Politics

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Inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to reshape decades of U.S. vaccine policy
A U.S. health secretary prepared to spend billions to seek a link between vaccines and autism. Vaccine skeptics shaping policy. A proposal to eliminate the entire federal immunization schedule for American children.
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Covid inquiry says Tory PPE procurement wasted billions and favoured politically connected firms
Tory ministers gave pals “favourable treatment” when buying PPE during the pandemic as Britain’s carers were left unprotected, the Covid-19 Inquiry has found.
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Reform proposal could jail candidates for using Irish, Gaelic or Cornish in election material
A Reform-backed amendment to Labour’s new elections Bill would see candidates who use the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish face prison time.
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Ed Miliband backs North Sea gas project to reassure markets over chancellor fears
Ed Miliband wants to approve drilling in the North Sea to calm market jitters about his possible appointment as chancellor and prove he is no net zero “zealot”.
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Disgraced ex-minister Louise Haigh becomes Andy Burnham’s closest adviser despite fraud conviction
Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary, was delivering a speech at Leeds City Hall on the day it became clear that someone was trying to snuff out her career. A story about her criminal record had been leaked to two news outlets.
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Erdoğan’s biggest rival faces 2,430 years in prison as Turkey’s crackdown deepens
There’s a Turkish saying, “Silivri soğuktur”: Silivri is cold. You’ll hear it from journalists, politicians and activists after they say something critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.
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UK faces legal challenge over asylum hotel closures after vulnerable families moved
Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved.
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UK locks in pharmaceutical patent protections under new Switzerland trade deal
The U.K. has agreed to lock in controversial intellectual property protections for pharmaceutical firms as part of a new trade deal with Switzerland.
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Farage turned down reduced security offer as MP safety comes under scrutiny
The Reform UK leader has long been vocal about the need for MPs to be served with greater protection amid heightened threats.
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Secret files show Blair pushed ahead with £20bn aircraft carrier project despite Treasury objections
Tony Blair’s treasury secretary Alistair Darling told the prime minister that buying aircraft carriers was a “political” rather than a military choice and would mean less funding for social services.
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Former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins sues Starmer over Mandelson sacking
The former top Foreign Office civil servant who was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson scandal has launched a legal challenge.
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Starmer bans Iran’s Revolutionary Guard after UK terror links
The UK government will ban Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) from Britain and proscribe it as a national security threat over “threats to life and intimidation on UK soil”.
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Finnish MP barred from UK after Electronic Travel Authorisation revoked over criminal conviction
Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland’s Parliament, says the United Kingdom refused her Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), forcing her to change travel plans and avoid a scheduled stop in London.
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Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after brief and sudden illness
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement released by his office.
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Trump subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One security leaks
The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.
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Albania spends $4.9 million on Ye concert as anti-government protests intensify
Prime Minister Edi Rama is under fire for deploying $4.9 million from state reserves to bankroll the controversial rapper’s Tirana performance—a move critics label a "bread and circus" plot to drown out weeks of fierce anti-corruption protests over a Jared Kushner-linked resort.
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Elon Musk’s family foundation funded Tommy Robinson’s trip to Russia, father claims
Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, according to the billionaire X owner’s father, who was with the British far-right activist in Moscow as he encouraged anti-migration protests in Britain.
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Nigel Farage’s Clacton resignation was part of a strategy to regain political momentum
When Nigel Farage landed in Britain on Monday from his trip to the US he was visibly angry and rattled as he confronted Sky News reporters waiting for him at the airport, accusing them of harassing his daughter.
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Andy Burnham open to backing new North Sea oil and gas projects
Andy Burnham is open-minded to giving the green light to more oil and gas licences in the North Sea in a bid to help reindustrialise Britain and boost jobs, LBC understands.
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UK court deals blow to Shabana Mahmood’s migrant deportation scheme
Shabana Mahmood’s one-in, one-out deal has been thrown into chaos after migrants successfully argued deporting them was unlawful.
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Trump reveals secret retaliation plan if Iran succeeds in assassination plot
Donald Trump has ’left instructions’ detailing the severe military retaliation that should occur if Iran successfully assassinates him.
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Trump’s stock trading exploded after court scrapped $500 million fraud penalty
In August, a New York appeals court delivered some good news to President Trump—and sent his Charles Schwab account into overdrive.
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Police launch murder investigation after Ann Widdecombe found dead at Devon home
Police have launched a murder probe after Ann Widdecombe was found dead at her remote Devon home – with cops hunting a “white male”.
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Rupert Lowe sparks outrage after calling Dunblane massacre "one murder"
Rupert Lowe has caused backlash after he claimed the 1996 Dunblane school massacre as ‘just one murder’.
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Virginia Giuffre’s family push UK Epstein hearings that could drag Andrew into public spotlight
The family of Virginia Giuffre are working on Parliamentary hearings about Jeffrey Epstein in the UK which could bring a new level of disgrace to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.