Keir Starmer courts industry leaders in an attempt to strengthen the party’s relationship with business
By launching a review into supporting start-ups, Starmer is prepping the ground for a more interventionist state.
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Coal power has rebounded in Europe
Coal generation has risen by 30 per cent compared with 2020 as the war in Ukraine hits energy supplies.
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Starmer’s wrong – everyone knows we’d be better off reversing Brexit
We've been here before: you can’t get the benefits of closeness to the EU without rejoining its single market.
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Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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Emmanuel Macron: the man who would be king
How the French president became the most powerful leader in Europe and a hyperactive player on the world stage.
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Leader: Why we need honesty on migration
Successive governments have relied on high migration to disguise the structural weaknesses of the British economy.
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Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation
The government’s plan to remove all remaining EU regulation could do even more damage to the UK’s weakened economy, say…
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have capitulated to the Brexit zealots
The public now believes that the UK was wrong to leave the EU – but the Conservatives and Labour are…
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The underlying tension of Emmanuel Macron’s US state visit
Cracks in the transatlantic alliance would threaten the united front against Russia.
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Margrethe Vestager: “Twitter must ensure what is illegal offline is illegal online”
The EU commissioner warns that Elon Musk could be on the wrong side of her crusade against Big Tech’s dominance.
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How net migration to the UK has hit record levels
An estimated 509,000 non-EU nationals came to the UK in the year ending June 2022, three times as many as…
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Why Brexit is back
People have realised how fragile Brexit Britain is. Politicians will need to catch up.
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The Ukraine war is shifting Europe’s balance of power from west to east
For the first time since 1989, central and eastern states are spearheading the continent’s response to a major crisis.
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Return of Brexit talks gives Labour an opening
The party can’t alienate Leave voters, but it can attack the government for its deal harming the economy.
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Brexit is back. Will it help or hinder Rishi Sunak?
The proposed "Swiss-style" deal will anger some Tory backbenchers, but also show that the Prime Minister is prepared to take…
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Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left bloc wins a slim majority in Denmark elections
Yet a close election and a shifting political landscape, isn't likely to change the country's anti-immigration policies.
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France’s far-right and far-left are uniting against Emmanuel Macron
Just months into his second term, the French president is scrambling to pass his agenda without a majority in parliament.
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UK car production has plummeted
Annual car output is less than half what it was before Brexit and the pandemic.
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Britain’s political chaos has turned it into an international cautionary tale
Italy shows how hard it is for a country that becomes a parable to overcome negative stereotypes
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The failure of Trussonomics shows Britain is European, not American, at heart
The UK should look to the Netherlands for inspiration: it is both richer and more equal.
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