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Calculations from the Center for Global Development indicate the UK is on course to miss its reduced international aid target of 0.3% of national income, with spending around £400-410m less than anticipated by the end of 2027.
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A Guardian podcast with political correspondent Aletha Adu examines whether the Conservative party under Kemi Badenoch can again become the UK's leading party on the right, with polls showing the Tories level with Reform UK.
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Alan Feeney has resigned as a Reform councillor for Solihull and Birmingham after an undercover investigation filmed him making racist remarks. He said there was 'no excuse' for his comments and quit all posts on both councils.
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Eritrea is in a dispute with the UK over its refusal to accept returns of rejected asylum seekers and criminals, prompting a UK visa ban threat. The country, independent from Ethiopia since 1993, has not held an election in 33 years and faces reports of arbitrary detention and severe restrictions on freedoms.
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Dr Vincent Brown, accused of offences linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is to face trial in the UK. He is alleged to have been a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others in the genocide's early days.
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Abena Oppong-Asare, Labour chair of the Commons housing committee, is urging the chancellor to bring forward billions from the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, after housing associations said they could build 41,000 more homes in 10 years.
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Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection with 12,292 votes (45%), beating Green party leader Zack Polanski on 8,928 votes (33%). The byelection followed former prime minister Keir Starmer's resignation from the seat in September.
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Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection with just over 45% of the vote, beating Green leader Zack Polanski into second place. The result is seen as a relief for both main contenders.
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At the Conservative party conference, leader Kemi Badenoch was front and centre, telling GB News the party has a new captain, coach and owner — "all me". Some in the party worry about becoming a one-woman operation, while others say they are lucky to have her.
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch faced questions at the party conference as MPs urge a focus on the economy over culture wars to win back centrist voters. Insiders say the road to Tory recovery remains long despite Nigel Farage's difficulties.
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Tory shadow Home Office minister Blake Stephenson, MP for Mid Bedfordshire, told a Conservative conference fringe meeting that Luton has 'no-go zones' where 'white people won't go' and that some communities 'live in ghettoes'.
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Mel B said she is "heartbroken" by Windrush scandal victims' fight for justice, as the Windrush commissioner urged ministers to commit funding for legal support by the end of October. The Guardian revealed in April that the Home Office refused compensation in more than half of claims.
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A Guardian politics podcast examines Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch as she opens the party conference with improved personal poll ratings, and asks whether embracing 'nasty party' accusations risks alienating core Tory voters.
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French authorities say two men died and two were injured attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat, while 12 anti-migrant protesters were arrested in Gosport after what police called 'violent disorder' opposing the rescue of nearly 150 people.
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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said in an interview with The Rest Is Politics podcast that nearly all women crossing to the UK in small boats from northern France have been raped en route, warning that people traffickers exploit asylum seekers. She also said far-right activists would 'kill' or 'kick me out of my own country' if they took power.
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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has described herself as a "classic old school Conservative", setting out her guiding political principles and echoing Margaret Thatcher.
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Ahead of the Conservative party conference, MPs say the mood is more upbeat and united under leader Kemi Badenoch, but the party remains a distant third in polls, with one shadow minister saying the Tories have 'outsourced our toxicity to Reform'.
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Guardian live blog on the Green party conference, where the deputy leader said the Greens would nationalise Thames and SE Water without compensation. A speaker, Ali, described Britain as a multiracial, multicultural democracy and called on Andy Burnham to treat rising racist violence and intimidation as a national emergency.
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