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UK Could Miss Housing Target by 40% or More, Research Finds

The UK could miss its goal of adding 1.5 million new homes in the current parliamentary term by at least 40%, according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence that urges the government to ramp up efforts to stimulate demand and help developers.

A worker passes roof frame timber for new houses on a Countryside Homes housing development in Harlow, UK, on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Interest-rate cuts, wage growth and stagnant home prices have begun to marginally improve affordability, boosting confidence that housing output will start to recover from the plunge offset by the end of the cheap-money era.
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Greens’ Polanski Says Marches Don’t Make Jews ‘Actively Unsafe’

Zack Polanski rejected calls to curb pro-Palestine marches in response to a wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK, days ahead of what’s expected to be a breakthrough election for his Green Party.

Zack Polanski arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday May 3.
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The King Charms Trump, But Starmer’s US Ordeal Will Continue

In one legislative chamber, a British king appealed to centuries of shared history in a bid to preserve his country’s most important alliance. In another, an ocean away, a British prime minister watched his agenda get sidelined again by his past efforts to protect the US-UK “special relationship.”

US President Donald Trump, right, and King Charles III
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Epstein Fallout Puts UK Premier on the Brink

Keir Starmer’s handling of a scandal surrounding his pick of US ambassador threatens to topple the Labour leader’s government.

Keir Starmer, right, and Peter Mandelson at the ambassador's residence in Washington, DC in February. Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images
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