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Stacey Dooley to front BBC documentary exploring Britain’s rise in shoplifting

In the hour-long documentary, the presenter will meet workers who have been subject to violence from shoplifters.

Evening Standard

What to know about ‘Red Ellen’, the radical MP whose portrait is now hanging at 11 Downing Street

Before announcing changes to Britain’s tax system in her first budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves redecorated her own digs. The headline change was swapping a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson – a trailblazing politician known as “Red Ellen”.

The Conversation

The Diplomat season two explores the US-UK special relationship – and couldn’t be more timely

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The shocking US election result will create a new world order – and launch a fresh wave of Trump wannabes

A whole raft of tired assumptions collapsed today. Britain must be realistic about America now – and our so-called ‘special’ relationship, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Britain must be prepared to spend more on defence

After the congratulatory tweets, videos and diplomatic cables, the hard reality will sink in. Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. Clearly, this is a major turning point in the history of that great nation. But the implications are scarcely lesser for Britain, Europe and the…

Evening Standard

Trump win is a dark day for mankind, says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

The need for the UK to rebuild post-Brexit links with the EU is now more important than ever after victory for the ‘dangerous, destructive’ Donald Trump, says Davey

The Independent UK

Britain's foreign affairs secretary congratulates Donald Trump's 'victory'—years after calling him a 'racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser'

In 2019, David Lammy called Trump a “deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic” and “no friend of Britain.”

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Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – as it happened

Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’

The Guardian - UK

Beavers have made a comeback in Britain, but not everyone is happy

Environmentalists says the mammals help protect against flooding, but landowners say they damage watercourses and trees

The Guardian - UK

Britain cries out for new economics. Labour has given it repackaged Tory ideas

A fairer, happier and more equal country is possible – but only if the party in power actually wants to make it happen, writes academic and author David Edgerton

The Guardian - UK

What will the UK’s plan for clean energy by 2030 mean for the industry and public?

Labour is relying on offshore wind and a move away from gas to make Britain a green energy economy. But the transition will not be cheap

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s 2030 clean energy target: Britain should go for it

Editorial: As a new report makes clear, the timetable is dauntingly tight. But the potential rewards on offer are huge

The Guardian - UK

UK must reverse Brexit if Donald Trump wins election, Keir Starmer told

Exclusive: With the prospect of a brutal global trade war looming, critics of the UK’s current Brexit deal have said the country needs to rejoin the customs union, single market or the bloc itself to shield itself from the devastating fallout

The Independent UK

OPINION - The London Question: Does queuing for pints in pubs herald the end of civilisation?

I like to think there was a time when Britain was normal. I can’t imagine it ever was, but at least people didn’t queue in pubs. These days that’s exactly what’s happening: drinkers standing in single file up to the bar as if they’re waiting for a terrible coffee in…

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Blitz: Steve McQueen’s film gives voice to the often overlooked stories of wartime Britain

The story of the blitz is a familiar one: Londoners taking shelter in the city’s underground stations; cheerful cockneys singing to keep their spirits up while bombs rained down; the heroism of air raid wardens, firefighters and many others. But above all, the defiance and sense of unity that rose…

The Guardian - UK

Lest we forget the Indian soldiers who fought for Britain

Brief letters: Lessons on war history | Noël Coward’s multitasking | Morris dancing at rugby | Nether regions | Top Tory failures

The Guardian - UK

A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable: they were wrong, we were right

Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note, says Ed Miliband, secretary of state for energy security and net zero

The Guardian - UK

Has poppymania gone too far?

The long read: Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it

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Britain’s green energy pledge ‘credible’ if planning fixed, says system operator

State-owned Neso says Britain could be net exporter of green electricity by end of decade at no extra cost

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Is this the most challenging football club to manage in Britain?

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson is holding it together in the face of a series of unfortunate events

Evening Standard

Starmer: EU leaders have ‘appetite’ to give UK access to migration intelligence

The Prime Minister faced questions on whether Britain may regain use of Eurodac, a key database used to store the fingerprints of asylum seekers.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dawn Butler's racist slur on Kemi Badenoch was disgusting and dangerous

Kemi Badenoch’s victory as the new leader of the Conservative Party was marred by hateful comments from those on the extreme right and left. Yes, shockingly the right were as unhappy as the left about a black woman becoming the leader of Britain’s oldest political party. One particular person on…

The Independent UK

Britain's foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing on the future

The Conversation

Divination in early modern Britain sought signs in swine, the stars and scripture

In the late 1740s, Samuel Meadwell arrived in London. A “raw country fellow” from Northamptonshire, he had come to work as a distiller’s apprentice and hoped to make his fortune.

The Conversation

The true class divide in British politics is not which party people choose, but whether they vote at all

Traditionally, Britain was regarded as the class society. And class was pre-eminent among the factors used to explain political party allegiance. In broad terms, working-class voters chose Labour, the party set up to represent them. Middle-class voters chose the Conservatives, the party that represented homeowners and business owners.

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