Starmer steadies Labour ship
‘Rumours of my political demise have been greatly exaggerated – for now’ For Keir Starmer, there was only one serious measure against which.
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Starmer revives digital ID
Labour pushes new scheme Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to introduce a nationwide digital identity system/ This is the first attempt to.
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UK needs factories, not spin
Britain won’t rebuild itself with paint and press releases I walked through town this week and saw another boarded-up shop. The council had.
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As JLR sinks, Ministers sip tea
Rudderless Govt dithers as West Midlands confronts real-life challenge Factories halted, supply chains collapsing, and all we get from Westminster is waffle and.
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The power of Dyslexia
The misunderstood advantage Dyslexia is still too often caricatured as a handicap: a deficiency to be fixed, a hurdle to be overcome, a.
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Time to reinvent state pensions
The broken promise The state pension is Britain’s proudest post-war promise: work hard all your life and the state will see you through.
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Vietnam freezes 86m bank accounts
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has frozen around 86 million retail bank accounts due to alleged non-compliance. This includes submitting biometric data,.
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Two states finally buried
Recognition that changes nothing The sudden cascade of Western governments recognising a Palestinian state has been heralded in some quarters as a breakthrough.
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Starmer running out of road
Keir Starmer’s premiership began with a promise to restore order, rebuild trust and deliver a decade of renewal. Fourteen months in, and that.
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Recognition now is stupid
Starmer’s symbolic flourish risks real harm Politics loves a big, theatrical gesture. But theatre is not diplomacy, and applause in the Commons will.