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Badenoch pledges inheritance tax cut to woo back affluent voters
Kemi Badenoch has announced that a future Conservative government would abolish inheritance tax on family homes, alongside pledges to scrap stamp duty and mansion tax. The move aims to win back affluent middle-class voters who abandoned the party at the 2024 election, as Badenoch rejects calls to unite with Reform UK and focuses instead on…
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Britain’s billionaires flee; £1bn energy relief planned; Israel marks October 7
More than half Britain’s billionaire wealth has departed since Labour took power. The Chancellor plans energy bill relief whilst Israel marks October 7, a Scottish film challenges The Jazz Singer, and a Trump caricature adorns the European Parliament.
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Irish farming charity repays €109,000 in wrongly claimed Covid support
Macra Na Feirme, an Irish farming charity with around 10,000 members and an annual budget of over €2.5 million, was ordered by Revenue to repay €109,000 after it wrongly claimed government Covid-19 support. The charity’s tax compliance certificate was temporarily suspended, which prevented it from accessing public funds during the process. The enforcement action only…
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Israelis demand accountability over 7 October failures three years after attacks
Three years after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks killed about 1,200 Israelis and led to 251 hostages being taken, survivors and bereaved families are demanding a formal inquiry into the country’s security failures. The attacks have been described as Israel’s deadliest since its creation in 1948, yet no independent state investigation has been launched,…
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Fury at Trump’s midterms masterminds for cashing in on ‘random a**’ Putin ally’s election as Republicans brace for election bloodbath
Two senior advisers overseeing Donald Trump’s 2026 midterm operation reportedly received hundreds of thousands of dollars each to advise Republika Srpska, a self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, before its election. Their work has drawn criticism from Republican insiders because it took place just a month before US midterms, when the party faces a difficult…
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US justice department seeks to strip citizenship from 40 Americans in six weeks
The Trump administration’s Justice Department has moved to revoke the citizenship of 40 Americans in a six-week period, marking what officials describe as the largest denaturalisation effort in modern history. The agency is accelerating efforts to file 250 denaturalisation cases by the end of October—more than double the number brought in the preceding eight months.…
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Badenoch rejects Reform alliance and sets out Conservative policy contrasts in speech
The article argues that Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party conference speech marked a forceful break with Reform UK, rejecting calls to unite with Nigel Farage’s party and challenging claims that British identity is tied to being white. It says her comments on her mixed-race children and black England players framed the speech as an anti-racism statement…
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Sadiq Khan condemns ‘reprehensible’ actions of Israel in statement on third anniversary of October 7 attacks
Sadiq Khan drew criticism for condemning what he called the Israeli government’s “reprehensible actions” in a statement marking three years since Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks. He first remembered those killed and taken hostage, condemned antisemitism and pledged to protect London’s Jewish community, then addressed Palestinian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank. The attacks…
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Russia Launches 70-Missile Assault on Ukraine, Killing At Least 15 in Escalation of Energy Infrastructure Campaign
Russia conducted a large-scale overnight military operation targeting locations across central and eastern Ukraine, with approximately 70 missiles striking multiple objectives. The assault resulted in at least 15 deaths,
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Russia’s birthday assault on Kyiv; UK politics faces twin crises
Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint has died at 102. Russia’s massive assault on Kyiv marked Putin’s 74th birthday, whilst UK politics convulses over Scotland and Princess Diana claims.