7 h. ago NI First Minister raises concern with Labour Government legacy proposals

Michelle O’Neill questioned when the inquiry into the death of GAA official Sean Brown would start.

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3 d. 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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4 d. ago While the eyes of the world are on Gaza, Israeli settlers in the West Bank still behave with impunity | Ofer Cassif

As the harvest season begins, attacks on Palestinian farmers and their land are spiralling. The words of peace following the Gaza ceasefire ring hollowLast Monday, when the US president, Donald Trump, addressed the Knesset alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, my compatriot lawmaker Ayman Odeh and I raised a banner calling them to “Recognise Palestine”. We were brutally expelled by force from the parliament’s plenum, revealing the fragile state of the supposed “only democracy in the Middle East”. How can Trump and Netanyahu speak of peace in the Middle East without recognition of the people deprived for decades of their basic liberties and rights under vicious occupation?Nowhere is the deceit more clear than in the occupied West Bank. There, the words of peace are but a weak and distant voice, but the horrifying sounds of settler violence and terror still echo loudly. More than 30 occurrences of settler violence against Palestinians have been documented since the...

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6 d. ago The government cannot afford to limp on without an economic strategy

Editorial: As the IMF downgrades its UK growth projection for next year, it also predicts we will have the highest inflation of any G7 country. Ahead of a Budget that will doubtless raise taxes, it is time the prime minister made the case for what his administration plans to do to reboot the economy

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6 d. ago Supreme Court to examine Northern Ireland Troubles legacy law

The Government has brought a challenge to the UK’s highest court on aspects of the last Conservative government’s contentious Legacy Act.

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8 d. ago We’ve reached our limits on raising income tax in Scotland, says SNP finance minister Shona Robison

The Scottish Government has reached its limits on income tax, the Finance Secretary has said.

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1 week ago Households could lose out on £1,000s they’re owed by DWP as pension records may be DELETED

HOUSEHOLDS could be losing out on thousands of pounds of cash because of state pension records being deleted. Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has raised concerns that some records are being deleted, making it "virtually impossible" to correct past errors in state pension payments. Some pensioners have ended up underpaid due to errors with...

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3 w. ago DWP to scrap four key benefits by next March as Brits issued 'stark' warning

The legacy benefits are set to end as the Government moves claimants onto Universal Credit - people are being sent letters urging them to switch

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4 w. ago A glut of VIPs and a heckled minister see Palestinian flag raised at London’s newest embassy

Ambassador welcomes historic event with MPs keen to be seen but minister faces awkward crowdUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe flag-raising event to mark Britain’s recognition of the Palestinian state was running a little late at London’s newest embassy. Over a century late it might be argued.The formalities had been due to kick off at 11am outside what had been known as the Palestinian Mission to the UK but there was a problem: too many VIPs. Continue reading...

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