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New UK leader will struggle to unite ruling party

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UNITED KINGDOM

Sunak's accession and his decision to keep Jeremy Hunt as chancellor has helped to restore market stability. However, the current economic situation leaves his government facing…

Jarvis could be choice of UK Labour centrists

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UNITED KINGDOM

The Labour Party's Dan Jarvis MP.

New UK premier’s survival prospects are fragile

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UNITED KINGDOM

Truss’s main priorities are to tackle rising energy bills and stabilise the National Health Service (NHS), both enormous public policy challenges that would test any leader. Her…

UK government’s fiscal plans are not sustainable

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UNITED KINGDOM

Despite the short-term improvement in the fiscal position, the budget does not make major changes to macroeconomic policy or reverse planned tax increases. Instead, the government…

Next UK leader will struggle to unify ruling party

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UNITED KINGDOM

The party could elect a new leader by early September. Johnson’s successor will take over a deeply divided party with declining public support and pressing questions over what it…

Talks to solve Cyprus problem could be back on again

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CYPRUS

The second round pits against each other two very different visions for settling the division of Cyprus. In one, negotiations resume for a settlement problem under a…

UK cabinet reshuffle fails to reassert May’s authority

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UNITED KINGDOM

While not moving many key players, she has sought to maintain the balance of opinion on Brexit while placing more emphasis on areas of social policy separate from the question of…

Thai premier’s political strategy will be flexible

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THAILAND

The government parliamentary bloc is led by the Phalang Pracharat Party, formed to support Prayut’s transition from junta leader to civilian premier. While dampening speculation…

Denmark's weak new government faces complex alliances

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DENMARK

The new government will have only 34 of the 179 seats, because policy differences among the right-wing parties, and the political strategy of the electorally strengthened…

May needs momentum for Brexit deal to pass

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UNITED KINGDOM

This follows the defeat of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (WA) for a second time on March 12. Despite parliamentary support, an extension poses risks to all parties and positions…