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Liz Truss makes Andrew Bailey look good, again
Dubbed the “plank of England” by one newspaper, Bailey hasn’t always been the most popular figure — but, perversely, criticism from Truss has helped.
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged amid SNP police probe
UK warns universities China could steal secret tech
US and UK impose fresh Iran sanctions in wake of Israel attack
Scottish government abandons flagship climate goal
Brexit: Brussels wants fresh talks with UK on youth mobility
Tory MP accused of using campaign funds to pay ‘bad people’
Israel-Iran conflict: Biden and Trump vie for answers
How will responses to the confrontation between Israel, its allies and Iran redefine the line that divides Donald Trump and Joe Biden? Host Anne McElvoy talks to …
Europe’s hard-right bags big win after ‘own goal’ by Brussels mayors
Conservative conference-goers emerge from NatCon after two days of defending free speech, attacking ‘Bolshewokism’ and watching Nigel Farage do Donald Trump impressions.
UK signals fresh curbs on China trade amid threat to national security
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden will take steps to deliver on pledge to Joe Biden to confront China trade quandary.
PMQs: Sunak and Starmer fight over who dislikes Liz Truss more
Liz Truss bore the brunt at prime minister’s questions
UK’s Jeremy Hunt: We have to spend more on defense
Britain’s top finance minister tells POLITICO “European countries” must step up — but he faces call to get U.K.’s own house in order.
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘make our own decisions’ on Iran after UK, German pleas
Israeli prime minister thanks British and German ‘friends’ for support – but country ‘will make our decisions ourselves.’
Greedy Belgian taxman should keep hands off Russian assets, West tells Brussels
Ukraine’s allies slam Belgium’s plan to take €1.7 billion in tax. Brussels says it will send the cash to Kyiv anyway.
Flip-flopping Tories freeze City of London’s green ambitions
Conservatives want to make electoral hay — but without the right rules and regulations, the City could fall behind.
Iran’s imprisonment of EU diplomat reveals new era of hostage diplomacy
Authoritarian governments have learned they can trade Western humanitarian workers and journalists for convicted killers and intelligence agents.
The real PM? David Cameron is shifting Britain’s stance on Israel.
The former prime minister has surprised many in his own party with his stance on the Middle East war.
EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns
EU leaders look set to focus on Iran — where there is little they can achieve — while still failing to flex real muscle against Putin in Ukraine.
Britain just agreed the world’s toughest smoking ban. Conservatives hate it.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to stub out cigarettes for future generations — but a chunk of his own MPs are railing against it.
Farage: Trump hates the EU so much he ‘makes me look like a Europhile’
The Brexiteer also predicted the former US president would return to office come November. “It’s gonna be so great.”
Liz Truss thinks the ‘deep state’ is out to get Donald Trump
Ex-UK prime minister has a warning for the man hoping return to the White House.
The impact of AI on disinformation and democracy
Why high-quality tech journalism matters to the 2024 global election cycle.
Liz Truss on Trump, Brexit and … fleas? 9 things we learned reading her new book.
Lettuce read the new tome by Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister so you don’t have to.
Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’
Ex-PM laments the fact her predecessor Theresa May wasn’t more ‘hardheaded.’
Ukraine backers blast ‘double standard’ after allies rush to Israel’s defense
Zelenskyy and his supporters ask: If you can do it for Israel, why not for Ukraine?
Europe argues — and prays — for a measured response from Israel
The U.K. and France are joining forces to call on Israel to show restraint.
New UK climate minister voted against key Tory green plan
Justin Tomlinson rebelled against government plans for phasing out diesel cars just four months ago.
Sack Andrew Bailey as Bank of England boss, says Liz Truss
Ex-PM describes the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility as a ‘three-headed hydra.’