Keir Starmer
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Does the G7 still matter?Today's Big Question Top-nation summit has ‘lost much of its relevance’ in Donald Trump’s world, say diplomats ahead of annual gathering in Évian-les-Bains
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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Assisted dying bill: could resurrected legislation succeed?Today's Big Question Labour MP set to bring back bill that ran out of time to become law – amid talk of enforcing it with Parliaments Act
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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The UK’s new social media ban explainedThe Explainer UK will ‘go further than any other country’ in the world in limiting online access for under-16s
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Civil war in the UK: online fantasy or emerging reality?Today’s Big Question The Belfast riots are only the latest anti-migrant protest fuelled by social media – and the violence could escalate
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Why does J.D. Vance have it in for Britain?Today’s Big Question Vice president’s criticism of Henry Nowak murder is the latest act of ‘political opportunism’ against Britain
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Tony Blair’s ‘dramatic’ intervention: helpful or harmful?Talking Point Both Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham have accused Blair of failing to focus on inequality
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Judges and unduly lenient sentencesThe Explainer How much leeway does the judiciary have and can decisions be reconsidered?
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Net migration at new low – so why is immigration such a hot topic?Today's Big Question Despite latest evidence of falling migration numbers, debate around the subject remains ‘hostile’
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Is Britain becoming ungovernable?Today's Big Question Difficult trade-offs ahead require a leader who can ‘switch off all the noise and fixate on the real problems’
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Are gilt markets acting as ‘the UK’s political police’?Talking Point Bond markets smell a crisis from a potential lurch to the left in the Labour Party
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Will Andy Burnham win the Makerfield by-election?Today’s Big Question Contest provides a route back to Westminster but threat of Reform and dwindling Labour support make path far from secure
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Rayner, Burnham or Miliband: who will be the ‘stop Wes’ candidate?Today’s Big Question With Wes Streeting’s resignation, the door may be opening to one, or multiple, leadership challenges from the party’s soft left
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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What’s in the King’s Speech?The Explainer ‘Traditionally a moment for governmental clarity’, today’s opening of Parliament took place ‘amidst profound political uncertainty’
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Five moments it all went wrong for StarmerThe Explainer Winter fuel and welfare U-turns, national insurance hikes, Peter Mandelson’s appointment and disastrous local elections have brought PM to the brink
By The Week UK Published
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