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Is it time the UK introduced mandatory ID?
Today's Big Question BritCard could curb illegal immigration and welfare fraud but 'opens the door to the more extensive erosion of privacy'
By The Week UK Published
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Keir Starmer's first year: a catalogue of errors
Talking Point The Prime Minister cuts a dash on the international stage, but at home seems detached from his own administration
By The Week UK Published
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Labour's NHS overhaul: is 10-year plan just what the doctor ordered?
Today's Big Question Keir Starmer announces reforms that promise to move NHS in England from a 'sickness service' to a health system focused on prevention
By Genevieve Bates Published
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How will Labour pay for welfare U-turn?
Today's Big Question A dramatic concession to Labour rebels has left the government facing more fiscal dilemmas
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
Today's Big Question Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Keir today, gone tomorrow: is welfare U-turn beginning of the end for Starmer?
Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say commentators
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Labour's brewing welfare rebellion
The Explainer Keir Starmer seems determined to press on with disability benefit cuts despite a "nightmare" revolt by his own MPs
By The Week UK Published
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Is Rachel Reeves going soft on non-doms?
Today's Big Question Chancellor is reportedly considering reversing controversial 40% inheritance tax on global assets of non-doms, after allegations of 'exodus' of rich people
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Will the new grooming gangs inquiry achieve anything?
Today's Big Question Critics point to a previous inquiry's still-unfulfilled list of recommendations
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Five takeaways from Scottish Labour's surprising by-election win
The Explainer Result is a mixed bag for Keir Starmer but Reform UK remains ebullient
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Having a mayor: Starmer's struggles with devolved leaders
Talking Point Andy Burnham made public criticisms of the Labour government policies without specifically naming Keir Starmer or Rachel Reeves
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Angela Rayner: Labour's next leader?
Today's Big Question A leaked memo has sparked speculation that the deputy PM is positioning herself as the left-of-centre alternative to Keir Starmer
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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How the care industry came to rely on migrant workers
The Explainer Government crackdown on recruiting workers abroad risks deepening care sector crisis, industry leaders warn
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Is Starmer's plan to send migrants overseas Rwanda 2.0?
Today's Big Question Failed asylum seekers could be removed to Balkan nations under new government plans
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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