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UK relationship ‘isn’t taking up as much of our mental space as it was a few years ago’, says EU diplomat

The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule.

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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to reintroduce national service should the Conservative party retain power in the general election. Under Sunak’s proposed scheme, 18-year-olds would either spend a year in the military or one weekend out of every four volunteering.

One of the least spoken about shifts in English politics over the last decade is the move towards mayors. Starting with the establishment of the Mayor of London by Tony Blair in 2000, successive Conservative governments have created 11 mayoral combined authorities, each with its own directly elected mayor, since…

The first week of Britain’s six-week election campaign has seen frenetic activity but not much movement

Exclusive: Small ‘c’ conservative voters are switching to Labour in huge numbers according to a new survey for The Independent

Thinktank says proposal to pay for scheme by scrapping shared prosperity fund would downgrade efforts to level up country

The main talking points of the first head to head were taxes, the economy, immigration, education and the NHS