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Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper
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EXC: Home Office push to widen one-in, one-out migrant returns deal likely to be rebuffed by Germany in a blow to Labour

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Home Office needs bolder migrant returns deal - but one country could make it tough
Berlin is likely to rebuff Government efforts to expand the one-in, one-out agreement
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February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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'Rayner's back in the game': Inside the de facto Labour leadership race

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'Rayner's back in the game': Inside the de facto Labour leadership race
Prime Minister vowed to fight on despite growing fury on Labour backbenches
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February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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EXC

Revealed: The industries caught employing the most illegal workers inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Revealed: The businesses caught employing the most illegal workers
Rogue firms that hired illegal workers now face £130m worth of fines after more than 2,400 penalties were handed out in 2025
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February 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Exc: UK universities face £580m Brexit reset bill if EU students get discounted fees - British negotiators urged not to give way

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UK universities face £580m Brexit reset bill if EU students get discounted fees
Britain's top universities are urging Sir Keir Starmer to resist Brussels’ demands under the proposed youth visa scheme
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February 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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EXC: Majority of voters want Keir Starmer replaced as PM now, new poll suggests

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Half of voters want Keir Starmer replaced now
New polling delivers a fresh blow to the PM's authority - and among those who want him replaced, there is a clear favourite to take over
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January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Exc: Home Office set to step up deportations to Syria in the coming months despite safety fears inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Home Office set to deport asylum seekers to Syria despite safety fears
Returns could be both voluntary and enforced
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January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Eating out and hotel stays to cost more from April inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Eating out and hotel stays to cost more from April
Hotels and restaurants were not included in Rachel Reeves's partial U-turn on business rates and her so-called 'pubs tax'
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January 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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The hidden flaws in Home Office migration plan, from tax rises to care shortages inews.co.uk/news/politic...
The hidden flaws in Home Office migration plan, from tax rises to care shortages
The Government may be on course to hit zero net legal migration. If it does, there could be a sting in the tail for the economy
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January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Greenland deal includes a multinational Nato force as first reported by @theipaper.com this week as part of the 'off-ramp' for Trump:

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UK plots Nato security deal in Arctic to stop Trump trade war
The US President has threatened tariffs on eight allies for opposing US control of Greenland
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January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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RAF and Navy in talks to join Nato force in Greenland inews.co.uk/news/raf-nav...
RAF and Navy in talks to join Nato force in Greenland
UK surveillance units could join a 'tripwire' of European troops stationed in Greenland as Nato allies shore up their Arctic security
inews.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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UK plots Nato security deal in Arctic to stop Trump trade war inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK plots Nato security deal in Arctic to stop Trump trade war
More troops could be sent to Greenland to boost security and reassure Trump
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January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Starmer ignored No 10 advice not to link digital ID to small boats or make it mandatory

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Starmer ignored No 10 advice not to link digital ID to small boats
'The No 10 polling guys told us repeatedly that the public wouldn’t buy it,' source said
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January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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🪖War could be coming to Europe - and the UK has no plan for the NHS inews.co.uk/news/politic...
War could be coming to Europe - and the UK has no plan for the NHS
Head of UK armed forces tells MPs "we don’t have a complete plan for how we would mobilise the National Health Service"
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January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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EXC: Home Office to start evicting asylum seekers from hotels in spring

Shabana Mahmood will end the Government’s legal duty to automatically support asylum seekers as she looks to close more hotels

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Revealed: Home Office to start evicting asylum seekers from hotels in spring
Shabana Mahmood will end the Government’s legal duty to automatically support asylum seekers
inews.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Starmer's leadership rivals plotting softer Brexit, sounding out experts on policy inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's leadership rivals plotting softer Brexit
The i Paper understands potential future Labour leadership candidates have been sounding out Brexit experts for ideas on UK-EU policy
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January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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EXC Private school parents face faster fee hikes as VAT to raise £40m extra a year for Rachel Reeves inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Private school parents face faster fee hikes as VAT to raise £1.74bn for Reeves
Fees are expected to increase quicker than originally forecast when Labour imposed 20% VAT on tuition - and raise an extra £40m a year for the Treasury
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January 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Exc: Firefighters threaten nationwide strike over job cuts inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Firefighters threaten nationwide strike over job cuts
With a spending squeeze threatening 42 jobs and five fire stations in Oxfordshire, the Fire Brigades Union is warning that it is ready to strike across the UK
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December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Britain 'left open to attack by emboldened Putin' over £800bn defence shortfall inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Britain 'left open to attack by emboldened Putin' over £800bn defence shortfall
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace tells The i Paper: 'Under Labour we are becoming the Mrs Bucket of European defence'
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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Exc: Teachers back Govt move to lift two-child benefit cap, and say it will help them and pupils focus on learning inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Teachers back lifting two-child benefit cap as poorer pupils ‘struggling to learn’
A poll found 72 per cent of teachers believe child poverty measures announced by the Government will help improve classrooms, rising to 85 per cent of those working in the most deprived schools
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December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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You heard it @theipaper.com first
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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ICYMI
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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EXC: Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10 - if Starmer is ousted

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Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10
Green Party leader is open to pact, senior figures suggest
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December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Exc: Rail workers should be given free flu jabs to help avert Christmas cancellations and delays, union says

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Fears of Christmas travel disruption if free flu jabs aren't given to rail staff
Number of people in hospital with flu in England jumps 55 per cent in a week
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December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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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December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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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 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
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December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM