Trump calls Starmer meeting ‘tremendously productive’ and says ‘we have a very good chance at arriving at a very good deal’ Trump-Starmer visit: the key takeawaysEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to ta…
General secretary highlights ‘legacy of 14 years of falling living standards under the Tories’In an article for the Guardian, the Labour MP Clive Lewis said Rachel Reeves’ growth speech this week means the party has abandoned its pre-election green com…
Long hospital waiting lists, extortionate food bills and rising homelessness. Welcome to life under the most rightwing Finnish government in generationsOulu is five hours north from Helsinki by train and a good deal colder and darker each winter than t…
Traffickers are to blame, the candidates say. Virtually no one’s talking about treatment.
Hugely successful Netflix show has been a boon to French tourism but latest season takes events to RomeIt is shameless fantasy, from high heels on cobblestones to sanitised streets free of litter and dog poo, a suspiciously blue River Seine, no homeles…
War damage to 2m homes has led to significant rise in rough sleepers and millions of refugees at growing risk in EuropeRussia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered a significant rise in homelessness, according to a new report, with almost a qu…
New Hampshire, Delaware and Rhode Island are all holding primary contests on Tuesday.
Britain’s disrupter-in-chief and Trump admirer now has his eye on the Golden State’s governor’s mansion.
Hilton has supported Trump, but he’s also leaned into his own brand of “positive populism.”
Thousands of Ukrainian refugees face eviction from Hungarian state-funded accommodation in a move by Budapest that human rights activists say could contravene EU law.
From a headscarf ban for French athletes to social cleansing in the capital, these Games rest on a foundation of injusticeThe Paris Olympics opening ceremony was a stunning spectacle for global audiences, projecting an image of a proudly inclusive and …
Labour, with an eye on the next election, wants voters to hear that the public finances are worse than they thought — so blame the Tories for higher taxes.
Over the past decade, homelessness has increased across Europe. In countries like France and Germany, it has more than doubled, data shows.
Council of 50 random citizens decide how to use money given up by wealth-tax campaigner Marlene EngelhornAn inherited fortune given away by an Austrian heiress who shunned her millions will go to dozens of non-profit organisations that work on issues i…
Voters say they feel let down by Conservatives on immigration, public services and the supposed benefits of Brexit.
Keir Starmer is promising change from 14 years of Tory government. In fiscal terms, it’s not so much — for now.
Campaigners say operation to bus ‘undesirable’ people out of city and wider Île-de-France region has intensifiedThousands of homeless people have been removed from Paris and the surrounding area as part of a “clean-up” operation ahead of the Olympic Ga…
In EU election, Dublin addresses a Continent-wide problem.
Martin Leahy has performed Everyone Should Have a Home outside parliament every week for two years. After 100 performances, he is pessimistic about changeWhen Martin Leahy received an eviction notice in 2022 he found himself tumbling into Ireland’s hou…
Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hopeFix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warnsHigher costs and cramped conditions: the impact of Europe’s hou…
The London mayor, running for his third term in office, had been warning of a ‘two-horse race’When Hilary Cass published her review of gender identity services for children, saying medical evidence did not generally justify giving puberty blockers and …
Our message is clear: we can only achieve lasting change if all levels of government work together in a strategic partnership for action, Lyon Métropole’s Vice President Renaud Payre writes.
Policymakers should harness political will to end crisis and confront its causes, rather than reacting to its consequences
Homelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in central and eastern Europe. The Guardian visited Prague, for a long time a popular destination for tourists, to see how even this sector caters for the city’s visitors…
Charities say authorities want to clear homeless people from streets and squats to make city look better for GamesPolice have evicted hundreds of people from the biggest squat in France, in a southern suburb of Paris, prompting fresh accusations from c…
Oregon lawmakers gave it three years. Portugal’s program took longer to show results.
LA Mayor Karen Bass emerged from her trip to Paris with a sense of urgency after witnessing the struggles of the French capital in hosting the Games.
SNEAK PEEK — U.K. government scared of seizing Russian assets, MP says. — Treasury talks tough on fraud with new rules for banks. — City minister summons banks to chat growth. Good morning readers! Absolute ripper of a newsletter today, if we do say so ourselves. Read on to get the latest on why an […]
Continuation of war has left more refugees unsettled, with councils stepping in to to relieve most cases of homelessnessCouncils have called for urgent review of funding for Ukrainian refugees amid alarm that 9,000 have reported as homeless and many mo…
Refugees will have ‘certainty and assurance’ says Home Office, but charities say move insufficient as many face homelessnessUkrainians who sought sanctuary in the UK after the Russian invasion will be permitted to extend their visas for an extra 18 mon…
Thorsten Wulff looks for laughter amid the bleakness, while Carola Gartner is concerned about poverty and drug use Peter Kuras’s analysis of the rather dire situation Germany faces right now is spot-on (Tractor chaos, neo-Nazis and a flatlining economy…
POLITICO lists 26 (and counting) key walkbacks in Starmer’s spell as opposition leader.
Emmanuel Macron’s sports extravaganza faces tense geopolitical moment.
Two months after riots rocked Dublin, people queueing for food in the Irish capital are thankful for the help but concerned over immigrationWhen Dublin erupted in a riot last November masked youths looted shops, set fires and shouted slogans against im…
Government proposals to end publication of the statistics come as homelessness surges in England and Wales
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From minister of the year to the wildest social media storms, POLITICO’s essential Westminster newsletter picks the big hitters.
POLITICO London Playbook rounds up the festive traditions of Westminster’s power players — in their own words.
At least 60 squats in Seine-Saint-Denis were shut down in 2023, according to a Reuters tally based on administrative and court documents and interviews with more than 50 squatters, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, activists and local politicians.
The number of rough sleepers in Westminster is surging — and it’s part of a wider national problem.
Experts believe the government won’t keep its promise to end homelessness in Berlin by 2030.
One in 18 people will be without a home this Christmas, with thousands on the streets, Shelter survey finds
Decades of skewed policy have led to one of Europe’s worst shortages of affordable homes. Now it is being weaponised against refugeesIreland is in a dark place. Riots in Dublin last month exposed to the world the presence of a small, nascent but embold…
Government aiming to limit rights of railway workers, ambulance staff and border officials to go on strikeRishi Sunak has not accepted that Suella Braverman’s description of rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” was offensive – although he declined to…
In new data, it’s been revealed that overall spending on homelessness has increased by 10.5% since 2021/22 and a majority of councils have reported their costs have gone up.
Citizens fume as narcotics wave crashes into the Grand Duchy.
Soaring costs across the EU are pricing out renters, deterring prospective buyers and preventing new homes from being built. As Europe’s housing crisis grows, so do homelessness rates across the bloc. What are the solutions to Europe’s housing crisis?…
A report published by the Fondation Abbé Pierre and the European federation working with the homeless highlights poor housing conditions in Europe and the threat they pose to the health and safety of those affected, including certain cancers.
Report says homelessness is worsening across EU and UK, with only Denmark and Finland making progress Almost 1 million people are homeless on any given night across Europe, a new report has estimated. Continue reading…
