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PMQs: Badenoch misses open goal on India trade deal
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.

What we do (and don’t) know about the UK-India trade deal

UK and India clinch trade deal after three years of talks

Britain’s shrinking fraud watchdog

99 percent of Spain’s power supply restored after blackout, authorities say

Freak disappearance of electricity triggered power cut, says Spain PM Sánchez

Power cut leaves card users in the lurch in Spain, Portugal
India blinks on visas to pave way for UK trade deal
The new rules will lead to around 100 new visas for Indian workers each year, a U.K. official told POLITICO.
Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them
Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”
The big unanswered questions from Keir Starmer’s British Steel takeover
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?
Shootings, debt and political paralysis show Brussels is falling apart
Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium’s capital is in desperate need of leadership.
Keir Starmer’s massive majority brings problems of its own
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.
Huawei corruption probe: 8 charged
Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.
Huawei, Forum Europe staff face Belgian court hearings over corruption charges
Three Huawei employees and a managing director from Brussels conference organizer Forum Europe were represented in court.
We needed something more concrete on Huawei, says EU anti-fraud chief
OLAF chief Ville Itälä defends his agency’s handling of a tip on Huawei, now under investigation in Belgium.
Farm fight erupts over Brussels budget shake-up
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.
Why five judges could blow a hole in Labour’s economic plans
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.
The Starmer and Reeves double act is about to be tested
A strong, if shallow, partnership at the top has defined Labour in office. Can it hold when the going gets tough?
Trump’s deal with Putin faces European reality check
Top leaders meeting in Paris want to show the U.S. and Russia can’t carve up the continent by cutting out the EU and Ukraine.
America’s global AIDS relief program is on the brink
President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.
UK law firm slapped with £465K fine for Russian sanctions breach
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Moscow subsidiary made six payments of just under £4 million to sanctioned individuals who were subject to an asset freeze.
EU risks more Trump tariffs in looming Big Tech crackdown
A series of decisions against Apple, Meta and Google could open up a new front in the EU-U.S. trade war.
Why sh*t’s about to get real for Keir Starmer
A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.
ECB resistance wavers as pressure mounts to seize Russian assets
ECB President Christine Lagarde has reiterated the central bank’s cautious stance, but opposition is growing at the Russian frontier.
3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia in the UK
The group was directed by Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek.
This newbie UK minister faces a baptism of fire on a key Labour promise
Miatta Fahnbulleh, left-wing-economist-turned Labour minister, has been tasked with cutting Brits’ energy bills. But convincing the Treasury to budge makes it a mammoth task.
Keir Starmer preps major UK deregulation plan
Announcement slated to take place before cash-strapped Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spring statement later this month.
Trump celebrates disruption and defies backlash in Congress speech
“The people elected me to do the job, and I’m doing it.”
Minerals deal will only succeed if Trump offers security guarantees, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president will visit Washington Friday for a “framework” deal, but Kyiv warns it is only a first step.
Macron meets Trump, Europeans head to Kyiv in two-pronged effort to save Ukraine
European leaders hope to reverse Trump’s retreat from Europe and Ukraine’s dire prospects.
5 takeaways in the EU’s big agriculture (and food) vision
EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.