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Sir Keir Starmer is joining NATO allies in promising to boost defence and security spending to 5%

Sir Keir Starmer warns of 'era of radical uncertainty' as he pledges to boost defence and security spending

Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Labour MPs launch rebellion against welfare cuts as more than 100 back bid to kill bill

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage Hosts Press Conference With Zia Yusuf

Nigel Farage tells LBC Britain has 'hindered' US attack on Iran & Starmer should come out and back Trump

The spending goal was proposed by NATO secretary general Mark Rutte in a bid to get members of the Alliance to “equalise” their spending with the US

UK and NATO allies agree to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 amid Russia and China threats

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will reveal the policy on Monday

Reform reveals 'Robin Hood' policy to charge non-doms £250,000 fee to be given to low earners

Britain has urged Iran to negotiate with Donald Trump amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

'Speak to the US', Britain pleads with Iran as it warns of 'very dangerous' consequences if Trump intervenes

Jonathan Brash MP has called for the abolition of the Sentencing Council.

First Labour MP calls for abolition of 'two-tier' Sentencing Council as justice row erupts

Nigel Farage has yet again distanced himself from Donald Trump over his stance on Russia

Farage claims Trump could make Putin a 'winner' - as he distances himself from US President over stance on Russia

Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood

Judges reject Government's request to change 'corrosive' sentencing rules as 'two-tier justice' row erupts

Keir Starmer Visits the Siemens Energy plant

Northern England will no longer be 'held to ransom' by poor transport systems, says Starmer

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Australia to hold federal election in May as housing and inflation among key issues

President Donald J Trump.

Donald Trump pushes for near-total control of Ukraine’s minerals and energy in huge increase on earlier demands

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Richard Tice

Reform deputy says mental health is modern equivalent of ‘back pain’ - and disabled people are ‘swinging the lead’

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I look forward to a statement that hits people like me, rather than those who can’t afford to eat, writes Andrew Marr

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in Stoke-on-Trent. Picture date: Monday March 24, 2025.

Labour's worker's rights reforms to have 'net negative' impact on the economy, says OBR

Online Islamophobic abuse about the Mayor of London more than doubled in a single year during 2024, according to new research.

Online Islamophobic abuse targeting Sadiq Khan more than doubled last year, figures suggest

Rachel Reeves is set to cut tens of thousands of civil service jobs, a union has warned

Reeves 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs' as she pushes to cut spending by £2 billion per year

Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Starmer's ultimatum to councils: Prove you're tackling potholes or face losing cash

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall

Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election as he says Donald Trump 'wants to break us' with trade war

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Reeves to slash civil service spending by £2bn as Jeremy Hunt tells LBC chancellor must be 'bolder' to fix UK economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Rachel Reeves takes axe to Civil Service: Government departments to make £2billion cuts

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Starmer says UK 'doing everything it can' to de-escalate Iran tensions as holds emergency COBRA meeting

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Israel's Ben Gurion Airport is empty of passengers following an Israeli military strike on Iran, near Tel Aviv, Israel.

Britain organising flights out of Israel for UK nationals 'early next week', says Foreign Office

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Starmer backs Trump as he calls on Iran to 'return to the negotiating table' after US strikes

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Wes Streeting has expressed concerns over NHS resources and other risks involved in implementing the Assisted Dying Bill

Streeting says NHS 'has no budget' for assisted dying and warns MPs have made 'wrong choice'

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Kneecap performing at Glastonbury 'not appropriate', says Starmer

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Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion over his proposed welfare reforms.

Sir Keir Starmer scrambles to contain 'mass rebellion' among Labour MPs over welfare reforms

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Lisa Nandy has announced a huge cash injection into the UK creative sector

Government to invest millions into UK film, game and music industries

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Fergus Ewing has quit the SNP after more than half a century of involvement.

SNP urged to put independence on backburner for 10 years

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Dignity in Dying campaigners in support of the assisted dying Bill celebrate in Westminster, central London, after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed in the House of Commons.

MPs pass landmark assisted dying bill by just 23 votes following emotional debate in historic social change

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Humza Yousaf, ordered a review of mobile messaging which was carried out by Emma Martins – the former Channel Islands data protection commissioner.

Scottish Government ending use of WhatsApp and other messaging services after Covid inquiry criticism

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MPs have told of their personal stories during the assisted dying debate

MPs share personal stories during emotional debate ahead of assisted dying vote

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Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Holon, near Tel Aviv.

Government scrambles to charter flights for Brits stuck in Tel Aviv as Middle East crisis escalates

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Scottish Daily Politics 2019

Abuse sent to MSPs triples in a year

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Screen grab of Labour MP Kim Leadbeater makes a statement in the House of Commons, London, on the third reading of the assisted dying Bill, ahead of a debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons.

'It's a choice for terminally ill people about how they die': Kim Leadbeater makes plea ahead of assisted dying vote

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Fergus Ewing will run against his former party in next year's Holyrood elections.

Veteran SNP MSP to stand against party at Holyrood elections

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Campaigners with Dignity in Dying protest in favour of the assisted dying Bill, in Parliament Square, central London, ahead of a debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Commons today

Assisted dying: All you need to know about today's parliamentary vote

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Serious fire at Jaguar Land Rover's car plant as 50 firefighters rush to scene

Giorgio Russo's famous sibling revealed as the bombshell enters the Love Island villa

Love Island 'bombshell' enters villa as famous footballing sibling revealed

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