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@arjsingh.bsky.socialđŹđ§đȘđșEXC: Conceding to a revised offer for EU students to have cheaper tuition fees at cost rate would still cost UK universities ÂŁ280m, new modelling suggests
This could lead to British students losing out and job cuts
@arjsingh.bsky.socialAnalysis: Polanski's leadership is in crisis. The divided Greens face an uncertain future inews.co.uk/news/politic...
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Brexit U-turn on food would drive up supermarket prices, Tories warned after pledge to scrap Labour's reset deal
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Brexit deal inches closer as EU gives ground to UK on food and drink inews.co.uk/news/politic...
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Brexit U-turn splits Cabinet as Red Wall MPs warn Burnham over freedom of movement
story w/@cazjwheeler @whazell
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Burnham's big Brexit shift - opening the door to rejoining the EU - came days after fraught talks over Made in Europe
PM was personally warned by EU leaders to tone down demands for UK inclusion in the policy that threatens the British economy
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@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Shabana Mahmood preparing to offer Labour rebels concession on her hardline immigration plan in days
Home Sec has invited top union leaders in for meetings - they expect her to outline her response to a Labour revolt on indefinite leave to remain
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@arjsingh.bsky.socialNEW Burnham opens the door to overturning Brexit and rejoining the EU
No 10 refuses to rule out rejoin being one of the PM's options to the country
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Migration crackdown on carers is fuelling the far-right, Mahmood told by major Labour-backing union
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: UK cuts funding for the UNâs food operations in Gaza by 78 per cent, undermining a Labour promise to protect aid to the Palestinian territory
@arjsingh.bsky.socialđŹđ§đȘđșExc: Labour blocks conference debate on dropping the Brexit red lines
âToo sensitiveâ, according to one MP
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Burnham âshould drop obsolete Brexit red linesâ so UK can get a Canada-style deal with EU
European Parliament Brexit chief Sandro Goziâs suggestion came as EU sources warned no deal on Made In Europe is possible this year
@arjsingh.bsky.socialDonald Trump told Keir Starmer he wanted to âbring him backâ and make him âgreat againâ, after the PM had already announced his resignation
Now itâs Burnhamâs turn to deal with the erratic President - amid warnings âgrand flatteryâ has reached its limits
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@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Chancellor to meet union chiefs Thursday - hereâs what they could ask for in the Budget, according to insiders
@arjsingh.bsky.socialSpring 2027 election now more likely over tax trap, Labour insiders believe inews.co.uk/news/politic...
@arjsingh.bsky.socialDon't delay increasing the youth minimum wage to match the adult rate, TUC chief Paul Nowak tells me
Row brewing - Rachel Reeves wanted to slow down the rise, while Burnham's youth unemployment tsar Alan Milburn this week backed a review
@arjsingh.bsky.socialYou heard it in @theipaper first
Shabana Mahmood confirms our scoop on the UK and Belgium agreeing a new deal to cut small boat crossings
@arjsingh.bsky.socialExc: Burnham to face union pressure to push for softer Brexit in EU reset
TUC Congress to debate and likely pass a motion calling on Labour's red lines to be ditched
@arjsingh.bsky.socialEXC: The Reform mayor who is tipped to defect to Labour - amid claims Burnham is actively trying to recruit him
@arjsingh.bsky.socialEXC: Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms hit by growing rebellion
10 more Labour MPs put their name to a parliamentary motion as Commons returns from summer break
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