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UK PM Starmer wins vote in parliament on welfare reform
Cyprus Mail
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July 1, 2025
British lawmakers gave their initial approval to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plans to cut disability benefits on Tuesday, after a rebellion in his Labour Party forced the government to abandon a key reform at least for now. Lawmakers voted 335...
UK PM Starmer gets watered-down welfare bill passed amid Labour uprising
Al Jazeera
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July 1, 2025
Despite massive majority, Starmer could not get party fully behind signature legislation to pare down spending. United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won a key vote in Parliament on a signature plan to overhaul the country’s welfare...
UK PM wins welfare reform vote despite MPs' rebellion
PerthNow
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July 1, 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won a vote on his welfare plans at significant political cost as he suffered the biggest parliamentary rebellion of his leadership and was forced to back down on key parts of the package. After his MPs pushed him...
UK: Banning Palestine Action threatens right to protest
ARTICLE 19
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On Monday 23 June, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the UK government’s plans to ban the campaigning organisation Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the decision, and calls on the UK government to...
UK govt braces for crunch welfare reforms vote amid major rebellion
InsideNoVa - Virginia
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the most serious internal rebellion of his year-long premiership on Tuesday, as MPs prepared to vote on key welfare reforms that have already forced a damaging climbdown. His government backed down last week on...
UK academic body accused of trying to force Palestinian scholar into Israeli court system
Middle East Eye
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July 1, 2025
A Palestinian-American academic is taking his British employer to court after it attempted to force him to sue the organisation for wrongful dismissal in Israel instead of the UK. In 2023, the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)...
Britain should recognise Somaliland’s independence now, says community
Nation.Cymru
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July 1, 2025
Martin Shipton Members of Wales’ 15,000-strong Somaliland community have backed a call for the UK to become the first nation in the world to recognise their homeland as an independent state. They came together in Cardiff’s Channel View Leisure...
British tech start-up Nothing releases its most expensive Android smartphone to fight 'sea of sameness'
GB News
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July 1, 2025
Award-winning British start-up Nothing has unveiled its most ambitious smartphone yet at a glitzy event in East London. Enter, Nothing Phone (3). Nothing co-founder Carl Pei described the new feature-packed Android handset as the "clearest...
UK content creators demand formal recognition from government
Sky News
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July 1, 2025
The UK's YouTubers, TikTok creators and Instagram influencers have been surveyed on mass for the first time ever, and are demanding formal recognition from the government. The creator economy in the UK is thought to employ around 45,000 people and...
UK Tech Firm Buys $24.7M Bitcoin, Total Holdings Hit 773 BTC
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) In a strategic expansion of its asset portfolio, UK-based renewable energy firm Smarter Web has invested an additional sum into Bitcoin , now boasting a total of 773 BTC in its holdings. This move underlines the growing...
UK museum asks guests if it should display ancient Egyptian woman’s body
Blooloop
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July 1, 2025
Manchester Museum is asking guests if it should continue to display an ancient Egyptian woman’s body as it works to decolonise its exhibits. The Egyptian woman, named Asru, lived 2,700 years ago and has been on view for 200 years. Via the...
Britain does not need a Ukraine-style visa for Gazans
Unherd
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July 1, 2025
Of all the facets emerging on the British Left, one of the most troubling is surely the emergence of the so-called “Gaza Independents”, and the shadow that they (and far-Left outfits with similar priorities, such as George Galloway’s Workers’...
How this year's heatwaves compare to UK's record-breaking summer of 1976
Manchester Evening News
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July 1, 2025
Extreme temperatures continued to affect parts of England today as the UK recorded its hottest day of the year so far. The Met Office revealed that 33.6C was recorded at 11.19am in Frittenden, Kent on Tuesday (July 1) amid an ongoing heatwave. It...
Cost Saving Measure: King Charles to End Royal Train Tradition After 150 Years
Breitbart
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July 1, 2025
Britain’s Royal Train will be decommissioned by 2027 as a cost-cutting measure as the Royal Family leans into helicopter travel as a means to rapidly cross the United Kingdom. The nine-carriage rake, specially built with travelling offices,...
Amalie Smith Drops 4:37.02 400 IM to become sixth-fastest British Swimmer of All-Time
SwimSwam - Texas
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July 1, 2025
2025 European Junior Championships Amalie Smith, a 15-year-old out of Great Britain blasted a time of 4:37.02 in the girl’s 400 IM at the European Junior Championships to win the gold medal and become the fastest 15-year-old 400 IMer in British...
The Somme 109 years on: What British soldiers witnessed on the battlefield
Forces Network
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To this day, the Battle of the Somme is still one of the biggest battles in history. It began on 1 July and lasted until 18 November, 1916, causing a staggering million casualties – with 60,000 killed or wounded on the first day alone. These are...
Starmer wins vote on UK welfare reform but is damaged by big rebellion
London South East
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Lawmakers vote in favour of watered down reforms * Force another concession from the government * Reforms criticised for being 'Dickensian' LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - British lawmakers gave their initial approval to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's...
UK Government Confronts Population Crisis, Urges Reversal of Declining Birthrate
[your]NEWS
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July 1, 2025
With fertility at a historic low, British officials call on younger generations to consider family life as economic pressures and migration reshape national demographics. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Faced with its lowest fertility rate on record,...
Strange But True: The UK has the World’s longest country name, Here's why
Pulse
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July 1, 2025
Countries don’t always go by the names we commonly use. When we think of country names, we often picture short, familiar ones like France, Brazil, or Japan. But beyond these common names lie the full, official names of these countries, many of...
Starmer could make history if he ended the UK's obsolete voting system
The National News
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In politics as in medicine, if you can figure out the problem you may be able to find a cure. So what exactly is British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s problem? He has an overwhelming majority in the Westminster Parliament, another four years in...