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    Liz Truss and Joe Biden clash over economic policy ahead of US meeting

    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 Liz Truss clashed with Joe Biden over economic policy ahead of a meeting at the United Nations summit in New York, as the US president lashed out at “trickle-down economics”. […] More

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    Business energy bills could be capped from next month

    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 Millions of businesses across Britain are set to have their energy bills capped for six months from as early as October, as ministers battle to keep many afloat amid soaring […] More

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    Unions launch legal challenge against Tories’ new anti-strike laws

    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 Trade unions have launched a legal challenge against the government’s new anti-strike laws, arguing that they are unlawful. Ministers have changed the rules to allow agency workers to be brought […] More

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    UK boosts funding for crackdowns in Gulf states guilty of human rights abuses

    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 UK is quietly boosting funding to help Gulf countries condemned for human rights abuses improve “public order” and implement crackdowns, including on children. Saudi Arabia, which executed 81 men […] More

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    Channel 4 sell-off could be ditched, new culture secretary says, after protests

    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 controversial sell-off of Channel 4 could be ditched, the new culture secretary has suggested, as Liz Truss’s new government reviews its broadcasting policy. Michelle Donelan also said she would […] More

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    Rising energy bills ‘price worth paying’ for Ukraine support, says Liz Truss

    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 Liz Truss has said the soaring energy bills faced by Britons this winter and beyond are a “price worth paying” to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia and help secure the UK’s long-term security. The […] More