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Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals
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Tory peer to leave Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Covid PPE deals

Lord Chadlington introduced government to company in which he had financial interest in 2020The Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform's Scottish leader denies fuelling racial tensions over Edinburgh stabbing
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Reform's Scottish leader denies fuelling racial tensions over Edinburgh stabbing

Malcolm Offord has faced criticism after linking the incident in Edinburgh to an "insurge" of migration.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Badenoch presses Starmer to strike Iranian missile sites
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Badenoch presses Starmer to strike Iranian missile sites

RAF jets have been shooting down missiles fired by Iran, but are not taking part in strikes on its sites.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact
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Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact

Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with ConservativesChristopher Harborne, the ultra-wealthy political donor who has given £12m to Re...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Labour MP resigns whip after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China
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Labour MP resigns whip after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Joani Reid steps back while internal inquiry takes place following freeing of husband David Taylor on bail until MayThe MP whose husband was arrested this week on suspicion of spying for China has res...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer could learn a useful lesson from Tony Blair
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Starmer could learn a useful lesson from Tony Blair

"The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes."

Sky News - UK6 months ago
Labour MP 'voluntarily suspends herself' after husband arrested in China spy probe
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Labour MP 'voluntarily suspends herself' after husband arrested in China spy probe

Joani Reid said she had temporarily stood down from the party after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent
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Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent

After the Greens’ byelection win, PM’s failure to make a progressive offer has angered Labour’s soft-left majorityBut for the Iran crisis, Labour’s first major policy announcement since the party’s ca...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Has Starmer been too weak on Iran? – podcast
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Has Starmer been too weak on Iran? – podcast

The UK prime minister has defended his stance on the war in the Middle East amid growing pressure from Cyprus, Bahrain and the UAE. John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether he has sh...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Defence secretary accuses Tory and Reform MPs of ‘unpatriotic’ behaviour
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Defence secretary accuses Tory and Reform MPs of ‘unpatriotic’ behaviour

John Healey lambasts opposition politicians for seeking to turn Donald Trump and the US against Keir StarmerUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesThe defence secretary, John Healey, has accused oppositi...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer tries to reassure as Iran crisis deepens
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Starmer tries to reassure as Iran crisis deepens

The PM acknowledged people are worried about family abroad, the economy, and potential further escalation.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Vote on Trump's White House ballroom postponed amid deluge of criticism
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Vote on Trump's White House ballroom postponed amid deluge of criticism

An oversight commission received more than 30,000 feedback submissions mainly in opposition to the proposed ballroom.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Conservative Anglicans in Nigeria pull back from electing rival to Archbishop of Canterbury
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Conservative Anglicans in Nigeria pull back from electing rival to Archbishop of Canterbury

The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Best way forward for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer
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Best way forward for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer

PM defends decision not to join initial US-Israeli strikes and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situationMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has said the conflict engulfin...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer says UK sending more fighter jets to Middle East and first repatriation flight has left Oman – as it happened
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Starmer says UK sending more fighter jets to Middle East and first repatriation flight has left Oman – as it happened

PM also confirms that the first repatriation flight for Britons in the region has taken offShe says “we will always offer protection to genuine refugees” and outlines how the UK has taken in Ukrainian...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform
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Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform

Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donationsChristopher Harborne has donated another £3m to Reform UK on top of his record £9...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Wales Senedd elections are a ‘referendum’ on Starmer, claims Farage
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Wales Senedd elections are a ‘referendum’ on Starmer, claims Farage

Party leader and Welsh counterpart launch Reform UK manifesto in NewportNigel Farage has described May’s Senedd elections as a “referendum” on Keir Starmer, as Reform UK gears up to battle Plaid Cymru...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
MP's husband and two men bailed after arrests over alleged China spying
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MP's husband and two men bailed after arrests over alleged China spying

One of those arrested is the husband of Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Senedd election is referendum on Starmer's leadership, says Nigel Farage
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Senedd election is referendum on Starmer's leadership, says Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage helps the party launch its Senedd election manifesto, including a 1p income tax cut.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Politics of migration 'difficult' for Labour, Mahmood says - as she tightens asylum rules
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Politics of migration 'difficult' for Labour, Mahmood says - as she tightens asylum rules

The home secretary has admitted the politics of migration is "difficult" for Labour as she announced measures to tighten Britain's asylum system.

Sky News - UK6 months ago