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Who are Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli ministers facing sanctions?

Far-right politicians subject to action from UK and others are both crucial to Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Cheaper imported chicken and beef increasingly seen in UK supermarkets

Grocers turning to Australia, Poland and Uruguay for meat, prompting claim they are undermining British farmers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

'Boil in a bag' funerals where bodies are liquified and flushed down drain could get go-ahead

The Co-op is hoping to bring water cremation to UK customers in what it called the ‘biggest change to funerals in over 120 years’

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

UK must do 'far more' than sanctions and stop all arms sales to Israel

THE UK must do “far more” than just imposing sanctions on two Israeli ministers and stop selling arms to Israel, human rights campaigners have…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025

Scottish Government refuses to rule out changes to pensioners’ winter payment

A spokesperson for John Swinney refused to rule out making changes in the wake of the UK Government’s U-turn on winter heating payments.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

UK Backs Rolls-Royce to Build Britain's First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

The UK will finally end its no-nuclear status quo as it backs Rolls-Royce to build Britain's small modular reactors.

International Business Times UK · Jun 10, 2025

UK’s paternal leave system 'one of the worst in developed world', report warns

THE UK’s paternal leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world”, a parliamentary report has warned ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025

Why ultra wealthy donors like Elon Musk and Zia Yusuf may just be fundamentally incompatible with the politics of the radical right

Former chairman Zia Yusuf has rejoined Reform after quitting days previously. Yusuf had said he no longer wanted to work to get the party into government when new MP Sarah Pochin called for a ban on burqas in the UK. However, he seems to have had a change of heart…

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025

Spending review: Rachel Reeves is about to make a £600 billion gamble on growth

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves faces her biggest test with the government’s departmental spending plans for the three years from next April until the general election. With nearly £600 billion a year to spend, her decisions will impact on every aspect of public life and shape the political weather for years…

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025

The political opportunism behind Reform UK’s support for abolition of the two-child limit on benefits

The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, recently announced that if in government, his party would abolish the two-child limit on benefits. This social security policy restricts the payment of means-tested benefits to the first two children of a family.

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025