🐟 Until today, water bosses could still be paid bonuses if their firm was caught illegally dumping sewage in UK rivers and seas!

A victory for @theipaper.com’s Save Britain’s Rivers campaign.

BUT it’s only the start. Here’s what needs to happen next 👇

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Rayner to cut levels of 'identikit' homes by helping small developers build more The i Paper understands the move will deliver a more diverse supply of housing styles and free up developers from a 'web of regulation'

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Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.

Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com

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Visa deal for under-30s to live in Europe moves a step closer EU ambassador gives renewed signal of desire to find agreement on youth mobility scheme

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Visa deal for under-30s to live in Europe moves a step closer

Writing for @theipaper.com, EU ambassador gives renewed signal of desire to find agreement on youth mobility scheme

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'Holy grail' of limitless clean energy could be here by 2040 Nuclear fusion's proponents describe the opportunity to dominate what is set to become a £30trn sector as the 'UK's Nasa moment'

For years it was something written off as being always "50 years away" but now the UK is among the leaders in developing fusion energy...

And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Trump U-turns on team hunting for 20,000 Ukrainian children stolen by Russia Search unit escapes immediate axe - after The i Paper's story changes US President's mind

Hunt is on for 20,000 Ukrainian children stolen by Russia, after
@theipaper.com story changes Trump's mind

Reporting with real human impact from @sanyaburgess.bsky.social

Starmer could hardly have hoped his trip to the White House would go this well The Prime Minister dodged all of the major beartraps that could have doomed the visit to the annals of diplomatic disaster

Opinion | Starmer could hardly have hoped his trip to the White House would go this well

🖋️Hugo Gye writes

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Faulty warships and useless drones: How UK defence spending goes wrong Keir Starmer has committed the Government to spending an extra £6bn a year on defence. The UK's previous procurement record suggests much of it will go to waste

Increased defence spending is great. However, it is vulnerable to waste & error. Partly, there's a high level of incompetence. Partly, it is difficult because technology moves so fast and testing is so hard, among other things

Anyway, my latest for @theipaper.com

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📰 Identical front page on every UK paper today, with homepage takeovers too. Only 2nd time this has happened.

As editors and reporters, we fear for the future of quality journalism - with unlawful scraping of content (theft) by AI firms. #MakeItFair

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Khan tells EU he'll defy Starmer over Brexit in new push for under-30s migration The Mayor of London told a meeting of EU ambassadors that Brexit was 'an awful act of self-harm'

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has told EU ambassadors he is prepared to defy Sir Keir Starmer in calling for closer post-Brexit ties including easier migration for under-30s

The i Paper shortlisted for nine Press Awards including best newspaper and website The i Paper, iweekend and our journalists have received nominations for the 2025 Press Awards – which celebrate the best of UK journalism

Congratulations @inews.co.uk

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Unlike his father, Prince William has chosen not to disclose how much tax he paid last year

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The Cabinet ministers whose jobs are under threat as No10 plots reshuffle Those surrounding Starmer are understood to be in the early stages of planning a rejig of the PM’s senior team

Who will be first to feel the Starmer axe at cabinet reshuffle time?
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⚪️Campaign of the Year – Save Britain’s Rivers
⚪️Specialist of the Year – @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social
⚪️Columnist of the Year – @k8lister.bsky.social
⚪️Environment Journalist of the Year – @luciemheath.bsky.social
⚪️Front Page of the Year – “Everyone failed them”, Grenfell inquiry

Really proud of the team at The i Paper. (@inews.co.uk)

🔥 Shortlisted for x9 awards at 2025 Press Awards.

⚪️News Website of the Year
⚪️Daily Newspaper of the Year
⚪️Sunday Newspaper of the Year – iweekend
⚪️Scoop of the Year – 2nd Post Office IT Scandal
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'The Welsh love Farage': A Reform surge that could plunge Westminster into crisis Leading pollster believes Reform could win next year's Welsh Senedd election. Labour and the Tories accused of being like 'rabbits in the headlights'

“Reform might just manage to come first... they potentially could be quite significant players inside the next Senedd.”

In a prediction which will make Westminster sit up, polling expert John Curtice believes that Reform could win the Welsh elections

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'Mega' nuclear power station was blocked over fears it would harm the Welsh language Sir Keir Starmer vows to cut back restrictions around planning to allow nationally significant infrastructure to go ahead

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Plans to develop a critical “mega-nuclear” power station in North Wales were dropped in 2021 amid concerns over the impact its construction would have on the Welsh language and culture, documents reveal.

@inews.co.uk

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Lisa Nandy is Starmer's secret weapon against Reform - if he decides to use her Allies say the Culture Secretary is best place to reach out to Labour's former heartlands - but needs to be used

Lisa Nandy is popular among the kind of Labour voters who might think about switching to Reform - so why isn't she used more?
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EU Brexit reset chief: Keir Starmer must choose us over Donald Trump PM 'will have to make a choice' between the US and Europe, senior MEP Sandro Gozi tells The i Paper

Keir Starmer must choose us over Donald Trump, leading MEP tells @arjsingh.bsky.social

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Inside the divided town where Reform is channelling Thatcher to win big The i Paper visited Scunthorpe, where the right-wing party looks to be a serious contender in the race to be Greater Lincolnshire mayor

Inside the divided town where Reform UK is channelling Thatcher to win big

✏️ @inews.co.uk meets Dame @andreajenkyns.bsky.social in Scunthorpe where she looks to be a serious contender in the race to be Greater Lincolnshire mayor.

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Majority of voters back under-30s migration in Brexit reset, poll shows Keir Starmer is pushing for closer ties to the EU as part of a 'reset' of relations, five years on from Brexit taking effect

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The British public backs closer relations with the EU five years after the UK left – and wants the Government to sign up to a new migration scheme for young people.

✍️ Exclusive poll for @inews.co.uk

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Treat patients at home to prevent hospital bed-blocking, NHS bosses ordered Health and social care bosses will be told to focus spending £9bn of funding on keeping the elderly living independently at home

🔴 Exclusive | Health and social care bosses will be told to focus spending £9bn of funding on keeping the elderly living independently at home

Almost 2m more will claim state pension by 2032, new population figures show Around 1 in 11 people in the UK will be claiming the state pension by mid-2032

Bit more pension pressure on govt coming? Will Triple Lock survive - or retirement age rise further?
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Home Office to block cheaper visas for talented AI experts despite push for growth A source said the “narrow” review of high-skilled visas will instead look at “speeding up processes"

Home Office setting up a potential row as the desire for highly-skilled workers to boost growth comes up against the desire to keep migration down:

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What the UK joining the European trade scheme would mean for Starmer's Brexit reset The EU has said the 'ball is in the UK’s court' when it comes to rejoining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention

The EU has suggested that the UK could join a trading scheme that would strengthen its economic ties with the bloc

@eleanormia.bsky.social explains what the UK joining the EU’s trade scheme would mean for Starmer’s ‘Brexit’ reset ⬇️

Neil Kinnock: Delays to Keir Starmer's Brexit reset are driving me nuts The Labour peer has revealed his frustration at the pace of Starmer's attempts to reset Britain's relationship with the EU

Neil Kinnock getting impatient with the slow pace of the Brexit reset:

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Opinion | Emilia Pérez is this awards season’s unexpected success, and earned 13 Oscar nominations. It is ambitious in scope, unpredictable in plot, earnest and weird and dark

It is also the worst film I have seen in years

🖋 Sarah Carson

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UK politics live: UK homes fitted with botched insulation under official Government schemes Around 65,000 households received solid wall insulation support under these programmes between 2022 and November 2024, according to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero figures

UK homes fitted with botched insulation under official Government schemes, energy minister reveals

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UK politics live: Waspi compensation scheme could get a new Commons vote EU's Maros Sefcovic had said the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM) is 'something we could consider'

Minister rules out joining EU trade scheme 'at the present time'

Follow @inews.co.uk's blog for live coverage.

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The new Labour troublemakers growing bolder in their criticism of Starmer Keeping more than 400 MPs in line will be no easy task – and some are already proving troublesome for the PM

👏Brilliant feature by @eleanormia.bsky.social

👀The new Labour troublemakers growing bolder in their criticism of Starmer

Keeping more than 400 MPs in line will be no easy task – and some are already proving troublesome for the PM

@inews.co.uk

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How Elon Musk is unwittingly helping UK's Brexit reset EU sources say they expect Musk to attack other leaders after his onslaught against Starmer

Trump finally returns!

Europe and the UK have legal instruments that they could use to fight off an aggressive Trump. The biggest question is, do they have the guts to use them.

I have a story out on Trump, Musk, Europe, Brexit reset and all sorts in @inews.co.uk

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