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Britain must not copy Italy’s inhumane migrant deals

Letter: Tim Naor Hilton says we should start providing safe routes for asylum seekers to prevent people dying in the Channel

The Guardian - UK

Peter Mandelson urges Starmer to recruit Nigel Farage to help woo Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The favourite to be Britain’s next ambassador to the US has called on the prime minister to take a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Donald Trump and Elon Musk

The Independent UK

G20 leaders’ statement ‘disappointing’ on Ukraine – No 10

Russia is a member of the G20, and minister of foreign affairs Sergei Lavrov has been at this week’s summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Evening Standard

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Government accused of ‘hammer blow’ to farmers as thousands protest in London

Farmers flocked to Whitehall to protest against changes to inheritance tax and other measures in last month’s Budget.

The Independent UK

Fact check: Videos of celebrities speaking about politics more than a year old

Social media footage promising takedowns of Sir Keir Starmer rely on out of context interviews from years ago.

The Independent UK

Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill

Minister says law change is ‘right thing to do’ while Keir Starmer gives strongest hint yet that he will vote for bill

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy encourages ‘winner’ Donald Trump to continue Ukraine support

The Foreign Secretary said the UK Government’s approach is ‘one American president at a time’.

Evening Standard

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OPINION - The farmer's protest is a consequence of Labour's pre-election tax choices

A day like today is not a day for false dichotomies, we can leave those at home. But governments generally face a simple choice when it comes to raising money, between broad-based taxes (e.g. income tax) or granular (e.g. inheritance tax threshold changes for farmers). Both have their advantages and disadvantages, as is being…

Evening Standard

Pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong day after Starmer met President Xi

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted it was right to have ‘pragmatic’ engagement with China’s Xi Jinping.

Evening Standard

Starmer declines to say which way he will vote on assisted dying

The Government is neutral on the issue and MPs will have a free vote when the Bill is debated next week.

The Independent UK

Nuclear shift is ‘latest irresponsibility from depraved Russian government’

The Kremlin updated its weapons doctrine so that any large conventional attack on Moscow could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Labour may defeat the farmers, but at a cost

It is the post-Budget battle the Government did not necessarily anticipate: Labour versus the farmers. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) held a mass lobby of MPs this morning, calling on their representatives to oppose the imposition of inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million. That is not all.…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why Londoners should greet Jeremy Clarkson and the farming protestors with a big smile

For Londoners whose only contact with the countryside is the Diddlysquat range of Jeremy Clarkson products in the Amazon grocery store the arrival of lots of tractors in Whitehall today driven by actual farmers must be alarming. I say to them: do not worry — they come in peace; they…

Evening Standard

Farmers Descend On London To Overturn Inheritance Tax Change

British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production.

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Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it

Refurbishing an old building is subject to full VAT. The government’s priorities are all wrong, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

Starmer and Healey underline UK commitment to Ukraine on 1,000th day of war

Vladimir Putin used the anniversary to lower the threshold for Russian use of nuclear weapons.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says most farmers won’t be affected by inheritance tax change as Clarkson tells rally it’s a ‘hammer blow’ – as it happened

Jeremy Clarkson tells Westminster protest that government should admit plans weren’t ‘thought out and are a mistake’

The Independent UK

Starmer criticised for meeting China’s Xi as Hong Kong freedom protesters were being jailed

Ex-leader of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party warns UK-China agreement before 1997 handover ‘evaporating’

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Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi relaunch UK-India trade talks stalled over relaxing visa rules

The negotiations will reopen at the start of next year

The Independent UK

Voices: Do you support the ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: The government’s proposed inheritance tax hike on farms has sparked a fierce debate between those who see it as a necessary fiscal reform and those who warn it could devastate family farming and the rural economy

Evening Standard

UK set to relaunch trade talks with India, Downing Street confirms

Discussions will reopen at the start of next year, following a bilateral meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi at the G20 summit.

The Independent UK

UK to relaunch ‘vital’ trade talks with India in early 2025

Sir Keir Starmer seeks ‘new strategic partnership’ after G20 meeting with Narendra Modi

The Independent UK

100 politicians around world demand release of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Call for unconditional freedom for media mogul facing life sentence on charges decried as a sham comes after prime minister raises his case with China’s president

The Independent UK

Nearly one in four Brits would take weight-loss jabs for free on NHS, poll finds

The Ipsos survey of 1,078 adults found 24% of people would use weight-loss jabs if they were provided for free by the health service.

Evening Standard

MPs call for Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai’s immediate release from prison

Mr Lai’s health is ‘deteriorating’ in prison, politicians and campaigners have warned, as they called for his release.

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