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UK prime minister Liz Truss has sought to increase co-operation with France as she and French president Emmanuel Macron released a joint statement reaffirming ties between the two countries.

The UK has opened a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, with around 100 licences up for grabs spanning 898 sections of the area.

The Republic of Ireland’s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has said that he does not expect issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol to be resolved before the key date of October 28.

Conservative Party chair Jake Berry has criticised recent comments made by former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, which targeted prime minister Liz Truss.

UK prime minister Liz Truss has today travelled to Prague, Czechia, to join leaders from countries across Europe and Western Asia for the first meeting of the new European Political Community [EPC].

County Councils in England have called on government to delay planned social care reforms, which are due to come into force in October next year.

Prime minister Liz Truss has used her keynote speech at the Tory Party Conference to emphasise that “everyone will benefit” from her growth-pursuing economic policies and the UK must “stay the course”.

Speaking at the Tory Party Conference, home secretary Suella Braverman has said that ministers need to make the plan to divert asylum seekers to Rwanda “work”.

Former Treasury minister Lord Agnew has suggested that the UK could save £35 billion per year by making cutbacks within the Civil Service to render it more efficient.

Prime minister Liz Truss has cast doubt on whether benefits will increase in line with inflation, as her predecessor Boris Johnson had promised.

Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has suggested he will publish his fiscal plan “shortly”, having previously indicated that it would not be forthcoming until November 23.

Business magnate Elon Musk has been criticised after posting a Twitter poll suggesting a number of resolutions to the Ukraine war.

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has defended his claims that relations with the Republic of Ireland are “not where they should be, and we all need to work extremely hard to improve them”.

Norland College principal Dr Janet Rose and careers & consultancy head Julia Gaskell, have been awarded fellowships of the prestigious Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship programme at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, US.