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Britain’s defeated Tory MPs struggle to adjust to civilian life

LONDON — Nearly a year after Britain’s seismic general election, former MPs booted out by the electorate are feeling abandoned. The pain is particularly acute for the waves of defeated Conservative parliamentarians

28/05/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.

BRUSSELS — Faced with a €30 billion-a-year repayment bill from Covid-era borrowing, the European Commission briefly considered the unthinkable — tapping into the EU’s most sacred cow, farm subsidies. For a few tense months, Brussels flirted with folding the Common

07/07/2025

by LP Staff Writers

The Supreme Court may not step in and save Trump’s tariffs

For critics of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Wednesday may have become the new, unofficial date of

The non-geek’s guide to the Brussels budget fight

BRUSSELS ― As Europe teeters on the edge of a full-blown trade war with the United States,

Macron praises ‘courage’ and ‘audacity’ of Bayrou’s budget

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron lauded a controversial budget for next year put forward by Prime Minister François Bayrou as a courageous step toward righting the country’s finances. Government spokesperson Sophie

16/07/2025

Budget·Central Banker·Debt·Defense·Elections·Financial Services·Growth·healthcare·Macron·National budgets·Parliament·Payments·Politics·Rights·Services·Water·Welfare

Labour MPs challenge UK fiscal watchdog after welfare debacle

LONDON — Tight spending constraints have been causing Keir Starmer’s government all manner of headaches. Now his own troops want a scaling back of the official forecaster they believe holds too much

13/07/2025

Brussels pushes to block budget payouts to EU’s democratic backsliders

BRUSSELS ― The European Commission is set to tighten the screws on countries that breach democratic norms by linking billions of euros in payouts to adherence to European standards. It means that governments,

11/07/2025

Breaches·Budget·Conditionality·Elections·EU Budget·EU funding·NGOs·Payments·Platforms·Regulation·Rule of Law

Von der Leyen offers big budget concession to MEPs ahead of no-confidence vote

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised more power for EU regions in an effort to quell a brewing parliamentary revolt before Thursday’s no-confidence vote. Socialists and Liberals are threatening

09/07/2025

Agriculture and Food·Budget·Democracy·EU funding·European Social Fund·Financial Services·Parliament·Payments·Regions/Cohesion·Rights

Welsh farmers are abandoning Labour

CARDIFF, Wales — At the edge of a sprawling wheat field on the outskirts of Cardiff, arable farmer Richard Anthony sticks a shovel in the ground and offers up a fistful of

09/07/2025

Agriculture·Banks·Beef·Carbon·Climate change·Coal·Dairy·Elections·Emissions·Energy and Climate UK·farmers·Farms·Fertilizers·Industry·Livestock·Meat·Mining·Parliament·Payments·Policy·Ports·Produce·Rights·Roads·Steel·Subsidy·Tax·UK·Water·Wheat

EU prosecutors launch probe into far-right MEP group over alleged misuse of funds

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into alleged misuse of funds by Identity and Democracy, a now-defunct far-right European Parliament group. An EPPO spokesperson did not provide further details.

08/07/2025

Corruption·Democracy·Fraud·Payments·Politics·Procurement

Pro tips on crushing a right-wing insurgency, from Emmanuel Macron* to Keir Starmer

*(As imagined by Clea Caulcutt) Très cher Keir, cher ami, I hear the honeymoon didn’t last long. You’ve barely got your feet under the table at No. 10 and already that pesky

08/07/2025

Brexit·career·Climate change·Elections·Employment·farmers·Fuels·Immigration·Investment·Parliament·Payments·Politics·Rights·Tax·UK·Waste

One year of Keir: Labour’s first 12 months, rated

LONDON — At least he’s outlasted Liz Truss. Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer swept into office on a landslide a year ago this Saturday. Turns out that was the easy part

04/07/2025

PMQs: Starmer torn apart on welfare as Reeves in tears

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: Keir Starmer

02/07/2025

British politics·Elections·Employment·Payments·Policy·Politics·Rights·Tax·Welfare·Westminster bubble

Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations

ATHENS — Several officials at the top of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government resigned on Friday after their names appeared in a file from the European prosecutor implicating them in

27/06/2025

Agriculture·Agriculture and Food·Balkans·Budget·Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)·Corruption·Development·digital·farmers·Farms·Financial crime/fraud·Financial Services·Fraud·Governance·Parliament·Payments·Regions/Cohesion·Regulation

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Payments - Page 9

Britain’s defeated Tory MPs struggle to adjust to civilian life

Brussels backs off from big farm shake-up. Cuts are coming anyway.

The Supreme Court may not step in and save Trump’s tariffs

The non-geek’s guide to the Brussels budget fight

Macron praises ‘courage’ and ‘audacity’ of Bayrou’s budget

Labour MPs challenge UK fiscal watchdog after welfare debacle

Brussels pushes to block budget payouts to EU’s democratic backsliders

Welsh farmers are abandoning Labour

EU prosecutors launch probe into far-right MEP group over alleged misuse of funds

Pro tips on crushing a right-wing insurgency, from Emmanuel Macron* to Keir Starmer

One year of Keir: Labour’s first 12 months, rated

PMQs: Starmer torn apart on welfare as Reeves in tears

Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations

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