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26.02.2025

Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity following CDU/CSU election success– as it happened | Germany | The Guardian

Most likely next German chancellor warns against rise of far right and says he intends to form new government by Easter

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26.02.2025

Tax changes will force us to cut staff, say UK hospitality companies | Hospitality industry | The Guardian

Two-thirds of businesses surveyed by trade bodies say jobs will go as they urge government to delay changes

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26.02.2025

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says | Green economy | The Guardian

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

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26.02.2025

UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy | India | The Guardian

Business secretary says negotiations – now in their 15th round – are a ‘top priority’ for Labour government

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26.02.2025

Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support | Germany | The Guardian

Results show CDU/CSU will be largest party but success of Alternative für Deutschland likely to complicate formation of a government

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21.02.2025

Rachel Reeves accused of ‘cavalier attitude’ to expenses during banking career | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian

Chancellor and PM insist there was no wrongdoing after claims she was investigated for alleged misuse of expenses

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21.02.2025

Trump says he believes Putin ‘wants peace’ with Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns not to trust Russian leader’s claims – as it happened | Ukraine | The Guardian

US president makes positive comments about Russian leaders’ intentions as Ukraine’s president warns world leaders and calls for united position for talks

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21.02.2025

Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure | Competition and Markets Authority | The Guardian

Competition and Markets Authority announces plans for ‘step change’ after government calls for it to be less risk averse

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21.02.2025

Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’ | Reform UK | The Guardian

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Rupert Lowe recently fitted panels on his farm, it emerges, as Reform claims renewables are more expensive

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21.02.2025

UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs minister

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19.02.2025

Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap | Labour | The Guardian

Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speech

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19.02.2025

Some councillors in England could stay for more than extra year under shake-up plans | Local politics | The Guardian

Timetable for Angela Rayner’s devolution plans shows many new authorities may not be ready until 2027 or later

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19.02.2025

Farage laughs off question about Trump’s plan for Gaza, saying ‘casinos, nightlife … very appealing to me’ – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Reform UK leader says he ‘loves’ Donald Trump’s idea of displacing millions of Palestinians and turning Gaza into ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

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19.02.2025

Keir Starmer opts not to attend international AI summit in Paris | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

Exclusive: PM risks upsetting host Emmanuel Macron and missing chance to speak to JD Vance and Elon Musk

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19.02.2025

A middle path for ECB monetary policy

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.

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23.01.2025

Met Office issues fresh yellow weather warnings covering much of UK – as it happened | UK weather | The Guardian

Warning for snow and ice in place across most of south-west, north-west and West Midlands in England, Wales, western and northern Scotland and Northern Ireland

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23.01.2025

Emmanuel Macron joins growing criticism of Elon Musk in Europe | Elon Musk | The Guardian

French president accuses world’s richest man of intervening directly in continent’s democratic processes

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23.01.2025

Plan to cut waiting lists to be unveiled amid warning NHS faces collapse like Woolworths | NHS | The Guardian

Proposals to be outlined by Keir Starmer will offer patients 500,000 more appointments a year

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23.01.2025

UK politics: Yvette Cooper says victims and survivors panel being set up after child abuse inquiry recommendations – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Home secretary tells MPs that three recommendations by independent inquiry into child sexual abuse are being acted on by the government

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23.01.2025

UK firms plan price rises as confidence falls to lowest level since Truss budget | Economics | The Guardian

BCC survey shows growing concern over planned employer tax rises with 55% of companies planning to hike prices

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15.01.2025

‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders | Reproductive rights | The Guardian

Statement from 30 groups including BMA and royal colleges says current law is causing “trauma and cruelty”

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Myanmar and Thailand earthquake live: race to find survivors as huge rise in death toll confirmed | Myanmar | The Guardian

UK ministers and officials treated to hospitality 3,500 times in five years, study finds | Politics | The Guardian

Keir Starmer says all options on table in ‘two-tier’ row with Sentencing Council | Sentencing | The Guardian

JD Vance says Denmark ‘has not done a good job by the people of Greenland’ – as it happened | Europe | The Guardian

‘Cabinet no longer feels safe’: Labour MPs criticise briefings against female ministers | Labour | The Guardian

Myanmar earthquake: death toll rises to more than 1,000 as search for survivors continues | Myanmar | The Guardian

Trump ‘considering sanctions’ on Russia after bombardment of Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian

‘Don’t punish the vulnerable’: Labour MPs uneasy over planned welfare cuts | Welfare | The Guardian

Tory peer introduced PPE firm to government after Cameron text, Covid inquiry hears | Covid inquiry | The Guardian

UK Treasury ‘weighs up funding cuts at GB Energy’ in blow to Ed Miliband | Energy industry | The Guardian

Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy | TUC | The Guardian

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion | Low emission zones | The Guardian

Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russia | Espionage | The Guardian

Ex-supreme court judge says ‘arguable case’ Israel’s conduct in Gaza is genocidal | Jonathan Sumption | The Guardian

Watchdog recommends £2,500 pay rise for UK MPs | House of Commons | The Guardian

AI race must be led by ‘western, liberal, democratic’ countries, says UK minister | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

UK politics: Second Labour MP suspended by Labour amid offensive messages on WhatsApp group – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Waspi campaigners threaten government with legal action over compensation | State pensions | The Guardian

G7 nations still discussing joint statement on third anniversary of Ukraine war – as it happened | Ukraine | The Guardian

Germany: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe and calls for unity following CDU/CSU election success– as it happened | Germany | The Guardian

Tax changes will force us to cut staff, say UK hospitality companies | Hospitality industry | The Guardian

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says | Green economy | The Guardian

UK ministers head to India in search of trade deal they hope will boost economy | India | The Guardian

Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support | Germany | The Guardian

Rachel Reeves accused of ‘cavalier attitude’ to expenses during banking career | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian

Trump says he believes Putin ‘wants peace’ with Ukraine as Zelenskyy warns not to trust Russian leader’s claims – as it happened | Ukraine | The Guardian

Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure | Competition and Markets Authority | The Guardian

Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’ | Reform UK | The Guardian

UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap | Labour | The Guardian

Some councillors in England could stay for more than extra year under shake-up plans | Local politics | The Guardian

Farage laughs off question about Trump’s plan for Gaza, saying ‘casinos, nightlife … very appealing to me’ – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

Keir Starmer opts not to attend international AI summit in Paris | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian

A middle path for ECB monetary policy

Met Office issues fresh yellow weather warnings covering much of UK – as it happened | UK weather | The Guardian

Emmanuel Macron joins growing criticism of Elon Musk in Europe | Elon Musk | The Guardian

Plan to cut waiting lists to be unveiled amid warning NHS faces collapse like Woolworths | NHS | The Guardian

UK politics: Yvette Cooper says victims and survivors panel being set up after child abuse inquiry recommendations – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

UK firms plan price rises as confidence falls to lowest level since Truss budget | Economics | The Guardian

‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders | Reproductive rights | The Guardian

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