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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      News in-depthConfederation of British Industry
      Critics underwhelmed by CBI’s ‘programme of change’

      Businesses and ministers show little solidarity with lobby group after it publishes reform plans ahead of EGM

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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour to ban former ministers from lobbying for 5 years

      Party officials says move by Starmer is part of broader attempt to ‘clean up Westminster’

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson allies challenge UK claims on Covid messages

      Inquiry extends deadline for communications to be handed over after Cabinet Office reportedly says it does not have the material

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      UK trade
      UK has no plans to strike US trade deal during Sunak visit

      Britain’s prime minister to hold talks with Joe Biden next week

    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour plans to tackle housing crisis by forcing landowners to sell at lower prices

      Reforms would change valuation of plots acquired in England through compulsory purchase orders

    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      UK Covid inquiry
      Cabinet Office in stand-off with Covid inquiry over Johnson messages

      Tensions between investigators and ministers build as government refuses to hand over unredacted information

    • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      GMB attacks Labour plans to end new North Sea oil and gas licences

      Union says it would be self-defeating for the UK to abandon domestic production

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK
      UK police arrest man after car crashes into gates of Downing Street

      Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in his office at time of incident

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Labour to tackle immigration by ending foreign workers’ lower pay

      Starmer accuses government of having lost control of surging net migration into the UK

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      UK Covid inquiry
      Covid inquiry orders full disclosure of Johnson’s diaries

      Investigation into pandemic rejects Cabinet Office’s move to provide redacted information

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Brexit
      EU sticks with post-Brexit clearing trade deadline despite objections

      Brussels insists on wresting lucrative business from London as derivatives houses fear threat to stability

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
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      Sunak to consult ethics adviser over Braverman speeding claims

      Opposition says PM must establish whether home secretary broke rules in trying to avoid penalty points

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      News in-depthG7
      How Zelenskyy upstaged G7 summit to confront Ukraine doubters

      Ukrainian president defies host Japan’s expectations by timing attendance to ambush Brazil and India

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Zelenskyy seeks to win over Brazil and India at G7 summit

      Ukraine’s president targets Modi and Lula in call to global leaders to unite behind his proposal to end Russia’s war

    • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
      G7
      G7 issues strongest condemnation of China as it intensifies response to Beijing

      Concerns raised over ‘economic coercion’ and militarisation of South China Sea

    • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
      G7
      G7 prepares unified response to Chinese ‘economic coercion’

      Leaders at Hiroshima summit to unveil ‘common set of tools’ to increase security

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak refuses to say what number of legal migrants would be ‘acceptable’

      Ministers signal they would put needs of the economy ahead of election manifesto commitment to cut total

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      G7 calls for ‘guardrails’ on artificial intelligence

      Von der Leyen and Sunak among group urging greater oversight of powerful technology

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak rules out coalition with DUP after next election

      PM says he is ‘not interested’ in deal with Northern Irish party that propped up Theresa May’s government after 2017

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      G7 to impose fresh sanctions on Russian ships, aircraft and diamonds

      Hiroshima summit to be dominated by war in Ukraine and efforts to broaden curbs on Moscow

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Rishi Sunak to unveil semiconductor partnership with Japan

      UK seeks to reduce geopolitical risk by diversifying chip supply chain

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak distances himself from Conservatives’ net migration pledge

      PM implicitly blames Johnson for government’s failure to meet immigration target

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK inflation
      BoE governor admits UK economy suffering from wage-price spiral

      Andrew Bailey pledges to raise interest rates as far ‘as necessary’ to bring inflation down to 2%

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak open to following US lead over curbs on Chinese investment

      UK to discuss export controls on China with western allies at G7 Japan summit as Washington seeks alignment on new strategy

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s top union backer to urge Starmer to nationalise UK energy sector

      Unite says taxpayers would benefit from buying up Big Six suppliers, distributors and North Sea oil and gas

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