2 h. ago Starmer: Civil Service reforms will ‘maximise collective power of the state’

Sir Keir Starmer has written to half a million civil servants promising to ‘transform your work for the better’.

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3 h. ago Voices: There’s nothing ‘ridiculous’ about your Englishness, Rishi

As a bad-faith debate about the former prime minister’s heritage shows little sign of abating, Serena Barker-Singh says it’s proof that the country is not ready for a grown-up discussion about national identity

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3 h. ago Looking back at Mark Carney's Bank of England career as he takes over from Justin Trudeau

Mark Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with the US

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3 h. ago Justin Trudeau tears up during final speech as Canada’s prime minister

Justin Trudeau wiped away tears after his 16-year-old daughter, Ella-Grace, introduced him for his farewell speech as Canada's prime minister.

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3 h. ago Katie Amess questions Government’s approach to MP safety after inquiry rejection

The murdered MP’s daughter said she would plead with the Prime Minister to reconsider the Government’s position.

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3 h. ago Home Secretary rejects calls from Sir David Amess’s family for public inquiry

Sir David’s widow and daughter described the letter as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump has not treated our people with respect, says Greenland Prime Minister

US president has reaffirmed his interest in getting control of the island

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4 h. ago Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump

US president’s late-night social media post came after Turnbull criticised Trump’s leadership as ‘chaotic’Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should “not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night social media post.Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, the US president said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Justin Trudeau takes final dig at Donald Trump in farewell speech as Canada’s prime minister

Justin Trudeau made a final dig at Donald Trump in his farewell speech as Canada’s prime minister.

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4 h. ago Canadians believe that Mark Carney is the man to stand up to Donald Trump | Colin Horgan

The newly appointed Liberal leader is likely to call a federal election to bolster his mandate, but Canadians seem to see him as the best bet to counter US tariffsWhen Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a five-year term rather than the traditional eight-year tenure. The sense was that he was eager to get back to Canada to run for office in the next federal election. But that election came and went in 2019, and Carney instead extended his tenure at the Bank, ultimately leaving it in 2020. A year later, the Guardian asked him whether he’d be prime minister of Canada some day. Carney was deliberately coy. “Er, look at the time!” he laughed, with a raised eyebrow.No need to be cute any more. On Sunday evening, Carney won the Liberal leadership race in a landslide, capturing 85.9% of the overall riding points on the first count. The party allocates 100 possible points to each constituency (or ridings, as they’re known), and those points are...

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4 h. ago The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau – with Mark Carney to become Canada’s next prime minister

The leader was once a poster boy for liberalism but will be replaced after nearly 10 years in office

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7 h. ago Canada's next PM Mark Carney takes aim at Donald Trump as ex

Mark Carney replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remains in post until his successor is sworn in

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7 h. ago Canada's next prime minister Mark Carney demands Trump and US 'show us respect' after being elected to replace Trudeau

Former central banker Mark Carney was today chosen to take over Trudeau as the Liberal party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.

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8 h. ago Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia's east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over.”

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8 h. ago Mark Carney: Canada’s new PM calls Trump tariffs ‘the greatest crisis of our lifetime’

Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor, has been named as Canada’s new prime minister succeeding Justin Trudeau ahead of the country's general election.

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9 h. ago ‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights

Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fearSpain’s leftwing deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz Pérez, has a message for Labour politicians as the UK government’s employment rights bill takes its next step to becoming law this week: take heart from our success.With business groups in the UK issuing dire warnings about the impact of the workers’ rights package, Díaz, the minister of labour and social economy, remembers her own government’s battle when it thrashed out radical labour laws that came into force in 2022. “We went through nine months of hell, literally. We had the press against it, academia, research centres – everybody was saying this was going to contribute to unemployment and not eradicate it,” she recalls. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘Weak and ineffective’: Donald Trump lashes out at former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

US president’s late-night social media post came after Turnbull criticised Trump’s leadership as ‘chaotic’Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald Trump has lashed former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull as a “weak and ineffective leader” who was rejected by the Australian people in a late-night social media post.Taking to Truth Social platform just before midnight Sunday night in Washington DC, Trump said Turnbull led Australia from “behind” and did not understand China.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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12 h. ago ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who said 'Everybody likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel'?

This was two-time prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81). It courted him favour with Queen Victoria, who he drew out of her long mourning period following her husband Albert's death.

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12 h. ago Who is Mark Carney, former central banker replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada?

Carney has promised to stand up for Canada amid brewing trade war with Trump and speed up sluggish growth in national economy

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13 h. ago Justin Trudeau weeps as he gives emotional farewell speech in front of his family and makes one FINAL dig at Donald Trump

A weeping Justin Trudeau has taken one last swipe at Donald Trump during his final speech as Prime Minister of Canada. 

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