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Jeremy Corbyn would be Prime Minister if this had been a general election – according to BBC projection
Jeremy Corbyn would be Prime Minister if today's local council results were replicated at a general election, BBC analysts predicted. The country would have faced a hung Parliament but with Labour becoming the biggest party on 283, gaining 21 seats. ...[Read more]
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When Even Legal Residents Face Deportation
In the aftermath of World War II, the British government invited thousands of people from Caribbean countries in the British Commonwealth to immigrate to the United Kingdom and help address the war-torn country’s labor shortages. Now, nearly 70 years la ...[Read more]
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Labour pledges free bus travel for young
Labour says it would give under-25s in England free bus travel in areas where local councils bring services back into public ownership as the party wants. The £1.4bn policy would be paid for by cash from vehicle excise duty currently earmarked for buildi ...[Read more]
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Syrian Army Captures British Militants in Eastern Ghouta
A number of British forces have been captured by the Syrian army during military operations in Eastern Ghouta, according to reports by local media. ...[Read more]
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Deaths of UK homeless people more than double in five years
The number of homeless people recorded dying on streets or in temporary accommodation has more than doubled over the last five years in the UK, the Guardian can reveal. With people found dead in supermarket car parks, church graveyards and crowded hostels ...[Read more]
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Labour election launch: Corbyn accuses Tories of reckless failure over police cuts
Jeremy Corbyn launched a scathing attack on local government funding cuts today as he sought to put the row over antisemitism in Labour behind him. Launching the party’s London local election... ...[Read more]
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Police cuts likely contributed to rise in violent crime in UK, leaked report reveals
Government cuts to the police “may have encouraged” violent offenders and have “likely contributed” to a rise in serious violent crime, leaked Home Office documents have revealed. The documents cast doubt on claims by the home secretary, Amber Rud ...[Read more]
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UK Authorities Unable To Prove Novichok Nerve Agent Was Made In Russia
"We were able to identify it as novichok, to identify that it was military-grade nerve agent," Aitkenhead said. "We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government who have then used a number of other sources ...[Read more]
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City of London to set up finance centre to help China’s new megacity
The City of London has set up a “green finance centre” with a Chinese partner to fund sustainable development projects, and the first beneficiary may be Xiongan, a district earmarked by President Xi Jinping as the site for a massive new city in northe ...[Read more]
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Rodent explosion: British Lab ‘accidentally’ breeds 180,000 mice, conducts unauthorised experiments
A British laboratory has bred almost 180,000 mice by mistake. It also performed unauthorised experiments on the creatures, according to a Home Office report, which highlights dozens of shocking non-compliance cases in UK labs. ...[Read more]
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London police fed intel to construction cartel to build illegal blacklist of labour organisers
It's been six years since investigative journalists published their expose accusing London's Metropolitan Police of colluding with the UK's construction cartel to blacklist workers who complained about unsafe working conditions, abusive bosses and wage-th ...[Read more]
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