5 d. ago Rachel Reeves needs £26bn and must break income tax pledge, says Labour's favourite thinktank

The report came ahead of a speech by Rachel Reeves to the Treasury this morning, where she refused to rule out breaking the party's promise not to raise taxes.

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1 week ago Voting opens in Netherlands as narrowing polls suggest second Geert Wilders win

Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of governmentVoting is under way in a knife-edge parliamentary election in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the far-right Freedom party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, although there is little chance of it being part of the next government.The PVV, which finished a shock first in the last election and formed a short-lived, four-party rightwing coalition, has seen its once sizeable lead fade fast. With nearly half the electorate undecided, analysts say the race is too tight to call. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Voting opens in Netherlands as polls suggest second Gert Wilders win

Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of governmentVoting is under way in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the anti-immigration firebrand Geert Wilders’s Freedom party (PVV), although there is little chance of it being part of the next government.The PVV, which finished a shock first in the previous election and formed a four-party all-conservative coalition that lasted barely a year before collapsing, is marginally ahead in the polls and forecast to return between 24 and 28 MPs to the 150-seat parliament. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Voting opens in Netherlands as polls suggest second Geert Wilders win

Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of governmentVoting is under way in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands that polls suggest could again be won by the anti-immigration firebrand Geert Wilders’s Freedom party (PVV), although there is little chance of it being part of the next government.The PVV, which finished a shock first in the previous election and formed a four-party all-conservative coalition that lasted barely a year before collapsing, is marginally ahead in the polls and forecast to return between 24 and 28 MPs to the 150-seat parliament. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Celtic send the search party to sporting Siberia again as unwritten rule sees another outcast Bobofied

Shin Yamada may need to come in from the cold as Brendan Rodgers suffers inevitable outcome of transfer window uncertainty

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2 w. ago LA mayor picks new fire chief to fill void following most destructive wildfire in city history

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has picked a 30-year fire department veteran as the new fire chief months she ousted the previous chief over handling of the most destructive wildfire in the city’s history

Events

3 w. ago Broken promises and political crises: how Emmanuel Macron fell from French favour

The president is seen to have accelerated the financial crisis, social inequalities and the rise of the far rightEurope live – latest updatesThree French governments have collapsed in less than a year, and the political crisis looks likely to continue, overshadowing Emmanuel Macron’s last 18 months in power and his domestic legacy.This week, the latest minority government narrowly survived its first vote of no confidence. But it remains the weakest cabinet in decades and could be toppled at any moment if opposition parties join together to oust it. France faces a brutal two-month battle in parliament to achieve what once seemed the most basic element of governance: passing a budget. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mongolian PM steps down after losing support of country’s parliament

A majority of politicians voted to oust Mongolian prime minister just four months after he took office

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3 w. ago Mongolia's leader ousted after 4 months in ruling party feud

Mongolia’s parliament has ousted Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav in a power struggle within the ruling party

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3 w. ago Mongolian PM steps down after losing support of country’s parliament – report

A majority of politicians voted to oust Mongolian prime minister just four months afte he took office

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3 w. ago Majorca in major tourism crackdown with ban on party boats among strict rules

The much-loved Spanish resort will ban party boats, youth hostels and more tourist rentals as the crackdown comes following protests against over-tourism earlier this year

Society

3 w. ago Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers

The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the momentIn early August, dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Illinois, denying Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps projected to give the party as many as five additional seats. Their absence paralyzed the state legislature, turning a walkout into political resistance and drawing national attention.As the standoff dragged on, Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, offered an unorthodox countermove: a proposal to suspend his state’s independent redistricting commission and draw maps designed to hand Democrats a comparable advantage. He unveiled the plan with spectacle, mimicking Donald Trump’s signature style through all-caps declarations, a mocking nickname for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (“KaroLYIN”) and AI-generated celebrity endorsements.Ryan W Powers is a legal analyst who writes a weekly newsletter on democracy, dissent and the ...

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