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Cut workers’ hours and make strikes easier, unions urge Starmer
Pressure on PM grows as report reveals UK labour laws ‘significantly’ weaker than other major economies
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France reeling from co-ordinated attacks that leave Olympic plans ‘in ruins’
Thousands of trips left in tatters as senior figures point fingers at Russia
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Watch: Ukraine repels massive Russian assault including tanks and motorbikes
Moscow’s forces were making a push towards the vital garrison town of Pokrovsk when they came under fire
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Asylum judge accused of racist and homophobic comments
Bengt Fuchs investigated for offensive online messages, including that foreigners were dragging Germany ‘back into the Stone Age’
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EU red tape is jeopardising UK food safety, retailers warn
Goods at risk of rotting from rising delays and friction amid new border checks
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French firm seeks approval to sell lab-grown foie gras in UK and EU
Production of delicacy banned in Britain as ducks and geese are force-fed and prevented from exercising, but it can still be imported
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EU asked to ease fingerprint checks on British tourists
UK wants French border guards to adopt ‘light touch’ when there are ‘excessive’ queues
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Spain to impose hard border on Gibraltar after Brexit talks stall
Residents of the Rock warned they will face full Schengen area controls for first time
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Alexander Waugh, author of an acclaimed study, Fathers and Sons, and Shakespeare sceptic – obituary
An entertaining debater, with a hatred of pomposity, he proved a doughty opponent of Stratfordian scholars and led the De Vere Society
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Four in 10 farms at risk of closing under new green subsidy scheme, report warns
Rollout criticised for being slow, confusing and inadequate
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Everything you need to know about the EU’s new entry/exit and visa system
With new rules set to be put in place for British travellers, here’s what to expect, when they change and which countries will enforce them
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The best ways to cope with a toxic family
Falling out with your family can bring heartbreaking consequences – our experts explain how to minimise the damage
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Comment and analysis
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Heat and anti-tourist protests have put me off travelling to Europe
Continental holidays have lost their luster: at least Britons still know how to have a good time
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The Olympics are set to be Macron’s final humiliation
The event has been plagued with terrible headlines and huge disruption for Parisians
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I went to the Pig in the Cotswolds –more pubs should have rooms
The acclaimed hotel group has arrived in the Cotswolds, taking over country-classic Barnsley House along with the Village Pub
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Whisper it, but the election shows that Britain is fast turning French
Brexit was supposed to be a break from a failed Continental model, but UK politics is coming to resemble that of Europe
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Emmanuel Macron is about to become unbearable
The chaos has only just begun. For a gambler like Macron, this is the ultimate thrill
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Tory Remainers are the authors of their party’s defeat
Just as Europe recognises the costs of the EU, we’re about to make a terrible mistake
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Derangement and disaffection are sweeping away the old democratic era
This is no longer politics as we knew it. Instead of an informed choice, we’re offered evasion and rabble-rousing
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Brexit is working for Britain
Remainers liked to claim that Europe’s politics was more grown up than ours, but we have seen consensus implode against a populist backlash
