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In an exclusive report from inside Iran, witnesses told DW how recent mass demonstrations escalated into deadly clashes
Councilman Robert White has won the Democratic primary to be Washington, D.C.’s, next delegate to the House of Representatives, beating out his colleague Brooke Pinto in their race to replace retiring Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). With 64% of the vote counted early Wednesday morning, White was declared the winner of the Democratic primary with […]
Brexit at 10: Regulation melissa.ittoo Wed, 17/06/2026 - 14:54 Much of the argument for Brexit was regulatory. 5 Comment Matthew Gill Institute for Government Yes Brexit Regulation Trade Artificial intelligence Utilities Business Cameron government May government Johnson government Sunak government No The Trade and Cooperation Agreement was designed to maximise regulatory autonomy – for Great Britain at least – by taking the UK firmly outside the orbit of the EU’s single market. And there has since been welcome innovation in UK regulation, which is being driven by individual regulators, regulatory networks, the Regulatory Innovation Office and government departments. 2 Gill M, Regulation and growth: Will the government’s strategy deliver?, Institute for Government, 2025, www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/regulatory-action-plan But much of this aims to resolve inefficiencies in the UK’s national regulatory arrangements, rather than to diverge from the EU (or lead the world). Regulation has been front and centre of implementing Brexit, but not in the way its proponents might have hoped. Related content Regulation and growth Only modest divergence from EU regulation has been achieved Five years ago, the IfG said it would be hard for the UK to realise the promised regulatory benefits of Brexit, 8 Rutter J and Marshal J, Taking back control of regulation: Managing divergence from EU rules, Institute for Government, 2021, www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/report/taking-back-control-regulation and so it has proved. Early enthusiasm for ‘sunsetting’ laws that were initially transferred onto the statute book to smooth the transition from the EU – as discussed by Jonathan Jones in this series – was quickly frustrated by business concerns about regulatory uncertainty and, in the case of GB businesses exporting to the EU, the cost and complexity of satisfying two regimes. The UK’s attempts to go it alone have sometimes proved unworkable and had to be qui
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court slapped down Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for repeatedly misleading state courts and withholding evidence in various cases in which his office tried to toss out murder convictions, ordering the state attorney general to review any future convictions he seeks to reverse. The high court in the Keystone State, which features […]
The MP was unveiled as Reform's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally, bringing the number of the party's sitting MPs to eight
Just over 75,000 people in the constituency of #Makerfield, near #Manchester, will be voting for their new representative in parliament on June 18th… possibly leading to the fall of the #UK’s prime minister
Brexit at 10: How has leaving the EU changed UK government? melissa.ittoo Tue, 16/06/2026 - 12:15 The IfG looks back on a decade since the UK left the EU. 5 Comment Jill Rutter Institute for Government Yes Brexit Civil service Public finances Public bodies International relations Parliament and the constitution Devolution Civil servants Trade Public spending General election Government reform Foreign affairs European Union No The result of the referendum immediately cost David Cameron the position of prime minister he had held for six years – having governed with a Conservative majority for one year, following five years of what in retrospect looks like remarkably stable coalition with the Liberal Democrats. That vote itself was called by Cameron in response to external pressure from Nigel Farage’s UKIP and internal pressure from the growing ranks of Conservative Eurosceptics. It ushered in a period of unprecedented political turbulence which has yet to end. David Cameron speaks outside Downing Street following his resignation as prime minister after the UK voted to leave the European Union in a referendum vote. Chaos descends on Westminster and Whitehall Cameron’s successor, Theresa May, could not find a Brexit compromise that both the EU and her party would accept, suffering a series of record-breaking Commons defeats along the way. The chaos broadcast weekly from the Palace of Westminster was matched in Whitehall, where ministerial churn went into overdrive with, unhelpfully, the newly minted Department for Exiting the EU particularly hit by policy-driven resignations. Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker address a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels. Ministers were drawn into conflict with the courts over their handling of Brexit, and relations with the devolved governments became ever more fractious, with SNP first minister Nicola Sturgeon using the breakdown to reopen the independence argument apparently “settled” in 20
Ballots in 35,000 villages, towns and cities will be closely watched for signals about party strategies and alliances
Hundreds of people turned out in London Sunday for a pro-Palestinian march banned by the government after police said it was organised by a group "supportive of the Iranian regime". Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said earlier this week she had agreed to the ban to "prevent serious public disorder" in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, where Iran has launched strikes in retaliation against a US-Israeli offensive
The amendment was a key campaign promise of pro-EU conservative Peter Magyar, who in April elections ousted Viktor Orban from office, promising sweeping reforms
President Abbas has issued a decree calling for presidential elections in early 2027 and for legislative elections to be held in November of this year, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, without saying if he would run
France's government accused the hard left Monday of being partly responsible for the killing of a far-right activist last week, an accusation that has been refuted by France Unbowed. Quentin Deranque, 23, died of his wounds after being attacked Thursday on the sidelines of a far-right protest against a left-wing politician speaking at a university in the city of Lyon. FRANCE 24's Politics Editor Marc Perelman brings you this analysis