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The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?
Democracy

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?

Changes to the Senedd’s voting system will make smaller parties a bigger force in Wales. Here's what it means for Reform and Plaid Cymru
Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children's Bill amendment
Lord John Bird, photographed for the Big Issue in 2024.
Child poverty

Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children's Bill amendment

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts 'impossible to support', Starmer told by his own MPs: 'Cuts create poverty'

Starmer and Trump agree 'historic' UK-US trade deal. Here's everything you need to know
UK-US trade deal

Starmer and Trump agree 'historic' UK-US trade deal. Here's everything you need to know

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?
Winter fuel payment

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?

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'Labour has blown its first year in office': What Reform's local election gains really tell us
Nigel Farage
Politics

'Labour has blown its first year in office': What Reform's local election gains really tell us

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits University College London East as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
Artificial Intelligence

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs

'No more room for manoeuvre': Don't react to Trump's tariffs with more cuts to benefits, Labour warned
Donald Trump

'No more room for manoeuvre': Don't react to Trump's tariffs with more cuts to benefits, Labour warned

Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs will unleash a 'world of pain' on ordinary people, experts warn
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs will unleash a 'world of pain' on ordinary people, experts warn

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring statement

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?

Donald Trump's import tariffs could 'completely destabilise' UK's car industry
Donald Trump

Donald Trump's import tariffs could 'completely destabilise' UK's car industry

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: 'Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace'
Peace

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: 'Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace'

'Welfare not warfare': Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Disabled people protest benefits cuts at Downing Street ahead of the Spring Statement
Spring Statement

'Welfare not warfare': Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement means for you
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement to parliament
Spring Statement

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement means for you

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits
work and pensions secretary liz kendall announces her plan to 'get britain working'
Universal Credit

How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank
Harry Quilter-Pinner, director of IPPR
Think tanks

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel 'economically insecure' far more likely to switch parties
Politics

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel 'economically insecure' far more likely to switch parties

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Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'
Ukraine Kharkiv bomb shelter
Ukraine

Inside Ukraine's fight against homelessness after three years of bloody war: 'Peace is hard to imagine'

Brits don't trust politicians. Could a Welsh plan to ban lying in politics help turn that around?
Boris Johnson legacy
Trust

Brits don't trust politicians. Could a Welsh plan to ban lying in politics help turn that around?

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription
Lib Dem MP for Tunbridge Wells, Mike Martin
Defence

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'
Images of George Osborne and Rachel Reeves holding the budget box. Images: Flickr/ HM Treasury
Inflation

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'

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