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'No nice or easy way of doing it': Labour's small boats dilemma
The PM and his colleagues agree the illegal people smuggling trade in Britain must end - but there's huge disagreement over what should be done.BBC News - 21h -
Rolling blackouts plague Iran and some suspect bitcoin mining may have a role in the outages
Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businessesABC News - 1d -
Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up
‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects. The UK will not face blackouts under Labour’s proposed shake-up of energy ...The Guardian - 1d -
China Pledges More Stimulus to Shore Up Flagging Economy
At a meeting to set the party’s economic policy agenda, China’s leadership said it would borrow more and cut interest rates in a bid to bolster growth.The New York Times - 2d -
Labour plan for 1.5m new homes is not feasible, housebuilding firm says
Head of Barratt Redrow warns sector faces ‘national crisis’ due to skills shortage, ageing workforce and Brexit. Labour’s plan to build 1.5m homes during this parliament is not achievable because ...The Guardian - 19h -
Labour-aligned think-tank urges Starmer to set UK immigration target
The system would include sub-targets for different types of visasFinancial Times - 1d -
UK 'doesn't have enough builders' for Labour's 1.5m homes
Builders and developers say reforms are needed to recruit more tradespeople to build the homes being promised.BBC News - 1d -
Brian Kelly pledges to match up to $1 million in LSU NIL contributions with donation to athletics fund
The 'Kelly Family Million Dollar Match Challenge' is set to run through FebruaryCBS Sports - 1d -
Labour’s push for growth hit by latest fall in UK output
Weaker business and consumer confidence contribute to lacklustre economyFinancial Times - 1d -
Rolling blackouts plague Iran, some suspect bitcoin mining may have a role in outages
Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businessesABC News - 1d -
Fallout from breakdown of UK labour force survey spreads
Regulator warns that 14 sets of ONS figures can no longer be badged as ‘official statistics’Financial Times - 2d -
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Winners and losers of Labour spending review
Funding tug of war looms between Treasury and Downing Street as party’s political machinery tightensFinancial Times - 4d -
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Ghana's ex-leader is declared the presidential election winner and pledges 'reset' in a bad economy
Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of the presidential electionABC News - 5d -
Labour minister echoes Cummings with call to shake up civil service
Government officials appear to share some of the analysis of maverick former No 10 adviserFinancial Times - 5d -
Labour council leader quits over alleged sex messages to refugees
Police are investigating Edinburgh councillor Cammy Day following an allegation of inappropriate behaviour.BBC News - 5d -
Hit by blackouts Cuba’s tourism industry now braces for Trump
Cuba's hotels, already hit by power cuts, are now worried about Donald Trump's re-election.BBC News - 6d -
Police investigating Labour council leader
Scottish Labour confirmed Cammy Day has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.BBC News - 6d -
Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU
UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministersFinancial Times - Dec. 7 -
The week: Labour milestones, McSweeney and Reform
Adam and Chris look back at the political week with Tim Shipman.BBC News - Dec. 6 -
The Papers: PM's 'pledges' and NHS faces 'quad-demic'
Keir Starmer's "plan for change" speech and rising cases of winter viruses in hospital lead the front pages.BBC News - Dec. 6 -
Labour MP's family transferred farm before Budget
Questions are being raised about whether Henry Tufnell knew about farming inheritance tax changes.BBC News - Dec. 5 -
Cuba restores power grid and resumes planned blackouts of about 5 hours a day
After a nationwide blackout left millions without electricity for several hours in Cuba, the power grid has been restored, authorities said, adding that scheduled power outages will now resumeABC News - Dec. 5 -
The Starmer pledges that will be hard to hit
The prime minister has set out what's he's calling Labour's "plan for change" - the goals for his government to achieve.BBC News - Dec. 5 -
Judge Labour on six targets, Starmer says in major speech
The PM says the pledges, ranging from living standards to the NHS, will allow voters to hold the government to account.BBC News - Dec. 5 -
Legacy Act repeal doesn't match Labour pledge - MP
Sinn Féin MP says action to reform the controversial act is not what was promised by the government.BBC News - Dec. 5 -
Starmer, it’s all about delivering on those pledges
Labour’s biggest problem remains its promises on income tax, value added tax and national insuranceFinancial Times - Dec. 5 -
Oregon flips 5-star Ohio State CB pledge Offord
Oregon completed the flip of five-star Ohio State cornerback pledge Na'eem Offord Wednesday afternoon, gaining a stunning commitment from the nation's top-ranked defender hours into the early ...ESPN - Dec. 4 -
Michigan's surge continues with five-star Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng's pledge
Michigan adds a third five-star recruit over the last two weeksYahoo Sports - Dec. 4 -
Biden says 'Africa is the future' as he pledges millions more on the last day of Angola visit
President Joe Biden has pledged another $600 million for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administrationABC News - Dec. 4 -
Italy's Meloni and Hungary's Orbán pledge deeper cooperation on migration and Ukraine
Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni has met her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán in Rome, where the two discussed the situation in the Middle East, their support for a just and lasting peace in ...ABC News - Dec. 4 -
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Starmer refuses to repeat Labour’s G7 growth pledge
Prime minister will set new target on Thursday, as he courts investment during Qatari visit to BritainFinancial Times - Dec. 4 -
South Western Railway set to be first train operator nationalised by Labour
Next companies to return to public control will be c2c and Greater Anglia under UK government plansFinancial Times - Dec. 4 -
U.S. Steel shares drop on Trump’s pledge to block Nippon Steel takeover
U.S. Steel Corp. shares fell 7% in Tuesday’s pre-market trading session after President-elect Donald Trump pledged to block Nippon Steel’s plans to acquire the 123-year-old Pittsburgh-headquartered ...MarketWatch - Dec. 3 -
George Osborne is a walking ad for a wealth tax. Labour should target the inheritocracy | Polly Toynbee
‘Tax wealth, not work’ would be a powerful message for Starmer and Reeves – are they bold enough to pursue it?. Now he’s retired from casting millions of people into poverty, George Osborne has ...The Guardian - Dec. 3 -
Radical planning reform needed to hit 1.5m housebuilding target in England, Labour warned
Thinktank urges government to be ‘much more ambitious’ as actions so far are not enough to fulfil manifesto pledge. Labour will miss its manifesto target of building 1.5m homes in England before ...The Guardian - Dec. 3 -
Russia and Iran Pledge Support for Syria’s al-Assad Against Advancing Rebels
In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria. But it’s unclear just how much support Syria’s weakened allies can ...The New York Times - Dec. 2 -
German chancellor Olaf Scholz pledges €650m in military aid to Ukraine on Kyiv visit
Scholz said Germany was ‘strongest supporter of Ukraine in Europe’ and promised speedy arms deliveries. Olaf Scholz has met the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an unannounced visit to ...The Guardian - Dec. 2
