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The first full week of the general election campaign flew by in a blizzard of manifestos, promises and policy announcements. At times it was difficult to discern an overall narrative, although one recurring theme was the sniping between the two…

Each morning from about 8.30am, two queues gather side by side along a relatively narrow side street in the City of London, a couple of minutes’ walk from St Paul’s Cathedral. The door at the top of the queue is…

More than two weeks after Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia, the Kremlin’s forces have slowed the advance, with the hardening front line in the Kursk region of Russia setting up the next phase of a battle with great political stakes…