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Washington Post Boss Will Lewis Informed the Police on ex-PM Gordon Brown and Lord Tom Watson with Allegedly ‘Fake’ story
Lewis was allegedly trying to destroy evidence of phone hacking to save Murdoch and his top executive Rebekah Brooks from police prosecution, Byline Investigates and Yellow Press reported on Monday
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A Week After Joe Biden Stepped Aside, Here’s What the Polls Show in the Race Between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Polling from many different sources shows a shift towards Harris as America moves into “uncharted territory” that has “no modern historical parallel”
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Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: ‘They see you and They Target you’
Estimates suggest that 50 people have been killed or injured in targeted drone attacks in the last two months, and left Kherson residents scared to leave their homes
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‘The Two-Child Benefit Cap is More About Race Than Poverty and not Scrapping it Signals a Dangerous Turn in British Politics’
While the current debate has focused on the 350,000 children that could be pulled out of poverty if the policy were scrapped, it paints an incomplete picture
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World Temperature Records Demonstrate Urgent Need to Speed Up Climate Action as We Enter ‘Truly Uncharted Territory’
“Forget 1.5C and 2C. Let’s hope – if we fight really hard – we can keep the rise this side of 3C.”
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Conservative Barrister Geoffrey Cox Lambasted for Earning Millions in Outside Work as MPs Debate Second Jobs
The Commons has agreed a clamp down on MPs’ lobbying gigs, with further action promised on second jobs
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Venezuelan Diaspora Return Home to Vote in Presidential Elections Amid Hopes Nicolás Maduro will be Defeated
Venezuela’s main electoral body and diplomatic services have been accused of creating unprecedented obstacles to stop people from voting, as polls show the country could be destined for new leadership
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Cambridge Students Vow ‘More Protests’ After University Decides to Accept ‘Large Gift’ Donations from Fossil Fuel Companies
The University overruled its temporary ban on fossil fuel cash with a new policy which could see it take multi-million-pound gifts from the industry
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Mine Clearing In Ukraine: ‘Children Bring Them Home, Thinking They are Toys, and They Explode’
The international de-mining organisation, HALO, estimates that up to two million landmines may have been laid across Ukraine since February 2022 – the explosive devices set up as traps to injure and kill anyone who unwittingly triggers them
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‘The Withdrawal of the Black Sea Fleet From Crimea is a Major Blow to Vladimir Putin’s Strongman Aura’
During the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia’s prized fleet has been decimated, with one-third of its naval vessels either sunk or damaged
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Children’s Special Needs System ‘Broken’ – With a Quarter of Councils Facing Bankruptcy by 2026, Report Finds
Councils are struggling to cope with a huge rise in demand while standards in reading, writing, and mathematics have either stagnated or fallen during the past decade
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MPs to Debate Clampdown on Second Jobs, Amid Demand for Tough Overhaul of Lobbying Gigs and Gifts
The Government is set to address the potential conflicts of interests around moonlighting MPs, with campaigners believing urgent action is required
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It’s Not Just the Two-Child Limit: Another Controversial Welfare Policy Hitting Hundreds of Thousands of Families
Amid a Labour rebellion over the two-child welfare cap, new figures reveal the number of families still hit by the Coalition Government-era housing policy
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Beyond Trumpland: What a Second Trump Presidency Means for Moscow’s ‘Forever Wars’
Experts say Donald Trump’s fiery brand of boardroom geopolitics would have disastrous consequences even beyond the theatre of Russia’s active conflict with Ukraine
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Keir Starmer’s Suspension of Seven Labour MPs for Voting to Scrap the Two Child Benefit Cap is the Politics of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings
Some Labour MPs are furious about the “draconian” treatment of those who voted to lift children out of poverty
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Sunak’s Government Did Not Know How Schools Spent £9.2 Billion a Year Allocated to Help Disadvantaged Children
‘There has been a lack of sustained progress by government in reducing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers’, a new report by the National Audit Office has found
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Urgent Review of ‘Racist’ Met Police Unit Needed to Avoid Riots, Says Prominent Black Former Officer
The North Area Basic Command Unit – which encompasses Enfield and Haringey, two of the most ethnically diverse areas of London – has a long history of racial incidents by its employees
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Labour Government Set to Defend Rishi Sunak’s ‘Weak’ Climate Adaptation Plan in Court
Campaigners are challenging the Government’s ‘inherited’ strategy to protect the UK from extreme weather
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Chris Packham Slams ‘Sickening’ Media and Met Police Over Just Stop Oil Case – And Urges Government to Repeal Law Before Protests ‘Escalate’
‘The lack of perspective that’s generated by the mainstream press and the lack of reasonable accounting for mainstream news media this week has been simply appalling’
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‘Biden’s Exit Is A Boon for the Young in America’s Intergenerational Political Battle for Its Democratic Soul’
America has a gerontocracy problem – in acknowledging it, President Joe Biden has shifted the political battleground against the far-right, writes Matt Gallagher
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Another Report Finds Voter ID Law Likely to Have Disenfranchised Hundreds of Thousands in UK General Election
Nearly half of those turned away on 4 July appear to be non-white, according to observers
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Government May Fight Human Rights Group And Defend Suella Braverman’s Anti-Protest Law in Court
New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has a decision to make over the weekend
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The Blue Wall’s Green Revolt: Conservative Support Eroded in Election Due To Weakening Climate Commitments
Almost half of voters in the 251 seats lost by the Conservatives in the 2024 General Election believed that the Government should not have abandoned its net zero policy commitments
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COVID Inquiry: What Went Wrong – From Planning for the Wrong Pandemic to a Failure to Make Any Economic Strategy
A damning first report from the COVID Inquiry reveals how three successive Health and Social Care Secretaries failed to put a plan in place to handle the crisis that struck
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Climate Report Reveals Two-Thirds of Necessary UK Emissions Reductions Required By 2030 Are Not Covered by Policy Plans
A report by the Climate Change Committee shows just how much action the new Labour Government needs to take to achieve the country’s targets
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Tell MAMA: Why Is Government-Funded Group Under-Reporting Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes by More than 90%?
In part two of his investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a Government-funded organisation provides a statistically distorted picture of the national crisis of anti-Muslim hate crimes
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Second Jobs and Rail Nationalisation: Labour Sets Out its Plans for First Few Weeks in Power
Keir Starmer’s party has just set our Parliament’s agenda for the first time in nearly 15 years
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JD Vance and the Radicalisation of the Right
Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, used to be a harsh critic of the former US president – now he’s a “dutiful ventriloquist of the Trumpian gospel”. Here’s what happened
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Government-Funded Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Monitor Accused of Focusing on ‘Extremism’
In the first part of this two part investigation, Members of the House of Lords question Tell MAMA’s transparency and governance. The organisation stands by its work.
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The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
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Andy Burnham Says ‘Lords Reform is Urgent’ as he Slams Unequal Representation as an ‘Outrage’
The Greater Manchester Mayor has called for a “rewiring” of British democracy ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s King’s Speech
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Reform MP James McMurdock ‘Lied’ to Voters, Former Colleague Alleges
James McMurdock’s LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details “roles at prestigious institutions” – a former colleague tells a very different story
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Met Apologises for ‘Racist’ Social Media Post That ‘Shocked’ National Black Police Association
Social media users branded the post “outrageous” and it was slammed by the National Black Police Association
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Keir Starmer Urged to Work With Leaders in Governance and Transparency to ‘Rebuild Public Trust’
A letter, coordinated by the UK Open Government Network, has been sent to the Prime Minister offering him support and requesting a meeting
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The Trump Assassination Attempt: Myths, Urban Legends and General Ignorance
Dan Kaszeta, who planned a number of protective advances and protection missions for the United States Secret Service, explores the challenges of USSS protection
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‘What Modi’s Moscow Meeting was Really About and why the West Must act to Stop Putin From Expanding his Influence’
Vladimir Putin seeks to build a coalition of nations that either support its actions or remain neutral, thereby undermining the unified stance of Western countries on the Russian war in Ukraine
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Why Armenia’s Latest Anti-Government Movement Failed and What South Caucasus Conflicts Reveal About Future of Global Politics
A charismatic bishop led thousands to protest the government’s handling of tensions with Azerbaijan, but experts say the movement has proven only a flash in the pan
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Failed Firms and CV Boasts – Little-Known New Reform UK MP’s Past Comes Under Scrutiny
Is James McMurdock a business super-star, or has he embellished his CV?
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Why Media Reporting on Rise of Far-Right in European Elections is ‘Breathing Fire in the Dragon we Have Most Reason to Fear’
Explained: How the media keep getting it so wrong
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Black Women Are Three Times More Likely to be Rejected for Jobs at UK Police Forces
During a three-year recruitment of 20,000 officers, police were able to achieve gender parity – but when it came to black women, ‘acute discrimination’ was clear
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Voter ID: Democracy Groups Urge Keir Starmer to Scrap ‘Voter Suppression’ After Long Queues at Polling Stations
“They seemed to be in complete disarray”
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‘Invisible’ Reform Candidates Could Have Swung Election Results in These Seats
Despite the candidates having zero online presence, many still garnered thousands of votes and may have swung close elections
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Reform Deputy Leader Ben Habib Ousted as Richard Tice Takes Over in Party Reshuffle
The parliamentary ‘entrepreneurial political start up’ has no members, and its shareholding structure gives Nigel Farage ultimate control
