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    New Zealand PM Ardern caught name-calling rival on hot mic

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was caught on a hot mic Tuesday using a vulgarity against a rival politician in a rare misstep for a leader known for her […] More

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    EU reaches deal on Ukraine aid, tax on big corporations

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The European Union reached a deal in principle to send an 18 billion euro ($18.93 billion) financial aid package to Ukraine and approve a minimum tax on major corporations in […] More

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    Thousands of NHS appointments cancelled as talks fail to avert nursing strike

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Thousands of NHS operations and appointments are being cancelled across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, after last-ditch talks failed to avert the first nursing strike in a generation. Up to […] More

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    Labour says 30,000 NHS operations cancelled due to shortage of staff

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Around 30,000 operations were cancelled last year in NHS hospitals in England because of a shortage of staff, new figures show. Data gathered from freedom of information requests by the […] More

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    Steve Barclay accused of ‘belligerence’ after refusing to discuss nurses’ pay at strike talks

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Health secretary Steve Barclay has been accused of “belligerence” after refusing to discuss pay demands at talks with nursing union leaders, as the war of words over looming strikes turns bitter. Despite […] More

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    The Brussels corruption scandal is an extreme example of something very common

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Brussels is facing what could be its worst corruption scandal in years amid allegations that Qatar’s government bribed officials in the EU capital to win influence. Four people, […] More