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Palantir’s Homes for Ukraine contract cost UK £5mn for one-year extension

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Has Polanski blown it for the Greens?

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Battle for the soul of the Green Party

Lib Dem MP launches attempt to topple leader Ed Davey

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey fights off attempted coup by senior MP

Burnham pledges to end use of non-compete clauses

Burnham pledges crackdown on non-compete clauses

Number of people caught in UK’s £100,000 tax trap doubles in four years

The Green vote didn’t really triple

Left-of-Labour vote stagnates in Holborn and St Pancras

Labour holds off Greens’ Polanski to win London by-election

Raising capital gains tax would be ‘so stupid’, says Jim O’Neill

Drop in fiscal headroom better option than Budget tax rises, says Jim O’Neill

Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat in north London