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Launch HN: Rudus (YC P26) – AI for concrete contractors

Hi HN, we’re Rishi and Sahil. We’ve developed Rudus (https://www.rudus.ai/), an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform built for concrete subcontractors. Takeoff is the process of measuring and quantifying materials from concrete plan sheets.

AI hiring algorithms reject Black, Asian job seekers at higher rates

UK wins court case over canceled plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

UK wins court case over canceled Rwanda asylum plan June 1, 2026International arbiters have rejected a Rwanda appeal for damages over the contentious refugee resettlement deal it had signed with the previous British government, which was scrapped by incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately after taking office in 2024. The contentious plan, which seemed at risk of being annulled by British courts anyway, foresaw sending migrants who arrive in the UK illegally seeking asylum to Rwanda,...

Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths | Simon Jenkins

Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths | Simon Jenkins

Voices: ‘Brexit never had full consent’: Readers on why leaving the EU failed to live up to voter expectations

‘Brexit never had full consent’: Readers on why leaving the EU failed to live up to voter expectations Our community reacts to Sir John Curtice’s polling showing a shift in public opinion a decade on from Brexit, with the majority agreeing that it has failed to live up to expectations - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Readers responding to an extract from The Brexit Effect, in which Sir John Curtice assesses public opinion a decade on from the vote to leave the EU, focused heavily on the...

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi

Illustrations by Joan WongWho broke Britain? Someone—or something—must have. The past 18 years, enough time for a whole lost generation to be born and brought up, have yielded nothing but stagnation and mass disillusionment.

5 ways Keir Starmer is trying to show he’s worth sticking with

LONDON — Keir Starmer isn’t going down without a fight. As his premiership hangs in the balance, the U.K. prime minister wants to persuade Labour MPs he’s still their best bet. The pivotal Makerfield by-election on June 18 will determine whether leadership rival Andy Burnham returns to Westminster.

Court throws out £100m Rwanda claim as botched Tory deal branded waste of money

Court throws out £100m Rwanda claim as botched Tory deal branded waste of money The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Netherlands threw out a claim by the Rwandan government for payments it would have received in 2024 and 2025 if the Tory deportation agreement had not been scrapped The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds after tearing up the botched Tory deportation policy, a court has ruled. The African nation had sued the government for £100million, arguing it...

The right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine | Polly Toynbee

The decision not to test all men and only screen the most at risk, including black men, is fact-based. Yet it’s been called ‘two-tier’ – and labelled as misandryIf the country seems to be slipping away from reason and trust in science, blame usually falls on modern phenomena such as social media and its fantastical influencers. Or on the US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s bizarre anti-vaccine, anti-fluoride, anti-evidence lunacy.