public policy

Image for Explainer-French PM aims to soften opposition to his budget to avert new crisis
Finance

Explainer-French PM aims to soften opposition to his budget to avert new crisis

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has to convince opposition So...

18th July, 2025

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Finance

Four pro-Palestinian activists face 2027 trial over UK military base break-in

LONDON (Reuters) -Four pro-Palestinian activists will stand trial in 2027 charged with breaking into...

18th July, 2025

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Headlines

Hungary's Orban says proposed new budget will 'ruin the EU'

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -The European Commission's proposed new budget lacks clear strategic foundations...

18th July, 2025

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Headlines

One child killed in UK school bus crash

LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Thursday an unspecified number of casualties had been taken...

17th July, 2025

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Headlines

UK youth celebrate voting rights but urge caution

By Vitalii Yalahuzian and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Sixteen and 17-year-olds celebrated thei...

17th July, 2025

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Factbox-Evolution of the UK electorate from landowners to suffragettes to 16-year-old voters

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday set out plans to lower the voting age to 16 in a landmark refo...

17th July, 2025

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UK to lower voting age to 16 in landmark electoral reform

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the...

17th July, 2025

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UK Labour suspends four lawmakers over welfare rebellion

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Labour Party suspended four of its lawmakers on Wednesday for organising...

16th July, 2025

Image for Analysis-France's plan to cull public holidays may not help the economy
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Analysis-France's plan to cull public holidays may not help the economy

By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The French government thinks the country has too many days...

16th July, 2025

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UK counter-radicalisation scheme Prevent must 'up its game', review concludes

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's counter-radicalisation scheme Prevent needs to rapidly adapt to avoid mi...

16th July, 2025

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French PM's plan to scrap two holidays stirs outcry, and memories of a toppled predecessor

By Gabriel Stargardter and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou w...

16th July, 2025

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Public holidays across the world

(Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday proposed to cut two bank holidays to dri...

16th July, 2025