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    Joe Biden is ‘anti-British’ pro-Irish nationalist, says DUP

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight DUP politicians have attacked Joe Biden as “anti-British” and pro-Irish Republican as they again resisted pressure to resume powersharing at Stormont. Senior unionist party […] More

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    Suella Braverman’s rhetoric on grooming gangs is ‘racist’, says top Tory peer

    Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using “racist rhetoric” by a top Conservative peer and former co-chair of the party. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi hit out at a number of […] More

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    Liz Truss to warn West’s high-tax ‘cartel of complacency’ is helping China and Russia

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Liz Truss will attack a “cartel of complacency” damaging economic growth – accusing Western governments of aiding China, Russia and other authoritarian regimes by refusing to offer tax cuts. The former Tory prime […] More

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    GCHQ spy agency appoints first female director

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain’s cyber spy agency has appointed a female director for the first time in its more than 100-year history. Anne Keast-Butler has been appointed to succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming as head of Government Communications […] More

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    Rishi Sunak plotting autumn 2024 election ‘after income tax cut’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is said to be plotting a general election in autumn 2024 after offering the public a tax cut and a boost to the national living wage. The prime minister’s allies have […] More