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A proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s in England will not go ahead as it is “unaffordable” at the moment, the government has said. The trial was one of a number of recommendations put forward by the Transport Committee, a cross-party group of backbench MPs, in a report this August – with…
IMF warns of trade tension risk to global growth
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Trump says US will not ‘waste our time’ helping Argentina if Milei loses
President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a $20bn (£15bn) US lifeline to help calm Argentina’s currency crisis is an attempt to sway elections this month in the South American nation. Welcoming Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei to the White House, Trump warned that the US would not “waste our time” with helping Argentina if Milei’s…
Will AI mean better adverts or ‘creepy slop’?
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NHS, bills, immigration: Towns talking points ahead of election
The countdown is on to the 2026 Scottish elections – voters will be heading to the polls in just six weeks. With a third of MSPs not seeking re-election, it will be a very different parliament to the last. The BBC’s Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon went to the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency to find…
