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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said previous government's apologies for the UK's role in the transatlantic slave trade was a 'sorry not sorry situation'. Political correspondent @hzeffman explains more.
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Welsh government mini-budget passes after Plaid-Labour deal bbc.in/4ipmIPa
Welsh government mini-budget passes after Plaid-Labour deal

Welsh government mini-budget passes after Plaid-Labour deal

The original version fell in July in a row over spending on additional learning needs education.

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Labour has ended its power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils after the national party adopted a policy defining Zionism as a form of racism Green co-deputy leader Rachel Millward and Labour MP Rachel Taylor debate the issue on #PoliticsLive bbc.in/4ePeKOr
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Labour MPs pull their punches on immigration changes bbc.in/47Vq4F2
Labour MPs pull their punches on immigration changes

Labour MPs pull their punches on immigration changes

Angela Rayner previously said plans were "un-British" and ministers shouldn't shift "the goalposts".

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Labour ends power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row bbc.in/4iky9sN
Labour to end power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row

Labour to end power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee sets out where it is cutting ties with the Greens.

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Reform UK councillor George Madgwick charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape bbc.in/4izAAXe
Reform UK councillor charged with rape and sexual assault

Reform UK councillor charged with rape and sexual assault

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Tuesday that it had charged George Madgwick with 35 offences.

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Downing Street defends sending flight to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham bbc.in/4yX1GO6
No10 defends flight to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham

No10 defends flight to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham

The trip sparked a backlash with some questioning the value for money, but No 10 says security, cost and "operational requirements" were all factored in.

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King to open Commonwealth summit as Burnham begins talks on slavery apology bbc.in/4f3GSgL
King to open Commonwealth summit as Burnham begins talks on slavery apology

King to open Commonwealth summit as Burnham begins talks on slavery apology

King Charles will be joined by UK PM Andy Burnham and other leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.

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On Tuesday's #PoliticsLive Rachel Taylor MP, Labour Saqib Bhatti MP, Conservative Cllr Rachel Millard, Deputy Leader of the Green Party 12:15pm BBC Two bbc.in/4izcfkk
Today's Politics Live guests

ALT Today's Politics Live guests

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UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports bbc.in/3WKmOK6
UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports

UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports

The food deal, ahead of a UK-EU summit later this month, is the most significant part of the so-called Brexit reset agreed so far.

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What are the planned changes to immigration rules? bbc.in/3UbTP1b
What are the planned changes to immigration rules?

What are the planned changes to immigration rules?

The home secretary sets out plans to change requirements for permanent settlement in the UK.

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"I think the package that I've announced strikes the right balance." Shabana Mahmood defends her work as Home Secretary after watering down plans to make foreign care workers already in the UK wait 15 years to qualify for permanent settlement.
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Will Shabana Mahmood's watered-down settlement plans for migrant care workers mean the staff we need will chose to go elsewhere? To Canada or Europe? @bbcnickrobinson asks the Home Secretary.
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PM Andy Burnham plans debt reset for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin bbc.in/4z18Wc2
Burnham plans debt reset for Commonwealth countries

Burnham plans debt reset for Commonwealth countries

The move comes as the prime minister begins talks about the UK issuing a formal apology for the slave trade in the next year.

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Shabana Mahmood refuses to detail cost of revised settlement plans bbc.in/4yTvyef
Mahmood refuses to detail cost of revised settlement plans

Mahmood refuses to detail cost of revised settlement plans

The home secretary says the full cost of dropping plans to extend the wait for settlement will be laid out in future.

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Has Brexit been good for London? "I think on balance, it has", Conservative London mayoral hopeful Sir James Cleverly MP tells #PoliticsLive bbc.in/4zjxo9m
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'Do you want to apologise for creating this problem in the first place?' Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp was questioned on #BBCBreakfast about the Conservatives record in Government on immigration bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly…
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The home secretary has "dismantled" her reputation as being tough on immigration "in 12 short minutes", Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says in response to Shabana Mahmood Follow live: bbc.in/3V1wtLV
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They will be "able to settle on their existing five-year path" Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood scraps plan for migrant social care workers already in the country to wait 15 years before getting indefinite leave to remain Follow live: bbc.in/3V1wtLV
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Home secretary scraps plan for migrant care workers already in UK to wait 15 years for permanent settlement bbc.in/4BE1KVz
Shabana Mahmood setting out changes to settlement rules for legal migrants - watch live

Shabana Mahmood setting out changes to settlement rules for legal migrants - watch live

As long as the workers earn at least £25,000 and arrived in the UK pre-May 2025, they will be eligible for indefinite leave to remain after five years, Shabana Mahmood says.

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