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A New York Times analysis of campaign finance data also revealed an influx of funding to Nigel Farage’s right-wing party from fossil fuel investors, climate skeptics, millionaires and billionaires.
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German far-left leader says populist splinter party will be forgotten
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Prominent political donor and attorney John Morgan launching new political party
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Populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance 'sweating' over knife-edge result
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First cross-party talks on social care reform postponed
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Reform reformed
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Labour steps up attacks on Farage and Reform over pro-Russia stance
Government targets party’s ‘softness on standing up to Putin’ to show Reform is out of step with UK public. Labour is setting out to increase its attacks on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK over its stance ...The Guardian - 5d -
Liz Kendall seeks to win over OBR with benefits reforms
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In Britain, a Fight Over a Film Studio Becomes a Test for the Economy
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Tax war brews over Britain’s charming little getaways by the sea
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