83 m. ago NHS will not receive extra money from Treasury to cover cost of inflated drug prices resulting from new US trade deal

Number 10 today admitted medicines will cost taxpayers an additional £1billion a year but was unable to say how they would be paid for.

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3 h. ago Labour's latest betrayal of farmers? NFU boss lashes out at ministers for 'sacrificing' Britain's dairy sector in India trade deal

Tom Bradshaw, the president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), told MPs of his concerns the industry had been used as a 'bargaining chip' in negotiations.

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4 d. ago Starmer accused of ‘complete betrayal’ by Labour backbenchers after workers’ rights U

The government has found itself in a stand off with Labour backbenchers who have accused ministers of breaking a manifesto pledge

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4 d. ago I'm 24 and last year, full of hope, I voted Labour for the first time. Now I feel so betrayed... and sure as hell won't back Starmer again: CHARLOTTE AMBROSE

Last summer, I walked into the rugby club of my hometown in the Cotswolds - not to watch a game or enjoy a pint, but to vote in the General Election.

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5 d. ago Swiss politicians decry ‘gold bar diplomacy’ in Trump trade deal

Backlash over role played in talks by executives from companies including Rolex and Richemont

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1 week ago EU and US to restart trade talks as sticking points on July tariff deal remain

US officials to hold high-level talks in Brussels amid unhappiness in Washington at slow action on July dealThe EU and US are set to restart trade negotiations next week after a two-month pause to try to settle unresolved sticking points in their controversial tariff deal struck in July.The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and trade representative Jamieson Greer will hold high-level meetings in Brussels on Monday with ministers, EU commissioners and industry bosses. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I once believed Labour was the party for strivers and savers like me. Now

When Rachel Reeves moved into No 11, I was genuinely touched by her message to young women and girls. 'Let there be no ceiling on your ambitions, your hopes and your dreams,' she said.

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3 w. ago By taking a wrecking ball to the curriculum, Labour are betraying the very children they claim to want to help: MOUHSSIN ISMAIL

All of the hard-won progress of the past decade is being dismantled, not with a single blow but brick by brick.

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3 w. ago Malaysia defends Trump trade deal after critics warn it will compromise country’s sovereignty

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said the deal amounted to ‘handing over’ the country’s independenceMalaysia’s government has been forced to defend its new trade deal with the US after opposition politicians, analysts and civil society groups warned that the deal was “one-sided” and could compromise the country’s sovereignty.Investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz has called the trade deal “the best possible outcome for Malaysia.” Continue reading...

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