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UK government pays highest interest rate on 30-year bond since 1998

High yields threaten to wipe out at least half of the £24bn headroom John Healey was expecting to have for his budgetThe UK government was forced to pay the highest interest rate for a 30-year bond si...

Remilitarisation and support for Ukraine must not slacken, US tells Europe

Comments in virtual meeting aimed at securing 300 Patriot missiles for Kyiv come as UK commits £100m for Ukraine’s air defences The US undersecretary of defence, Elbridge Colby, told European countrie...

Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’

Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultationSadiq Khan has criticised the “breathtaking arrogance” of Westminster council, which has kept restrictions on vertical...

Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs

Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last yearMPs on both sides of the assisted dying debate have voiced fears about turnout affecti...

UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban

Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move fiercely criticised by US and IsraelEd Miliband will announce a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on...

Retailers vow to create thousands of jobs for young people - as PM looks to tackle NEETs

Majority of Tory and Reform voters do not back cuts to disability benefits, survey finds

Nearly half of respondents say spending on personal independence payments should be increasedThere is little appetite for cuts to disability benefits even among Conservative and Reform voters, and pro...

Maternity and neonatal commissioner to be established over repeated failures

UK to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Policing minister makes statement on ‘intimidating and thuggish’ anti-migrant protests – as it happened

Sarah Jones tells MPs ‘those responsible should expect to face the consequences’Healey says Andy Burnham set out in his statement to MPs last week what he thought had gone wrongThe fundamentals of our...

Farage still Reform’s best hope as rivals struggle to match appeal to party faithful

Despite series of scandals, members remain loyal to their leader as questions over his successor growFew British politicians unleash the kind of evangelical zeal among their party faithful as Nigel Fa...

Polanski faces Green rival in his pursuit of Keir Starmer’s old seat

Hamza Chowdhury says most of his fellow Green Camden councillors back him to contest 8 October byelectionZack Polanski is facing unexpected opposition from his own party in his attempt to fight the Ho...

Is the UK about to see the rise of the far right? – podcast

Alternative für Deutschland has claimed a historic win in Germany, continuing the pattern of populist far-right parties gaining power across Europe.In the UK, balaclava-clad far-right protesters have...

No 10 condemns ‘thuggish’ far-right activists after Portsmouth unrest

Hundreds of men, some in balaclavas, try to prevent asylum seekers’ processing, two days after similar scenes in DoverDowning Street has condemned the “thuggish and intimidating behaviour” of far-righ...

Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns

Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company The chair of the UK government’s “moonshot” science and technology research unit has been forc...

Plans for local government overhaul on hold after legal advice

Angela Rayner to announce review into local government shake-up as decisions on four areas withdrawn and 16 pausedPlans for a large reorganisation of local government have been put on hold after the g...

John Healey backs growth but says Labour must be honest on spending

Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rulesJohn Healey has said boosting economic growth will be his defining mission as chancellor...

Labour’s new powers for water customers are a ‘stitch-up’, say campaigners

Exclusive: Documents reveal water firms have been allowed to advise on how they wish to be held to accountLabour’s new powers for customers to hold water companies to account are a “stitch-up”, campai...

‘We can win here’: Zack Polanski presses the flesh in Holborn and St Pancras

Polanski is confident of taking seat vacated by Keir Starmer, but says he will stay on as Green party leader even if he losesZack Polanski has said he will remain as Green party leader even if he lose...

Hundreds of far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival

Influencer livestreams event calling for men to travel to port to block coaches carrying asylum seekers from leavingHundreds of far-right activists have descended on Portsmouth, where a small boat wit...