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Healey vows to stick to fiscal rules in budget built on hope
Chancellor John Healey has vowed to maintain fiscal discipline whilst supporting job creation and economic growth in next month’s budget. Speaking at the Labour conference, Healey announced a new local apprenticeship service overseen by mayors and signalled significant welfare reforms designed to encourage employment and reduce the rising benefits bill. The speech marks Labour’s fresh…
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood accused of opening borders to large Afghan and Palestinian families as she restarts refugee resettlement scheme
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to announce the immediate reopening of the UK Resettlement Scheme, offering people fleeing war and persecution a route to permanent settlement after five years. The government says the scheme will be capped and controlled, and that communities must be prepared to welcome arrivals; the article reports that hundreds are…
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John Healey says Labour will stick to fiscal rules in first speech as chancellor – UK politics live
John Healey, Labour’s new Chancellor, delivered his first major speech at the Labour Party Conference, emphasising the government’s commitment to adhering to fiscal rules amid challenging economic circumstances. Drawing a comparison to a famous 2010 note left by Labour’s Liam Byrne, Healey acknowledged that the public finances are severely constrained and the Treasury lacks the…
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Workers renovating major city street stumble on ancient discovery buried 20 feet below
Workers renovating Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi’s main street, unearthed a collection of pottery approximately 1,000 years old during excavations roughly 20 feet beneath the surface. The discovery, which includes intricately decorated fragments, jugs and shards, is significant because it provides further evidence of Tbilisi’s rich archaeological heritage and its historical importance as a cultural and economic…
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Rahm Emanuel lays out five-point ethics plan, says Democrats should learn from GOP-led states on education
Rahm Emanuel proposed a five-point ethics plan for officials across all three branches of government and said Democrats should learn from education gains in Republican-led states. The former White House chief of staff, who has considered a 2028 presidential run, argued that both parties have made mistakes and that improving student outcomes should take priority…
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Documentary re-examines Pabst’s private life through his wife Gertrude’s story
Angela Christlieb’s documentary examines the private life of Austrian film-maker GW Pabst through family interviews, letters and photographs, placing his wife Gertrude at the centre of the story. It matters because it challenges the image of a celebrated director whose early films championed strong-willed women, revealing a more troubling home life. Pabst’s grandchildren recall him…
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‘Futurama’ Creator Officially Confirms the Sci-Fi Series’ Surprising 2027 Plans
Futurama’s latest Hulu season ends with an episode written as though it might be the series’ final one, because the creators did not know at the time whether the show would continue. The finale centres on Fry trying to find the ending of a film he was prevented from finishing as a child, while the…
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‘Rose’ Trailer: Watch a First Look at Sandra Hüller’s Next Must-See Performance (Exclusive)
Rose stars Sandra Hüller as a woman who passes as a male soldier in a small Protestant village after the Thirty Years’ War. Director Markus Schleinzer says the film grew from his research into historical cases of women living as men, which he sees as resonant with fears facing marginalised communities today. Hüller and Schleinzer…
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Trump schedules unspecified Oval Office announcement amid speculation over fuel exports and AI
Donald Trump is due to make an unspecified announcement from the Oval Office at 2pm on Monday, according to his public schedule, which gives no indication of its subject. A possible restriction on diesel exports has drawn attention as US fuel prices rise amid the Iran war, while his recent contact with an artificial intelligence…
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Royal Academy Riviera exhibition favours geography over sensuality and modernism
A Royal Academy exhibition on artists’ depictions of the French Riviera is criticised for treating the coast’s geography as more important than the sensual, idealised world it inspired. The reviewer argues that this approach gives neo-impressionists such as Paul Signac disproportionate space while marginalising Henri Matisse and the Fauves, whose work was more radical. The…