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Watch Rachel Reeves' major speech as chancellor lays out Heathrow plans

Watch as Rachel Reeves made a major speech on the economy on Wednesday (29 January), during which she pledged to “fight” for “growth” and said that Britain “can do so much better.”

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Watchdog probes ScottishPower owner’s £2.1 billion purchase of English energy firm

A probe into ScottishPower owner’s £2.1 billion deal to buy North West Electricity Networks has been launched by Britain’s competition watchdog.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 29, 2025

My winter campervan adventure in the Cairngorms, Scotland

A slow jaunt around the mountainous national park, on some of the highest roads in Britain, delivers dramatic scenery, frosty walks and ziplining after dark

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Starmer warned over ‘anaemic’ post-Brexit reset efforts in damning report

In a damning report to mark the fifth anniversary of Britain’s departure from the European Union, UK in a Changing Europe said it appears that EU policy is ‘peripheral to Starmer’s government’

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Braverman goes full Trump with appeal in US to ‘make Britain great again’

The former home secretary gave her latest anti-immigration speech in Washington DC amid speculation she could become pivotal in bringing the Tories and Reform UK together

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban

The EU and UK face their first post-Brexit legal showdown as the bloc challenges Britain's North Sea sandeel fishing ban – a minor environmental case with major political implications.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 28, 2025

AI Classroom Has No Teachers

Britain's first teacherless AI classroom underlines the potential benefits and risks of a UK government drive to rollout artificial intelligence in education.

International Business Times · Jan 28, 2025

Tories warn UK must halt spiralling net migration as population set to top 72 million

After the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said net migration will push the population up by 5 million from 2022 levels, Chris Philp said the ‘shocking and unacceptable projection can and must be stopped from materialising’

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Call for visas cap as UK population to soar by 5m people in decade driven by immigration

Data, released on Tuesday, suggests there will be 72.5 million people in Britain by mid-2032

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

The Green party’s time is now, but it needs to stop being polite – and start picking some fights

You only need look at its dire social media presence to see where this party, so full of potential, is going wrong, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025