Category: Wales

UK politics live: Pat McFadden tells Labour activists they should not defend benefits system ‘status quo’ because it ‘writes off’ claimants

Work and pensions secretary says the current system is flawed because it consigns too many people to a life on benefits when they would be better off working‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour...

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New leader of Reform UK in Wales named after defeating rival by just two votes – UK politics live

Helen Jenner will be party’s new head in Senedd after a narrow victory over Jason O’ConnellHere are some more lines from Max Wilkinson’s speech to the Lib Dem conference this morning.Wilkinson, the Lib Dem home affairs...

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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot

In towns and in the countryside, I see SUVs and pickup trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s the Magafication of transportWhere is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour...

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Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – UK politics live

PM responds to criticism from former Bank of England chief economistWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy Burnham’s meeting with the Nato secretary general Mark Rutte later.Today I...

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‘I’m fearless. I was in a boys’ rugby team’: Slow Horses’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards on playing a cocaine-snorting spy

She has played rugby for Wales, is putting a Welsh spin on Princess Leia and is returning to TV screens as Shirley, the explosive, traumatised MI5 agent. Why is Edwards so drawn to liars, crooks and sneaks?There was a moment,...

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UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill – as it happened

In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, the Press...

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Westminster’s time is ‘coming to an end’, say first ministers of UK’s Celtic nations

Leaders in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland discuss independence and call for ‘constitutional change’ at summitWestminster’s time is “coming to an end”, the first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have said...

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Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill – UK politics live

In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, the Press...

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TUC leader calls for ban on crypto donations and says Reform’s £72m shows democracy ‘in crisis’ – UK politics live

Paul Nowak says the donations to Reform UK suggest that Nigel Farage is a ‘politician for sale’Downing Street has said that the plans to tighten the rules on donating to political parties set out in the representation of the...

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