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Burnham blames Brexit for ‘decade of low growth’ in UK
Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first statement to the Commons since replacing Sir Keir Starmer to blame Brexit as one of a “series of wrong turns” that has left Britain with a “decade of low growth”. The remarks mark a notable shift in tone from Sir Keir’s leadership, with Burnham framing decentralisation, public ownership…
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Private equity’s London takeover spree goes on – and the politicians ignore it
Bodycote, a Macclesfield-based industrial firm and the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and metallurgical technologies, has agreed to be bought by US private equity firm Veritas for £1.65bn, or £1.85bn including debt. The deal is the latest in a long run of overseas takeovers of FTSE 250 industrial companies, undermining the government’s stated ambition…
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Netflix Sets Trump Doc About Secret Plane Swap in Turkey
Netflix will release “The Decoy Plane” on 4 September, an instalment of its Instadocs series examining how the White House secretly swapped out Donald Trump’s aircraft as he left a NATO summit in Turkey in July. Trump was filmed boarding Air Force One but then left via a catering truck to another plane, while reporters…
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Nepal-China border flood toll mounts as Swalwell search footage emerges
Rescuers piece together the human cost of the Himalayan flood disaster despite one Australian survivor’s rescue, US solar savings prospects improve, a Montana step-uncle kills eight family members, and NSW quietly drops “toxic masculinity” from official language.
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Seething MAGA warrior hands astonishing gift to Democrats after Trump’s ‘shocking’ move
South Carolina Republican congressman Ralph Norman publicly criticised President Donald Trump for intervening in the state’s bitter Senate Republican primary, repeatedly calling the president’s involvement “shocking”. Norman’s outburst came as Trump backed Senate candidate Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, and it exposed rifts within the GOP that could hand Democrats an unexpected…
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Trump sparks midterm election chaos as whistleblower issues terrifying warning on rushed postal ballots
A federal whistleblower has warned that the US Postal Service’s new online portal for screening mail-in ballots is untested and could suffer “catastrophic failure” if brought into use before November’s midterm elections. The system is being rushed into service as President Donald Trump pushes for greater federal oversight of postal voting, a move currently tied…
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Vance calls Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed ‘evil’ at campaign rally
US Vice-President JD Vance branded Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “very, very evil” during a campaign rally for Republican rival Mike Rogers, accusing him of being divisive and linking him to controversial figures. The exchange has escalated an already bitter contest in a key battleground state, with Vance also warning El-Sayed to stop referencing his…
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Woke Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson launches latest ‘task force’ as key election pledge on housing flops
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has launched a new “housing production task force” after a promised plan to cut developer fees, one of her key election pledges, failed to materialise. Wilson campaigned on tackling affordability and housing supply, but new housing applications have continued to fall sharply, prompting criticism that her flagship policy area has produced…