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There can’t be many in Labour celebrating Trump’s return to the White House but perversely, that Republican victory could be the making of Starmer’s premiership if he seeks out the opportunities that will arise.

A second Trump term will be marked by isolationism in trade and security, will harm efforts to address climate change and will empower the hard right at home and across Europe. Closer ties between the UK and the EU has never been more imperative.

As of the 1st January 2024, the UK formally returned to the Horizon programme. Find out all you need to know about the leading research and innovation scheme here.

With just days to go until the US Presidential Election, what would a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris administration mean for trade? While Trump has fought a campaign vowing to further expand tariffs, Harris has adopted a different, yet still relatively protectionist, approach, pledging to subsidise American industries to lower American reliance on imports.

Today Rachel Reeves will outline her first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer. A Budget wrought in the shadow of the worst inheritance of any incoming government in modern British history, with an economy handcuffed by debt, suffocated by stagnant growth and blighted by Brexit barriers.

For the second time in as many weeks, Russia has been accused of undermining the democratic process in a former Soviet nation. One week on from the dramatic, razor-thin victory for the pro-European movement in Moldova, over in Georgia the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party won the election, gaining 54% of the vote.

A look into the current carbon border tax situation in the UK, the problems that exist with it and why it is so important that the Government follows through with its plans for EU alignment.

1 in 4 councils could need bankruptcy bailouts in the next 2 years. Councils in the North are twice as likely to be at risk. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund was supposed to replace EU funding to tackle these issues after Brexit. Has it failed?

Gender remains a significant indicator for political preference. While the 'gender vote gap' isn't new, recent polling data on the US election indicates the gap in voting preference between men and women seems to be widening. But why? And how significant is it?

The result of the referendum proved far closer than pollsters had predicted with Moldovan President Maia Sandu accusing “foreign forces” of attempting to “assault our country's freedom and democracy” following evidence of Russian interference earlier this month.

As the American election edges closer and the polls in many swing states too close to call, a second Trump presidency remains a very real possibility. So what will a second Trump administration mean for the UK and for Europe?

Everything you need to know about what the UK Board of Trade is, what it does and most importantly, what it should do.

Instead of joining the critical chorus reflecting on the last hundred days, we should ask what he can do in the next hundred to turn things around. Specifically, how can Starmer deliver meaningful change from one of the few PR successes from his time in the top job - his electorally popular ‘relationship reset’ with the EU.

More than 70 years after Churchill, his party has become the party of law-breakers and human rights detractors with leading figures calling for a referendum on membership of the ECHR. But how does the ECHR work and why are they wrong to want out of it?

What is a swing state? And how does the American voting system actually work? As the US election draws ominously close, we begin our coverage by explaining the electoral college system and taking a closer look at the seven ‘swing states’ that could decide this election.

Between increased bureaucracy, visa troubles and funding shortfalls, Britain’s exit from the European Union has undermined that most quintessential of British industries, our world-leading creative sector. A Visa Waiver Agreement for Cultural Workers can begin to repair the damage.

Werewolves, frivolous mothers and Peter Andre, the Conservative Party are back in full swing and are as barmy as ever.

Let's take a look at what youth mobility schemes actually are, and why they really, just maybe, aren't something people should be getting so worried about.

As Austria becomes the latest European country to witness the success of the populist right-wing, Labour and the Conservatives must beware the potential for rapid legitimisation of Reform UK.

After multiple delays, the EU’s new Entry/Exit System is set to launch in November this year, meaning in just over two months from now, Brits will face a new border process when travelling to and from countries within the Schengen Area.