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At last, Labour develop some sort of deterrent…perhaps!
The Good Character policy guidance used by Home Office caseworkers when assessing applications for British citizenship have changed from 10 February 2025 (technically actually a clarification, rather than a change) and will, fortunately have a significant negative impact upon people with refugee status who apply for British citizenship after that date.
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Economy
Europe responds to US Tariffs
Updated 9 Apr 2025
The EU on Wednesday launched its first measures hitting back at President Donald Trump’s tariffs, targeting over 20 billion euros of US products including soybeans, beauty products, motorcycles etc, just hours before the US administration announced a suspension of tariffs for all countries that had not produced retaliatory tariffs. The EU is still likely to face US tariffs not being suspended even though the EU stated that these “countermeasures can be suspended at any time, should the US agree to a fair and balanced negotiated outcome” and the EU levies are retaliation for previous US duties on steel and aluminium. Europe also stated that additional European tariffs have yet to be announced.
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