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UK politics: Starmer warns ‘lot of work to do’ to make ceasefire permanent at start of talks in Gulf - as it happened
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UK politics: Starmer warns ‘lot of work to do’ to make ceasefire permanent at start of talks in Gulf - as it happened

PM will meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US and IranOpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is proposing the extension of the four-day w...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Scottish Labour pledges £30m to top up artists’ income to a living wage
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Scottish Labour pledges £30m to top up artists’ income to a living wage

Anas Sarwar says scheme would be part of overhaul of arts funding in ScotlandLabour has pledged to spend £30m on giving Scottish artists and musicians a living wage, mirroring a similar scheme in Irel...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts
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Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts

Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staffHealth service staff have expressed alarm that engineers working for controversial tech...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Keir Starmer arrives in Gulf after US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire
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Keir Starmer arrives in Gulf after US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire

PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet lea...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Londoners may regret protest votes for Reform or Greens in local elections, says Sadiq Khan
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Londoners may regret protest votes for Reform or Greens in local elections, says Sadiq Khan

Exclusive: Capital’s mayor warns people not to use next month’s elections as a referendum on Labour’s progressSadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with ot...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
What has conflict in Iran revealed about UK’s geopolitical standing and military readiness?
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What has conflict in Iran revealed about UK’s geopolitical standing and military readiness?

Whatever happens next as US and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, some important lessons have been learnedMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe world breathed a sigh of relief as the US and Iran agr...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Bristol airport loses legal challenge against Cardiff rival over £205m subsidy
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Bristol airport loses legal challenge against Cardiff rival over £205m subsidy

Tribunal dismisses claim that the Welsh government’s financial package breached competition rulesCardiff airport has won a legal challenge brought by its rival in Bristol over the fairness of a £205m...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog
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Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’Jailed criminals who are flooding prisons with drugs should be isolated like radica...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say
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UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say

Senior climate figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countriesOpening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas
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Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas

Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate BritainCommonwealth politicians say they will not back down from seeking reparations as UK publi...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities
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Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities

PM’s most senior civil servant now has task of rewriting civil service code and ‘making it recognised for improved productivity’ Antonia Romeo, Keir Starmer’s most senior civil servant, has been given...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK
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Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK

Rapper had been booked to play at festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarksThe Wireless music festival has been cancelled after the artist formerly known as Kanye West was...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer urged to limit US access to UK bases after ‘dangerous’ Trump threats
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Starmer urged to limit US access to UK bases after ‘dangerous’ Trump threats

Lib Dems, Greens and some Labour MPs demand UK block US from using its airbases for Iran missionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer is facing increasing pressure to limit US access to Briti...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU
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JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU

US Vice-President JD Vance intervenes in the campaign to give Orbán a ringing endorsement in Budapest.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Charity cleared after false claims online over migrant welcome project
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Charity cleared after false claims online over migrant welcome project

Watchdog finds allegations against City of Sanctuary UK were misleading after complaint from Tory MPA refugee charity subjected to vicious social media attacks over a migrant welcome project in school...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened
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UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘shocked’ by the remarks which were ‘over the top in every single way’The Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This morning the party issued a sta...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK government urged to act over proposed illegal Israeli settlement
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UK government urged to act over proposed illegal Israeli settlement

Former diplomats say ministers must threaten action against any companies bidding to build E1 settlement of 3,400 houses in West BankBritain must lead efforts to stop Israel’s annexation of the West B...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Can Starmer maintain ‘defensive strikes’ stance as Trump escalates threats on Iran?
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Can Starmer maintain ‘defensive strikes’ stance as Trump escalates threats on Iran?

As US threatens to attack civilian infrastructure, UK’s distinction between defence and attack is under strain• Donald Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran ignores demandsIn Downing Stre...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections
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Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections

Guardian journalist among those to get surprise request, though Farage denies party are ‘begging’ people to standReform UK has been cold calling people asking them to become “paper” candidates for the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Why is the UK government capping student loan interest and will graduates now pay less?
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Why is the UK government capping student loan interest and will graduates now pay less?

Decision to cap interest rate at 6% in England and Wales from September is unlikely to defuse row over crippling cost of debtFull story: UK caps interest rate on student loansThe government has announ...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago