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    Labour to promise law to ensure international aid tackles climate crisis

    Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email A Labour government would pass a law to require the UK’s overseas aid spending to prioritise action to tackle the climate crisis, The Independent can reveal. In a speech to Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool […] More

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    Tory donor makes huge profits from falling pound

    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 Conservative party donor Crispin Odey is among those enjoying huge profits from the fall in the pound amid the market turmoil sparked by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget. Electoral Commission records show […] More

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    Albanian asylum seekers will not be fast-tracked for deportation in Home Office U-turn

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Home Office has admitted that Albanian asylum-seekers cannot be fast-tracked for deportation despite Priti Patel’s promise to “speed up” their removal. In an abrupt U-turn, Home Office lawyers have conceded that the […] More

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    Markets treating UK like ‘developing country’ after Kwarteng budget, warns ex-US Treasury chief

    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 Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers has said that he did not expect markets to “get so bad so fast” following chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s “utterly irresponsible” mini-Budget. The senior figure […] More

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    What time is Sir Keir Starmer’s speech today?

    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 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will address his party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday 27 September, taking to the stage at the Arena and Convention Centre at King’s Dock at […] More