Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
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How to cut Britain’s rising welfare bill
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How to stop the fruitless search for welfare savings
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House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown
House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a six-month stopgap government funding plan, that seeks cuts to nondefense programs while boosting funding for defense. The bill's rollout kicks off a crucial ...The Hill - 3d -
‘Gut punch’: Democrats decry Trump's plan to cut 80,000 at Veterans Affairs
Democrat lawmakers and veterans' groups are fuming over the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) plans to cut roughly 80,000 employees in the coming months, decrying the lack of transparency and ...The Hill - 2d -
House GOP budget plan would cut domestic spending by $13 billion
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As Federal Cuts Brush Against Private Sector, Should Your Company Make a DOGE Contingency Plan?
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US education department plans to cut half its workforce
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Met Police probe suspended Reform MP Rupert Lowe
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Lawyer probing Reform UK row contradicts MP Lowe
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Police investigate MP Rupert Lowe over alleged threats
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Heathrow looks at building shorter third runway in bid to cut costs
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GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs
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Trump proposes cutting ACA enrollment period, ending 'Dreamer' coverage
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Johnson, House GOP dismiss market turmoil in defending Trump tariff policies
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Co-op to stop selling suffocated prawns following welfare outcry
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Lutnick defends Trump tariffs: ‘This is the way you run the country’
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Stephen Miller defends Trump on possible recession: Not our job to make 'prognostications'
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Trump defends Amy Coney Barrett: ‘She’s a very good woman’
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White House defends Trump's tariffs amid plunging stock markets
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Labour ministers yet to hold talks over Abramovich funds
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Civil servants told to deliver or leave as Labour overhauls Whitehall
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Fifa accused of blocking labour inspection at 2026 World Cup stadium
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Starmer will not impose immediate UK counter-tariffs to US steel levies
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Starmer axes UK payments watchdog as part of anti-regulation drive
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