Day Headlines in Politics News: 2025-07-16
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Germany to tighten people-smuggling law as chancellor visits UK (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 21:31:41)
It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.
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Labour suspends four MPs after welfare cuts rebellion (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 19:08:13)
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell all voted against welfare reforms.
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MoD offered to speed up resettlement case of Afghan who posted data breach names on Facebook (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 18:47:13)
The BBC understands the individual, an Afghan national, is now living in the UK.
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Lib Dems back 'pot zero' plan to cut energy bills (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 18:03:07)
Leader Sir Ed Davey says the UK must break the link between gas prices and electricity costs.
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Labour suspends four rebel MPs for breaching party discipline (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 17:02:12)
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell all voted against welfare reforms.
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Badenoch and PM spar over 'modest income' tax pledge (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 16:12:12)
A cabinet minister said people on "modest" incomes will be protected from tax rises, but the Tories say ministers can't explain who they are.
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What we know about Afghan data breach - and the questions that remain (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 16:03:21)
The revelation of a major data leak and subsequent relocation of thousands of Afghans to the UK has raised serious questions.
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What we know so far about Afghan data breach (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 16:03:21)
The revelation of a major data leak and subsequent relocation of thousands of Afghans to the UK has raised serious questions.
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Starmer suspends Labour MPs for discipline breaches (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 15:48:48)
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Rachael Maskell all voted against welfare reforms.
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Serious questions for Tories over Afghan data breach - PM (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 12:09:09)
Details of thousands of Afghans who supported UK forces were mistakenly leaked under the last government.
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Defence secretary 'unable to say' if anyone killed after Afghan data breach (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 09:58:10)
Details of nearly 19,000 people who wanted to leave Afghanistan were mistakenly leaked three years ago.
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UK inflation at highest for almost a year and a half (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 09:54:31)
Food and clothing prices rose more quickly while fuel fell only slightly, boosting the overall rate of inflation.
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Ben Wallace says he makes 'no apology' for Afghan injunction (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 06:44:16)
The decision to apply for an injunction was "not a cover-up", the former defence secretary says.
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Ex-PM 'extremely cavalier' in Brexit handling, says Tory MP (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-16 05:37:18)
A former NI secretary has accused David Cameron of treating the Brexit referendum as "some sort of Eton game".