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Europe’s chief: France or Britain?

Power abhors a vacuum, and Europe’s is growing louder by the day. As the US turns inward and Russia pushes outward, the question.

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Viewpoint World Affairs

“Make the Commonwealth Great Again?”

Donald Trump has done it again. Conjured a headline so outrageous it sounds like it was written by The Onion (America’s attempt at.

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Govt: £2bn for affordable housing

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement later today, the government has announced an extra £2 billion to support affordable and social housing schemes..

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Self-defeating war on non-doms

Britain, in its infinite wisdom, has finally stood up to the non-doms. The message? “Take your billions, your ballet funding, your school endowments,.

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Bombshell blunder by Trump team

In a revelation that stunned both security experts and seasoned spin doctors, top US officials – including the Vice-President and Defence Secretary –.

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1.2m worse off after welfare changes 

The Resolution Foundation think-tank estimated that the government’s proposed changes to the benefit system will leave as many as 1.2 million people £4,300.

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War on bats, newts and clipboards

In a bold act of 21st-century conservation, the UK government has chosen to preserve nature by… bulldozing it. That’s right – ecologists, brace.

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Environment Politics Viewpoint

Reports don’t fix potholes

Talking a good game. Blagging. Spouting hot air.  Nothing is more infuriating than politicians and bureaucrats blame-shifting and giving breezy platitudes about how.

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Turkey: Erdogan’s rival arrested

The mask has slipped in Ankara. And in its place? A performance of power so brazen, it barely pretends to be anything else..

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Canada election: Carney in poll

Canadians will vote in a General Election on April 28 – and what once looked to be a forgone conclusion is now wide.

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