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Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, outside Havering Town Hall following the local election in Romford, UK . Bloomberg
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Starmer vows to listen as Reform surges in early UK election results

Labour haemorrhages seats in councils across England, takes a drubbing in Scotland and is humiliated in Wales

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Greens win Hackney mayor vote as Zack Polanski declares two-party politics dead

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Among the measures promoted by the European Union is tackling how to create an age threshold for digital usage. Getty Images / The National

Parents vs big tech plutocrats in battle to protect children from online harm

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Labour wilts as Reform storms area around Gatwick Airport

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A British Airways place taking from Heathrow Airport. Getty Images
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British Airways owner IAG dismisses jet fuel crisis talk

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UN's Albanese receives top civilian honour in Spain for condemning Gaza war

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Risk of Hantavirus outbreak in Spain is low, says WHO chief

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Essa Suleiman who has been charged with attempted murder over an attack during which two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident, sits at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, in London, Britain, May 1, 2026, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS / Julia Quenzler
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