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Farage says a Reform UK government would stop unions funding Labour if they block £72m donations – UK politics live

Party leader claims proposed new retrospective laws are unfair and Reform would retaliate with a crackdown on union funding if elected Every part of the country must be prepared to take in asylum seekers, a cabinet minister said as a village held a symbolic independence referendum in protest at plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a former military base. As the Press Association reports, the proposal, which would mean 1,256 male asylum seekers moving into the base near Piddington in Oxfordshire has sparked anger and fear among many village residents. PA says: Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds acknowledged “none of this is pleasant” but the disused military site was more suitable than housing asylum seekers in hotels. There was “no imaginary place these people can go”, he said. The deputy prime minister is here. Good to see you Pat. Jab at Wes I: “Last time [Streeting] gave an af

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Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts

First secretary to set out benefits of AI to union conference while vowing government will take safety seriously Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI as the government looks to capitalise on the technology, the first secretary, Louise Haigh, will say on Tuesday. Labour MPs and peers have called for the government to further cooperate with international partners to build regulations for the technology after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the decade. Continue reading...

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Police commissioner may cancel tour after backlash

Colin Sutton is due to perform his true crime show on-stage 127 times between January and November.

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This bill could reshape crypto in America -- and it's sparking a major battle

The legislation would establish rules of the road for the crypto sector for the first time — but opponents are up in arms, and the bill faces an uncertain prospect in the Senate.

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We must heed warnings of AI tech developers, says UK minister

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Thank goodness Labour’s ‘shambolic’ plan to reorganise local councils has been paused. What was it thinking? | Polly Toynbee

This misconceived Treasury pet project may have been foisted on the government, but it would have added to voters’ mistrust in politics Shock reverberated through England’s councils last week. “Beggars belief!” “Shambolic!” council leaders protested to the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), which says: “We’ve never before heard such expletives. They’re apoplectic, incandescent.” And they have every right to be. The government has slammed the brakes on its unexpected reorganisation of local councils. This almost certainly ends the one-size-fits-all, politically damaging remapping of England’s councils , which was never forewarned in Labour’s manifesto. Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...