Politics

The Welsh government has set out plans to ban greyhound racing. Deputy first minister Huw Irranca-Davies told the Senedd on Tuesday that now was “the right time to ban greyhound racing” in the nation. Mr Irranca-Davies, who is also the climate change and rural affairs secretary, said the government was proud that Wales was “the
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Has Sir Keir Starmer raised his game at Prime Minister’s Questions? Suddenly, he’s less wooden, robotic and lawyerly and much more aggressive against the Conservatives and Reform UK. It has been noticeable in the past few weeks how he’s taken the gloves off in his attacks on Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The new style
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👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈       Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Overnight, US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into America would come into affect “soon”. Sam and Anne
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Margaret Thatcher died on 8 April 2013. But the UK’s longest-serving post-war prime minister still casts a long shadow over politics today, more than a decade later. Only last week the Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer cited her example in support of his deregulation plans. “In the 1980s, the Thatcher government deregulated finance capital…,”
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Millions of people face council tax hikes over normal thresholds after the government allowed six areas to boost rates above the usual 5%. More than two million people will be hit by increases of between 5 and 10%. Windsor and Maidenhead Council wanted to increase council tax by 25% but the plan was blocked –
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👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 The chancellor was trying to channel Love Island when she announced her plans for growth this week. But are her new ideas actually the “bombshell” her advisers hope they’ll be? Can they get everyone’s attention? And will the strategy be enough for
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The alleged Chinese spy who became a “close confidant” of Prince Andrew met two prime ministers, photos seen by Sky News show. The businessman, known as ‘H6’ for legal reasons, has been pictured alongside former Tory leaders David Cameron and Theresa May. There is no suggestion either of them were aware of his reported links
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Government plans to boost prison capacity could cost billions more than estimated and fall short by thousands of cell spaces, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) said current plans to expand prisons are “insufficient to meet future demand”, with a projected shortage of 12,400 prison places by the end of 2027.
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Non-crime hate incidents guidance needs to be urgently changed because officers are “not the thought police”, the shadow home secretary has said. Chris Philp told a major policing conference that the police should “apply common sense and not waste time and resources” investigating incidents unless there is “an imminent risk of criminality”. He said forces
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