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40,000 new homes to be built on railway land across Britain

Platform4 has been created by the Government to ‘breathe new life into these spaces’, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said.

The Independent UK

Against the odds, Starmer has cleared the way to establish a state of Palestine

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By making Britain’s formal recognition of a national home for the Palestinian people dependent on the ending of atrocities in Gaza, the prime minister is taking a risk both in the region and within his own party – but for this, he deserves our unqualified support

The Independent UK

What has Starmer demanded of Netanyahu ahead of recognition of a Palestinian state?

The Independent looks at what conditions Sir Keir has set out ahead of recognition

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage and ‘lawless Britain’: dangerous hyperbole has real-life consequences

Editorial: The Reform leader’s summer campaign is a cynical exercise that will exacerbate social tensions and fuel insecurity

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump’s crypto push: Britain is right to say no to digital currency politics

Editorial: As the US president’s family profits from private money, the Bank of England is showing necessary leadership by rejecting the hype

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Why has it been so difficult for Britain to recognise the state of Palestine?

COMMENT: In the decades since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, the UK has broadly supported official recognition of a state of Palestine. So why has it taken more than a century for a government to sign up to it, asks Donald Macintyre

The Independent UK

Britain set for minor boost as world economy growth forecast upgraded despite Trump tariffs

The IMF said the global economy would be more resilient than it expected in May

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A year after anti-immigrant riots in Britain, many worry it could happen again

The killing of three girls at a summer dance class in England a year ago Tuesday, by a teenager misidentified as a migrant, triggered days of street violence directed at newcomers and minorities

The Independent UK

The cost of renting in Britain reaches record highs – but things might improve for tenants soon

The average monthly rent that a new tenant faces paying is more than £400 than it was five years ago

The Independent UK

Voices: Britain has no business laughing at Trump’s EU trade deal

COMMENT: Those who are crowing that Keir Starmer’s tariffs agreement with Donald Trump is better than the last-minute deal brokered by the European Union – and that this is somehow a Brexit ‘benefit’ – are deluding themselves: such marginal gains will never outweigh the lasting damage done by our leaving…

The Independent UK

Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists

PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others

The Guardian - UK

England's Euro-winning squad return home for more celebrations

England's victorious European championship squad returned to Britain on Monday to continue celebrations at the London residence of the British prime minister and along the streets of central London.

Radio France Internationale

Will of man believed to be Stakeknife will not be made public, High Court rules

Freddie Scappaticci was believed to be Britain’s top agent inside the IRA, which he always denied before his death in 2023.

Evening Standard

UK is stuck in a ‘debt doom loop’, says top investor

Hedge fund chief Ray Dalio warns over public finances, saying Britain will be forced into spending cuts and tax rises

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Tooren takes British Drag Racing victory in bizarre circumstances at Santa Pod

For all its orderly precision, drag racing retains a capacity for the occasional weird outcome. Round four of Motorsport UK’s British Drag Racing Championship produced a finish as strange as any. The Pro Mods were an extracurricular attraction at Santa Pod’s giant Volkswagen festival, Bug Jam 38, last weekend and…

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How automatic voter registration could redraw Britain’s political map

In today’s newsletter: From students to renters to low-income families, entire communities are underrepresented at the ballot box, but who stands to gain at the next election?

The Guardian - UK

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says

Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

Evening Standard

Driving test backlog ‘cannot get much worse’

Some 81% of driving test centres in Britain had the maximum possible waiting time of 24 weeks for a test as of May 5.

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The Independent UK

Driving test warning as top school warns situation ‘cannot get much worse’

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said in April the Government ‘inherited an enormous backlog’ but was ‘acting fast’

The Independent UK

New polling shows Reform is winning over Britain’s Christians

Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support

The Guardian - UK

Time over for banker remorse? Labour must beware relying on the City for economic growth

Financial crisis of 2008 should not be forgotten as reinflation of banking industry could hurt other priority sectors

The Independent UK

Voices: We can’t afford to let London’s ‘golden postcodes’ go to the wall

COMMENT: A slowdown at the top end of London’s property market is the latest indicator that individuals with a high net worth are hedging their bets on Britain, says Knight Frank’s Simon Gammon. The government can no longer bank on a globally minded minority to fund massive imbalances in taxing…

The Independent UK

How do Starmer, Farage and now Corbyn convince teenagers to vote for them?

The next general election presents a new challenge to the party leaders in Westminster – how to convince a new cohort of teenage voters that they should lead the country. With the voting age set to fall to 16, Harriette Boucher speaks to election strategists about what Britain’s political leaders…

The Guardian - UK

‘Unlike anywhere else in Britain’: in search of wildlife on the Isles of Scilly

Whales and dolphins may have proved elusive, but the islands off Cornwall cannot fail to impress with their subtropical plants and Caribbean-like beaches

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh University could unadopt antisemitism definition after report into its colonial links

One of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities is reviewing whether to launch divestment drive and drop antisemitism definition

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