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Government must empower UK crypto firms in global stablecoin arms race

UK right now: ‘Crypto regulation superhighway with only a few small vehicles in the slow lane’ The UK Government must work with private.

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Birmingham Politics

£651m into Birmingham’s local services

MP Preet Gill welcomes injection of public cash Birmingham is set to receive £651m in government money to improve local services, it has.

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Politics

Reform UK wins first Scottish seat

Reform UK has won their first seat in Scotland following the Whitburn and Blackburn by-election for West Lothian Council.  SNP come second The.

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Birmingham Crime Politics

Birmingham MPs secure uplift in community police provision

Preet Gill and Al Carns were among local leaders calling for action Birmingham is set for a significant increase in neighbourhood policing, with.

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Politics

Longstanding Labour politician Neena Gill becomes peer

West Midlands-based former MEP appointed to the House of Lords Neena Gill CBE, a former West Midlands MEP and long‑standing Labour politician, has.

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Politics Viewpoint

Reform’s £9m donation may turn the West Midlands teal in May

The game changes, suddenly Every election cycle produces a moment – the split-second when politics stops behaving normally and begins to tilt. Reform.

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Leadership Politics Viewpoint

Mahmood, Streeting, Miliband, Rayner?

The whispering is getting louder over’s Starmer future as PM Keir Starmer is facing the sharpest questions yet about his leadership. Unite and.

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Politics Viewpoint

Farage, Starmer and the polling panic no one wants to talk about

Something has shifted in British politics. You can feel it in the way Keir Starmer now writes to Labour members. His latest message.

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Politics Viewpoint World Affairs

Britain’s aid dilemma: Why are we funding nations that court Russia, Iran and China?

President Vladimir Putin jetted into New Delhi last week for a two‑day state visit, his first since the war in Ukraine began.  Prime.

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Culture Leadership People Politics Viewpoint

The rising big state

The quiet march of control Britain has always trusted its instinct for balance. A state strong enough to protect but restrained enough to.

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