vows to upgrade railways as government faces confidence vote

Kyriakos Mitsotakis says protests over train disaster emphasise the need for ‘safe and modern’ transport systemThe Greek prime minister has vowed to upgrade the country’s railways as his embattled government braces for a vote of no confidence after huge protests over a 2023 train crash that killed 57 people.Two days after hundreds of thousands took to the streets in fury over the response to the disaster on its second anniversary, Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged that not enough had been done to build a “safe and modern” transport system, saying the largest protests in recent history had emphasised the demand for action. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'At this once in a generation moment, we must step up on defence and security'

Deputy PM Angela Rayner said tough choices meant the overseas aid budget had to be cut - but vowed 'this government will do everything we can to return to a world where that is not the case'

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1 week ago No slave trade reparations, minister says, amid warning UK is ‘resented’ abroad

Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds vowed to work with Caribbean governments on ‘the most pressuring challenges of today and the future’.

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