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Starmer calls it slashing ‘red tape’. In fact, he’s just capitulating to big business

Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson

The Guardian - UK

Elton John on the keyboard geniuses who blew his mind: ‘With Zoot, you were in for a party’

Why do Britain’s guitar heroes become household names – yet its piano and organ players don’t? Let’s end this injustice, writes Elton John, as he pays tribute to all those thrilling showmen eternally confined to the wings

The Guardian - UK

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Keir Starmer's prosperity plan for Britain is lacking some vital ingredients

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Evening Standard

‘We do not pay reparations’: Starmer rejects slavery atonement bid ahead of Commonwealth summit

Sir Keir Starmer has set out the Labour government’s position on the slavery reparations ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this month

The Independent UK

Brexit reset with EU will trigger worldwide ‘arms race’ to give UK better deals, Starmer told

Labour prime minister has promised to fix Britain’s damaged relationship with the European Union

The Independent UK

UK ‘dangerously underprepared’ for future energy crisis and price spikes, experts warn

Weaknesses in Britain’s energy system were laid bare during the crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Energy Crisis Commission found

The Independent UK

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Commonwealth slavery reparations debate: What could the UK be asked to pay?

Reparations is expected to be a key talking point in Samoa

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry

Former Russian spy says he ‘never thought the Russian regime would try to murder me in Great Britain’

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves boosts big business as she caps corporation tax at 25% and woos investment in Britain

Fourth big tax freeze as chancellor makes bold offer to attract top global firms to UK

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Afghan commandos to be brought to Britain as minister finally admits troops were employed by UK

Ministry of Defence review admits some Afghan soldiers rejected for UK relocation were directly employed by the UK after The Independent revealed their fate at the hands of the Taliban

The Independent UK

Why is Halloween suddenly so big in Britain?

It used to mean a few kids throwing bedsheets over their heads in exchange for sweets. Nowadays, any gathering between September and Christmas is an excuse for fancy dress, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The investment summit should be a chance to bring back investors but it's shown up government incompetence

This should be an opportunity for global investors to see Britain at its best; if not, they’ll go elsewhere

Evening Standard

America’s Cup 2024: New Zealand take 4-0 lead over Britain in first-to-seven series – as it happened

Though the contest was the closest of the regatta, the result was the same: a New Zealand victory, and they now lead Great Britain 4-0 in a race to seven

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Where is the UK investment summit? Sir Keir Starmer to welcome CEOs to London with King to give reception

Investment in the UK will be on the agenda, with speakers from the NHS, Google and numerous insurance companies

The Independent UK

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing billions of pounds in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences and infrastructure at a business summit

International Business Times

Starmer Vows To Cut Red Tape As He Urges Foreign Investors To 'Back' UK

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday told global business leaders it was "time to back Britain", as he hosted a major summit aimed at securing much-needed funds to fuel economic growth after post-Brexit chaos.

The Independent UK

How to book a Covid vaccination and who is eligible to get the jab?

Covid hospital cases from new variant XEC have surged across Britain at an ‘alarming’ rate

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‘Now I only do dick jokes when I want to’: how Texan standup Kemah Bob found freedom in Britain

Their Miss Fortunate show – which takes in bipolar disorder, financial ruin and a shocking scamming in Thailand – will ‘take the charge paddles to the chest’ of a comedy career that began with an eye-gouging

The Guardian - UK

Over £60bn of pledges announced at UK’s investment summit – as it happened

Chancellor says £60bn of investment has been announced at summit, showing confidence in UK economy

The Guardian - UK

In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it?

The Dutch prison population has fallen by more than 40% – and awareness of the harms of harsh sentencing could explain why, says Dutch writer and journalist Renate van der Zee

The Independent UK

Starmer vows bonfire of red tape to get Britain building ahead of investment summit

Sir Keir Starmer is pledging to ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’ and ensure regulators prioritise economic growth in their decision-making

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer vows to rip up investment red-tape as PM woos business leaders at London summit

The Prime Minister makes his ‘pitch for Britain’ as he seeks to fire up the UK’s economic growth

The Guardian - UK

Starmer walks fine line between needs of big business and those of working people

There is discomfort in Labour’s ranks over way forward as PM prepares to welcome powerful financiers to London investment summit

The Guardian - UK

For Britain, Chagos is not the same as Gibraltar or the Falklands

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’s call for Britain, having ceded the Chagos Islands, to abandon its imperial delusions

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