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Iain Duncan Smith.   Picture: REUTERS

UK pensions secretary quits in protest to disability-benefits cuts

Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation a direct attack on Finance Minister George Osborne

Greek police arrest suspected migrant traffickers

CONFINED:  A child at a fence near the Greece-Macedonia border, outside the village of Idomeni, Greece, on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA

Gang of four Greek nationals and two Iraqis arrested in Greece as they prepared to fly seven Iraqi migrants to Italy in a light aircraft

Cyprus may use EU veto against Turkey

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‘Turkey has to open its harbours and airports and normalise its relations with Cyprus — something that it does not do,’ says Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades

EU leaders to try to seal migrant deal with Turkey

A Turkish flag flies at Oyak Renault car plant in Bursa, Turkey.   Picture: REUTERS

European Union president will present controversial proposals, under which Turkey will take all migrants and refugees coming to Greece

Turkey may cut its overnight lending rate

Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: REUTERS

Presidential adviser says overnight lending, which finances the banking system, may be the subject of a discount on the upper band interest rate

Opinion

UK’s sins of taxation need fixing

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Osborne has a chance today to make crucial changes, writes Tim Harford


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