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‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections
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‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections

Voters in Barnsley, Sunderland and Wakefield express frustration with party amid strong Reform UK challengeWhen millions of voters across Great Britain go to the polls on 7 May, the result will have a...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Walking the dog and braving the paps: the art of the doorstep photo, from Keane to Mandelson
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Walking the dog and braving the paps: the art of the doorstep photo, from Keane to Mandelson

Former US ambassador and Labour peer joins a long line of people who have gone out to meet awaiting paparazzi head-onFor a man at the centre of a storm that has rocked the political establishment, Pet...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo
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UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has been forced to insist that Britain...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers
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Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groupsShabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without formal request
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US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without formal request

Police investigating allegations Mandelson and former prince Andrew passed sensitive info to Epstein will struggle to make charges stick without filesBritish police investigating the former prince And...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM
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Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM

Green party leader attacks Keir Starmer’s ‘silly games’ after prime minister accused him of playing down recent incidentsZack Polanski has called on politicians to treat antisemitism with “considerati...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
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Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergencyThe UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, afte...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block
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MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater tells of plan to table identical bill that peers would be unable to stopMPs and peers who led the assisted dying bill have promised to bring it back to parliament after it ran...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?
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Could Trump withdraw US support for UK sovereignty of Falklands?

Proposal said to be contained in internal Pentagon email is thought to be bid to punish European countries for failing to assist in war in IranThe White House is considering punishing European countri...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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Starmer pledges to bring forward law proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Prime minister tells Jewish leaders legislation against malign state actors will go before parliament in JulyKeir Starmer has promised to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards by introducing legislati...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Assisted dying bill fails to become law after running out of time in parliament – as it happened
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Assisted dying bill fails to become law after running out of time in parliament – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDowning Street has hit back at reports suggesting the US could reconsider its position over the UK’s claim to the Falkland Islands because...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax
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Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changedBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to imp...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Sir Humphrey moments: a brief history of bust-ups between ministers and mandarins
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Sir Humphrey moments: a brief history of bust-ups between ministers and mandarins

Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from the past about how ministers should respondThe Whitehall satire Yes Minister was said to be Margaret Thatcher’s...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney and Brian Eno defy Palestine Action ban in letter to judges
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Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney and Brian Eno defy Palestine Action ban in letter to judges

Exclusive: Scholars, writers and artists risk arrest with message of support for proscribed group before next week’s appeal hearingUK politics live – latest updatesSally Rooney, Greta Thunberg and Bri...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department
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Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant wh...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson
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McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

Starmer’s former chief of staff says he does not recognise media’s portrayal of him before evidence hearing with MPsUK politics live – latest updatesMorgan McSweeney has denied claims he bullied civil...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting
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‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain” and said K...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry
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Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

Industry sceptical as Nigel Farage’s party goes on charm offensive to help win over former Labour heartlandsReform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?
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‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

Anas Sarwar speaks to the Guardian about why he thinks the polls are wrong and how he hopes to end the SNP’s near 20-year dominance at HolyroodAnas Sarwar says he is certain he can pull off one of the...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘It’s Andy or bust’: MPs could keep Starmer in place to give Burnham time to return
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‘It’s Andy or bust’: MPs could keep Starmer in place to give Burnham time to return

Labour MPs are reportedly urging colleagues to demand Burnham’s return in order to position him as Starmer’s eventual successorIf Keir Starmer is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the M...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago