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Trump tariffs would halve UK growth and push up prices, says thinktank
NIESR warns Republican nominee’s protectionist policies, including against Britain, would harm domestic economy UK growth would be halved in the event Donald Trump wins the US presidential ra...
Kemi gaslights UK with her shadow cabinet while having a laugh | John Crace
How else to explain Honest Bob Jenrick winding up as shadow justice secretary? Spare a thought for the losers. Not those like James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Steve Barclay. Or Jeremy Hunt and Ol...
What will the UK’s plan for clean energy by 2030 mean for the industry and public?
Labour is relying on offshore wind and a move away from gas to make Britain a green energy economy. But the transition will not be cheap PLAN FOR BIGGEST ONSHORE WINDFARM IN ENGLAND ED MILIBAND:...
Senior Tories urge Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick to settle differences
Leader names rival in shadow cabinet but announcement marred by leaks suggesting Jenrick wanted bigger job UK POLITICS LIVE – LATEST UPDATES WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO KEMI BADENOCH’S SHADOW ...
AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK to help business users – with mixed results
Initial test run of GPT-4o technology can help with regulations but ‘cannot provide predictions or opinions’ It speaks a bit of Welsh, can recite the building regulations, refuses to say wh...
The Guardian view on Labour’s 2030 clean energy target: Britain should go for it | Editorial
As a new report makes clear, the timetable is dauntingly tight. But the potential rewards on offer are huge One of Labour’s first acts in government was to lift the de facto ban on new onshor...
The Guardian view on Badenoch v Starmer: tussling over a shift to bigger government | Editorial
This parliament’s real battle won’t be cultural, it will be over the size of the state Kemi Badenoch was still wooing votes from Conservative members last Wednesday, the day the budget was...
English universities could miss out on millions from tuition fee increase
Contracts with existing students that prevent changes may mean up to £2.5m less income, according to one institution Some universities in England could lose out on millions of pounds from incr...
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates says he’s been waiting ...for reply from PM about compensation delays – as it happened
Former post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandal Tom Tugendhat is one of two Conservative le...
Tube drivers call off planned strikes after ‘improved offer’
Industrial action by Aslef members threatened to halt all London Underground services A planned strike by tube drivers that threatened to halt all London Underground services on Thursday has be...
Martin Rowson on voting day in the US – cartoon
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Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget UK politics live – latest updates Treasury officials may have bro...
China blocking UK plans in Beijing amid east London mega-embassy dispute
Exclusive: UK rebuild of Beijing embassy held up as Angela Rayner faces fraught decision on Royal Mint Court site UK politics live – latest updates China is blocking requests to rebuild the ...
Who has been appointed to Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?
Mel Stride and Priti Patel take top jobs while defeated leadership rival Robert Jenrick also joins the new team Kemi Badenoch has now appointed her full shadow cabinet. Here are the people hand...
Kemi Badenoch appoints Chris Philp as shadow home secretary
New Tory leader sets out her full shadow cabinet UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has appointed the former policing minister Chris Philp as shadow home secretary and Alex Burg...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/05/kemi-badenoch-appoints-shadow-cabinet-chris-philp
A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable: they were wrong, we were right | Ed Miliband
Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note Ed Milband is secretary of state for energy security and net zero Labour fought and won the...
All these sad stories of the stricken rich prove one thing: Labour’s budget is on the money | Polly Toynbee
Rachel Reeves’s first budget has triggered a backlash – but only the wealthiest are being asked to pay their fair share Someone had to pay. Is this a “class”-based budget, the chancello...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/05/rich-labour-budget-rachel-reeves-budget
Hidden behind the budget is a terrible bombshell: billions in cuts for disabled people | Frances Ryan
The DWP confirms that draconian ‘savings’ are coming down the track. Are we a nation that will repair hospitals, but not help a nurse with long Covid? In the days after the budget, the head...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/05/tax-and-spend-budget-disabled-people-austerity
Ben Jennings on the US presidential election – cartoon
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Badenoch plucks Patel, Jenrick and Stride from the Tories’ tiny gene pool of talent | John Crace
James Cleverly has the right idea – sit tight until the new leader of the opposition crashes and burns of her own accord Just do the maths. There are 120 other Tory MPs from which Kemi Badeno...
The Guardian view on raising university fees: help for poorer students must be prioritised | Editorial
By ending the freeze, ministers will ease funding pressures. But student loans need further reform The announcement that the tuition fees paid by English students (but not Scottish, Welsh or No...
‘High energy, high risk’: Tories already wonder if Kemi Badenoch will last until the next election | Katy Balls
She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her One of the regular refrains from Keir Starmer’s team duri...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2024/nov/04/tories-kemi-badenoch-election
What would a Trump or Harris win mean for relations with the UK?
Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with Britain Early on Wednesday morning the results will start to trickl...
Finally, the end of ‘the British empire’ – and maybe an honours system a modern country can live with | Hugh Muir
Reports suggest King Charles would not object to a move away from awards with ‘empire’ in the title. Not before time Benjamin Zephaniah did it . So did Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Howard Ga...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/04/british-empire-honours-system-king-charles
The IPP sentencing scandal has left hundreds locked up without hope. When will Labour free them? | Francisco Garcia
England and Wales abolished these draconian sentences in 2012 – but our crumbling prisons still hold offenders trapped in horrifying stasis On a Thursday evening last June, I found myself sta...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/04/ipp-sentences-labour-england-wales-prisons
‘Nail in the coffin’: family farmers respond to inheritance tax changes
Rachel Reeves announced in her budget that after April 2026 heirs will pay tax when farms are passed on For more than 100 years, the family of 56-year-old Andrew Smith has had a cattle farm on ...
We’re supposed to ‘put politics aside’ to celebrate Kemi Badenoch – but how can we? | Nesrine Malik
There is a ritual of withholding all criticism when someone from an ethnic minority takes a position of power. That ritual has now become farce So here we are. Kemi Badenoch is the leader of th...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/04/kemi-badenoch-ethnic-minority
Ella Baron on global anxiety ahead of the US presidential election – cartoon
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‘We’re leading a horrible life’: the reality of living in UK asylum limbo
Three people tell of their despair and helplessness at being stuck in the asylum system for years The government has pledged to clear the backlog of 85,839 asylum claims in the hope of making t...
Budget and Badenoch: how two historic moments will redraw battle lines in British politics
Rachel Reeves’s high-spending budget and the new ‘culture warrior’ Tory leader mark sharp divide between government and opposition Kemi Badenoch delivered a sobering and uncompromising me...