33 h. ago The rural towns fighting for survival as New Zealand grapples with a growing exodus

Ruapehu is emblematic of question facing New Zealand: how to prevent rural regions – and the country at large - from hollowing outFor generations, two centres of gravity in New Zealand’s central Ruapehu region had enough pull to entice people to the area and keep them there: the mountains and the mills.Mount Ruapehu, the country’s largest active volcano, lured people to its snowy slopes for work and play, while the local mills – run by the region’s largest employer, Winstone Pulp International – kept generations of families in employment. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago MPs and peers must move out of Parliament so crumbling building can be restored, says Labour leader in Lords

Baroness Smith of Basildon said she backed a 'full decant' of politicians to another building to allow the multibillion-pound rebuild of the palace of Westminster to go ahead.

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1 week ago Labour's largest trade union paymasters 'move closer' to historic split from party

Senior officials at Unite are reportedly discussing whether to call an emergency vote to formally disaffiliate from the Labour Party in a move that would strike a major blow for the PM.

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1 week ago Get your house in order, Chancellor! Rachel Reeves 'faces £7,500 bill' to prevent her family home breaching Labour's own energy efficiency rules

The Chancellor placed her south London property on the rental market last year as she moved into Downing Street following Labour's general election win.

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2 w. ago Now Labour moves to ban wood burners? Starmer's government tightens rules on the fireside warmers as temperatures plummet for winter

Environment secretary Emma Reynolds said today that a new environmental improvement plan would set targets in line with those in the EU.

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2 w. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum but younger Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

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2 w. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum but Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

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2 w. ago The brain drain from Starmer's socialist chaos: Record 110,051 seek asylum as Britons leave in droves

Official figures on Thursday revealed an exodus of young Britons while asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration.

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2 w. ago Starmer faces backbench anger after ‘day one’ workers’ right U

MPs including a former employment minister have said the move breaches Labour’s manifesto.

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2 w. ago Keeping windfall tax was 'right choice', insists Anas Sarwar amid industry backlash

The Scottish Labour leader said the move allowed the UK Government to cut energy bills and reduce child poverty

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2 w. ago Escape from Reeves' Budget nightmare with our experts' definitive emigration guide: We reveal the best places for sunshine, big houses, high wages and top

We present the ultimate emigration guide on how to escape the Reeves and Starmer financial fiasco - covering everywhere from Spain and Croatia to as far away as Australia.

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3 w. ago Heathrow's £33bn third runway plan to move M25 gets Labour backing

The Heathrow proposals involve building a 3,500-metre runway and require a new M25 tunnel and bridges to be built 130 metres west of the existing motorway.

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3 w. ago Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spendingYou be the chancellor: play our budget gameRachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud at the same time as lifting the two-child limit for universal credit at a cost of £3bn, as ministers seek to head off criticism over rising welfare spending in the budget.The chancellor has made the decision to scrap the two-child limit in full, a move that will be welcomed by Labour MPs who have long highlighted its effect on increasing child poverty.Freezing income tax thresholds for an extra two years to 2030, bringing more people into higher tax bands as wages rise.Making salary sacrifice schemes less generous, including those for pension contributions.A pay-per-mile scheme on electric cars to help fill the tax gap from petrol duty as more people opt for green vehicles.Bringing in higher tax on the most expensive properties, including a surcharge on the highest-value ho...

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4 w. ago Commons targeted by Chinese spooks: MI5 warns MPs and staff to be on guard after exposing two women spies

In a move that makes a 'mockery' of Labour 's attempts to cosy up to the hostile state, MI5 took the unusual step of naming two female recruiters.

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4 w. ago Record number of Britons are moving abroad under Labour: 257,000 emigrated last year as Starmer exodus grows

Last year the number of UK citizens going to live abroad was 257,000 - far more than the 77,000 previously estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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last month Record level of net migration was HIGHER than previously thought at 944,000 but long

There was a higher record level of net migration in 2023. But vastly more Britons are emigrating leaving figures down over a longer period, the Office for National Statistics figures said.

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