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Along U.S. Route 1, Maine voters worry about heating oil, gas and Canadian tariffs
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Badenoch proposes welfare reform that would stop many jobless under-25s getting universal credit – UK politics live
Tories suggest ‘tough love’ approach amid issue of one million young people not in employment, education or training Nigel Farage , the Reform UK leader, has claimed that Labour will lose voters in the “red wall” (traditional Labour areas that voted for Brexit and turned Tory in 2019) because of his call for a debate on a closer relationship with the EU, and even potentially rejoining. Speaking on GB News, Farage said that during the Makerfield byelection Burnham said he respected the Brexit vote and was not proposing rejoining the EU. He went on: From a prime minister who says he wants to unite the country, I can’t think of anything more divisive than going back to the Brexit debate and some of the anger that would provoke. And it certainly does not honour the promise he made the people of Makerfield when he won that byelection just a few months ago; it doesn’t pass the Makerfield test.
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Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.
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Group encouraging people to join Green party to back ‘Zionism is racism’ agenda
Exclusive: Greens for Palestine group has links to activists who say pro-Israel ‘infiltrators’ must be rooted out of UK An organisation pushing the Green party to equate Zionism with racism has encouraged people to join the party specifically to support that agenda, and has links to activists who say that pro-Israel “infiltrators” must be rooted out of the UK, the Guardian has learned. Some Green members are increasingly concerned that the party risks being manipulated by extremist outsiders over a motion to be voted on at the party’s annual conference this weekend, which states that “Zionism is racism” . Continue reading...
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Trade tensions mean fewer Canadians flocking to South Florida
This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.
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En esta ciudad de Pensilvania, los dos partidos políticos buscan el voto latino
Los republicanos lograron avances con los latinos en el último ciclo electoral, pero la economía y la frustración por la política migratoria de Donald Trump han corroído ese apoyo.
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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.