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Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial welfare bill has passed its first hurdle in the Commons despite a sizeable rebellion from his MPs. The prime minister’s watered-down Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill was backed by a majority of 75 on Tuesday evening. A total of 49 Labour MPs voted against the bill – the largest […]
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Keir Starmer has offered Labour backbenchers a major concession over disability benefits in a last-ditch attempt to limit the largest rebellion of his premiership and get his controversial welfare bill over the line. Stephen Timms, the welfare minister, told MPs on Tuesday afternoon the government would shelve plans to make major cuts to personal independence
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The Federal Reserve would have cut interest rates by now if President Donald Trump’s tariffs weren’t so substantial, central bank chief Jerome Powell said Tuesday. Trump’s ever-changing tariff agenda has caused months of deep uncertainty for global markets and businesses. Many have struggled to make predictions and plan ahead for duties that have shifted, sometimes
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Tuesday she introduced a bill requiring Congressional notification of any major layoffs at the State Department and other agencies under the panel’s jurisdiction. The move comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated July 1 the deadline to dismiss 15
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Sam Francis Political reporter Simon Jones BBC News, South East Reporting fromDunkirk, France PA Media Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats – up 48% on the first six months of 2024. Just under 1,500 people have crossed since Sunday,
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In his first Canada Day address as prime minister, Mark Carney emphasized Canadian unity in a “changing” world. “One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, a few provinces bet on the idea that they’d be stronger together than they ever could be apart. They were right, and so they became a new federation that’s now grown
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened to have the Department of Government Efficiency re-examine government support for Elon Musk’s businesses, saying in a Truth Social post shortly after midnight that there was “big money to be saved.” “Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would
The chief rabbi has described the BBC’s response to anti-IDF chanting at Glastonbury as “belated and mishandled” – as the rap duo involved, Bob Vylan, said the UK government needed to talk about its “criminal inaction”. Sir Ephraim Mirvis said “vile Jew-hatred” had been aired at the Somerset music festival and it was a “time
Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol early Tuesday as Senate Republican leaders had still not locked down the 50 votes needed to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after more than 21 hours of voting. The deadlock in the Senate GOP conference is raising serious questions about whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune
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Will welfare bill go through? Pippa Crerar on latest state of play This is from Pippa Crerar, the Guardian’s political editor, with her latest take on the state of play ahead of the start of the debate on the UC and Pip bill. Meg Hillier, who tabled the original wrecking amendment to welfare bill, confirms