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Brexit EXC:

🎓UK on course to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme from January 2027
= EU extends key deadline for universities to participate
= Rising hopes on both sides of a deal by Christmas, crunch talks Monday

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UK visas for 44,000 European under-30s could seal new Brexit deal A deal could see tens of thousands of British under-30s travel, work or study in the EU

Exc: UK stance on an under-30s visa deal with the EU boosted by a major new report which backs a 44k cap on numbers

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UK, France and Germany agree new plan to push Trump to back Ukraine Farage has been urged to "come clean" over his election campaign in Clacton after a former aide claimed Reform UK had breached spending rules

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French sources say Starmer, Macron, Merz and Zelensky agreed a plan to bring the US back onside in Ukraine peace talks, amid concerns over Trump’s recent comments

UK 'entirely unprepared for war' in face of Putin's latest threats Keir Starmer fails to say the UK is ready for the threat from Russia

UK 'entirely unprepared for war' in face of Putin's latest threats, triggering calls for even higher defence spending inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Reeves told to reverse 'pub tax' as Labour MPs fear backlash over bar closures One Labour MP said they feared “pubs will become the next farms” as the threat of bar closures linger over high streets and rural areas following last week's Budget

Exc: Treasury to host briefing to placate Labour MPs on 'pub tax' as some call for a climbdown from Rachel Reeves
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UK-EU weapons fund talks collapse in blow to Brexit reset and economy Deal would have bolstered UK defence industry

🚨UK-EU weapons fund talks collapse in blow to Brexit reset and economy inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Cheaper UK university fees for EU students to clinch Brexit reset deal EU considers softening stance on fees and cap on 'youth experience' to get agreement over the line

EXC Brexit reset negotiations:

🧑‍🎓EU considers softening uni fees demand to get youth mobility deal over the line
🪖UK counter-offer on Safe rearmament proposes pay-per-project rather than pay billions up front

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Why Britons won't feel better off under Labour Rise in spare cash for households will be 'paltry', experts warn

Why Britons won't feel better off under Labour inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Reeves rules out major change to pension savings in Budget The Chancellor is now days away from delivering her make-or-break Budget

Rachel Reeves has privately indicated she will not target pension tax relief rates in next week’s Budget
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Brexit reset defence deal unravelling as UK threatens to quit talks Defence Secretary John Healey has rejected the EU's cash demands

🚨Brexit reset defence deal unravelling as UK threatens to quit talks

Defence Sec John Healey tells me Britain will not join EU weapons fund at "any price"
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Children face deportation under Mahmood's migration crackdown Home Secretary says right to family life is creating 'perverse incentives' to risk children's lives on boats

🚨NEW Children face deportation under Mahmood's migration crackdown

Home Office to start targeting families with under-18s for removal if their asylum claims fail.

Reminder: Farage's Reform rowed back on plans to deport children in August
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'F***king deranged': How No10's bid to squash Streeting for leader backfired A briefing against Wes Streeting has exposed a 'toxic culture' in No10

'F**cking deranged': How No10's bid to squash Streeting for leader backfired

Cabinet ministers, Government and party insiders, and MPs on Labour's new civil war

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UK ready to quit crucial Brexit reset defence deal due to EU demanding billions Defence exports are a key part of the Government's plan to grow the economy

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UK ready to quit crucial Brexit reset defence deal due to EU demanding billions

But Brussels thinks London will pay as British defence firms have bids for cash ready to go this month

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Reeves admits she'll break tax pledge from manifesto in Budget Chancellor says keeping promise will come at the price of "deep cuts"

BREAKING Reeves appears to admit she'll break tax pledge from manifesto in Budget

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Farage's 'gold plated' pension reform plan faces firefighters strike threat Reform set to say they would axe 'defined' pensions used in public sector

Exc: Farage's 'gold plated' pension reform plan faces firefighters strike threat inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Councils spending thousands cleaning 'flag wars' graffiti One MP said the cost of cleaning up flags painted on buildings and roundabouts means 'less money for real public services that are already underfunded'

Councils spending thousands cleaning 'flag wars' graffiti

exc by @eleanormia.bsky.social

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Starmer signals basic rate income tax rise to 'avoid austerity' No 10 has changed its language and is no longer ruling out tax rises which would break key a manifesto pledge

Rachel Reeves set to argue manifesto-busting tax rises may be needed to save austerity-hit public services or growth and cost of living will suffer inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Barracks plan to house asylum seekers ‘has been rejected before’ A charity working with asylum seekers also said camps would 'only serve to re-traumatise people who have already survived horrors such as war and torture'

Barracks plan to house asylum seekers ‘has been rejected before’ inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Home Office could house migrants in 'Portakabins' in bid to close asylum hotels The i Paper understands that pop-up modular accommodation is being looked at as an alternative to hotels

Home Office could house migrants in 'Portakabins' in bid to close asylum hotels inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Labour's by-election humbling signals doom in Wales - but Farage has failed too There are some seriously bad omens for Sir Keir Starmer in the Caerphilly by-election result

Caerphilly analysis:

Labour's by-election humbling signals doom - but Farage has failed too inews.co.uk/news/politic...

UK's red lines in Brexit reset food deal revealed Letter shared exclusively with The i Paper shows Britain is concerned about live animal exports, gene editing and foie gras

EXC: UK wants to protect Brexit freedoms on gene editing and animal welfare in EU food deal negotiations, official letter shows

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‘Voters will go to Reform’: Labour anger as Starmer pushes on with digital ID Controversies over the collapse of the China spies trial, a brutal tax-raising budget and reforms to special educational needs also loom for the PM

‘Voters will go to Reform’: Labour anger as Starmer pushes on with digital ID - big read as MPs return to Parliament

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Spectre of Farage pushes Tories to the right But big economic differences are opening up between the Tories and Reform

Big read: Spectre of Farage pushes Tories to the right inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Asylum hotel closures could be be fast-tracked to help Reeves balance books in Budget Treasury says asylum costs are 'top of the list' for savings

Asylum hotel closures could be be fast-tracked to help Reeves balance books in Budget, Treasury source indicates

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Support us or make Farage PM, Starmer tells anti-Reform voters Labour has launched a new campaign strategy to 'squeeze the anti-Reform vote'

Support us or make Farage PM, Starmer tells anti-Reform voters

Labour campaigners told to “squeeze” moderate voters who fear Farage as PM

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Revealed: Lobbying firm's 'cash-for-access' to PM's speech Critics said the move undermines Labour's promise to crack down on lobbying

EXC

Revealed: Lobbying firm's 'cash-for-access' to PM's speech briefing

Anacta, run by the husband of Labour's general secretary, counts an Israeli-owned arms manufacturer among its clients

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UK students get chance to study in Europe from January 2027 under new Erasmus deal The EU is pushing for a rapid agreement for Britain to rejoin the student exchange scheme

EXC 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Crunch negotiations on Erasmus+

EU wants a quick deal by end of next month so student exchanges can start in 2027

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Farage's plan to deport legal migrants 'would split families' Abolishing indefinite leave to remain could see parents separated from their children who are UK citizens, experts warn

Farage's plan to deport legal migrants 'would split families' inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Rebel Labour MPs warn whips they have no confidence in Starmer One Labour MP tells The i Paper there is a 'pervading sense of doom and gloom' around PM's leadership while another says it is a case of 'when, not if' he is replaced

EXC: Several Labour MPs tell whips they have no confidence in Keir Starmer

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