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MP once on benefits calls cuts 'brutal' - but colleague says 'moral' case for reform

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/18/2025 - 02:23
A bill to enact cuts – part of a package aimed at saving £5bn by 2030 – arrives in Parliament on Wednesday.
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Starmer says he favours more 'transactional' approach to granting visas

BBC Politics - Wed, 06/18/2025 - 00:29
The UK leader is considering whether visas could be issued based on how well countries co-operate with the UK on illegal immigration.
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Starmer picked up papers to avoid security stepping in

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 22:22
President Donald Trump brandished a folder containing the UK-US trade deal, but the papers fell on the floor.
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MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 21:32
The vote to decriminalise the procedure is the biggest change to abortion laws in England and Wales for nearly 60 years.
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Starmer defends U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 17:28
The prime minister tells the BBC his decision to hold an inquiry was "practical, common sense politics".
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Trump signs order confirming parts of UK-US tariff deal

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 10:31
The pact between the US and UK means tariffs will be reduced on certain goods such as cars entering the US.
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Chris Mason: Tariffs deal a triumph for Starmer - up to a point

BBC Politics - Tue, 06/17/2025 - 05:20
The agreement signed at the G7 summit is limited but an achievement nonetheless, writes the BBC's political editor.
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Ethnicity of grooming gangs 'shied away from', Casey report says

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:54
"We as a society owe these women a debt," the report also says.
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Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:23
A national inquiry and tightening laws on the age of consent are among the review's recommendations.
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Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:23
A national inquiry and tightening laws on the age of consent are among the review's recommendations.
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Benefits reform must be pushed through, says PM

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 13:58
MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030.
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Benefits reform must be pushed through, says PM

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 13:58
MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030.
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MP pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:53
He is accused of two attacks on two separate women in August 2023.
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MP pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:53
He is accused of two attacks on two separate women in August 2023.
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Hospices are at centre of debate over assisted dying bill - what do they think?

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 05:30
As MPs debate whether to legalise assisted dying, we speak to those providing end-of-life care.
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Hospices are at centre of debate over assisted dying bill - what do they think?

BBC Politics - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 05:30
As MPs debate whether to legalise assisted dying, we speak to those providing end-of-life care.
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20th Century Radicals

BBC Politics - Sun, 06/15/2025 - 22:00
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use

BBC Politics - Sun, 06/15/2025 - 15:23
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels to house asylum seekers by 2029.
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UK advises against all travel to Israel as airstrikes continue

BBC Politics - Sun, 06/15/2025 - 15:19
The advice comes after an escalation in military activity between Israel and Iran in recent days.
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Grooming victims' concerns not dismissed, says Reeves

BBC Politics - Sun, 06/15/2025 - 14:07
She defends the prime minister over criticism he resisted calls to launch a national inquiry.
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