Albanese concedes savings needed as he faces internal Labor pressure on cost-of-living crisis
Prime minister vows not to slash health and education funding amid political problem over handling of economyAnthony Albanese has ruled out major cuts...
Albanese concedes $6m golf club grant in his electorate was not to contain ‘raw sewage’
Grant part of $560m invitation-only scheme transparency advocates say largely funded projects in Labor-held seatsFollow our Australian politics live b...
Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election
Vučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests Serbia’s veteran leader Aleksa...
French police ‘lost control’ during riots, concedes interior minister
Forces in cities including Paris and Lyon were overwhelmed after ‘lack of anticipation’, says Laurent NuñezEurope live – latest updatesFrance’s interi...
Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
Commonwealth tells high court its proposed laws to let users opt out of algorithms would ultimately have the same effect as the banGet our breaking ne...
BBC boss concedes real prospect of strikes over pay and job cuts
Matt Brittin says ‘cupboard is bare’ after staff reject average 2.1% pay rise in disputeThe BBC’s director general has conceded there is a real prospe...
Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights
State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’Get ...
One Nation MP concedes party’s migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s once rural workforce included
David Farley says party wants 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 migration target it considers the ‘true’ numberFollow our Austr...
As war stalls, Putin concedes he never cut a deal with Trump in Alaska
The Kremlin had framed the Anchorage summit as a turning point for the war in Ukraine. Now, Putin admits there was no deal, perhaps to get U.S. to hel...
Colombia’s leftwing candidate concedes election to Trump-endorsed millionaire
Leftist Iván Cepeda conceded to far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella who won by razor-thin marginThe defeated leftwing candidate in Colombia’s pr...
SNP concedes Aberdeen South with Scottish Conservatives set to win
Byelection loss suggests voters rebelled against SNP over Peter Murrell’s theft of £400,000 in party fundsUK politics – live updatesThe Scottish Natio...
Spencer Pratt concedes LA mayor race, but declares ‘war’ against advancing candidates
In video, The Hills actor, who did not contest the outcome of the election, said his campaign to ‘save’ LA was just startingSpencer Pratt appeared to ...
Anti-abortion activist concedes pictures of human foetuses may have been sugar glider joeys
Joanna Howe posts on social media that if purported images of human foetuses are in fact sugar gliders, ‘it doesn’t actually matter’Get our breaking n...
Australians ‘uneasy’ about NDIS cuts amid $53bn in new defence spending, Mark Butler concedes
Minister tells Guardian Australia despite substantial changes to disability scheme, it will remain one of best support services ‘anywhere in the world...
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin concedes election
Finland's left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country's parliamentary election as the opposition right-wing N...
