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Constitutional crisis unfolds in Catalonia, as Spain looks set to resist any and all attempts for the devolved government to hold a referendum on independence, we have in depth coverage of the events unfolding this week. One year on from the United Nations historic New York Declaration on refugees and migrants, and this week criticisms have been raised stating that no real progress has been made by the international community to action the promises made. As the UK Labour Party packs its collective suitcase for the annual conference in Brighton on Sunday, we’ll be taking a closer look at proposed changes from its national executive, on how party leaders are elected. US President Donald Trump gave his maiden speech to the United Nations this week, and while his comments on North Korea have dominated global headlines we’ll be taking a closer look at what else his speech tells us about the Trump administration’s foreign policy aims. And, when the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson said her party was the “Chumbawamba of politics”, we thought we’d ask Chumbawamba - or at least their former lead guitarist Boff Whalley, if he agreed