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Court of Auditors warned that a “liquidity crisis” could impact benefits payments as soon as 2027.

Any change to the controversial policy is likely to come at the next U.K. budget this fall.

Keep €70 per adult and €30 per child in hard currency in case of emergencies, the Bank advised.

The European Commission wants to strengthen the link between foreign aid and domestic priorities like energy and migration.

Britain is trying to replicate Australia’s “super” pensions to boost the ailing economy. But time isn’t on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ side.

European lawmakers and environmentalists also warn that slashing red tape might do more harm than good to farmers having to cope with climate change.

Proposals to slash red tape risk clashing with earlier recommendations to make farming more resilient.

The Tory leader opted not to press her party’s attacks on the British-India trade deal and instead attacked Keir Starmer on winter fuel and net zero.

From tariffs to visas and services, we talk through the key concessions in the long-awaited agreement, as well as the big unanswered questions.

It’s the most valuable trade deal the U.K. has struck since Brexit — but a migration row is already in flow.

Political forces — from Trump’s deprioritization of bribery to Britain’s dash for growth — mean the Serious Fraud Office is in a fight for relevance.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to meet the National Security Council as Spain seeks to figure out what happened.

“This has never happened before,” said Sánchez, warning it may take longer than expected to restore power.

Despite the dash for cash, Spain’s core settlement infrastructure continues to operate normally, says the Bank of Spain.

The new rules will lead to around 100 new visas for Indian workers each year, a U.K. official told POLITICO.

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

How far is Labour willing to go to prop up Britain’s struggling industries? And will it be enough to see off the Farage threat?

Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium’s capital is in desperate need of leadership.

Labour seems unified in public, but a division is emerging between MPs representing what they see as its core voters, and those from towns the party is newly courting.

Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.

Three Huawei employees and a managing director from Brussels conference organizer Forum Europe were represented in court.

OLAF chief Ville Itälä defends his agency’s handling of a tip on Huawei, now under investigation in Belgium.

As budget hawks eye the EU’s farm billions, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen and the agri world are digging in to defend the status quo.

Banks would be able to afford a possible £30 billion bill if the Supreme Court finds them guilty of paying hidden commissions. But Britain’s economy may not.