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Starmer orders King’s Speech for week after May local elections
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Six councils granted power to raise council tax without needing to consult residents
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has estimated that Wandsworth and Westminster councils would need to hike council tax by as much as 75 per cent to balance the books in the wake of government reforms More
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Interest rates live: Bank of England set to cut rate after inflation falls in boost to homeowners
The interest rate comes as CPI rates fell to 3.2 per cent in November More
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‘Clock is ticking’: Starmer tells Roman Abramovich to transfer money from Chelsea sale to Ukraine fund
Keir Starmer announced the move in PMQs, with the Russian billionaire still holding on to the £2.5bn he received for the sale of the football club More
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Voices: ‘We are slowly coming to our senses’: Readers on EU student exchange scheme’s post-Brexit return
Our community has hailed the return to Erasmus as a long-overdue win for young people and UK–EU ties, while warning it is only a small step towards repairing the wider fallout from Brexit More
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Watch live: Starmer faces off against Badenoch in final PMQs of 2025
Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces off against Kemi Badenoch for the final time this year at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (17 December). More
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Strike set to cost NHS £250m, Streeting says as doctors hit the picket line
It comes amid warnings of a ‘superflu’ sweeping the nation, with flu cases in hospitals in England at a record level for this time of year More
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Watch live: Wes Streeting grilled by MPs as doctors begin five-day strike
Watch live as Wes Streeting is questioned by MPs on Wednesday (17 December), as resident doctors begin their five days of industrial action. More
