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Starmer: 'I beat myself up' about Mandelson

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Starmer believes our lives in Britain are about to profoundly change

A month into the Iran war and the prime minister, on a visit to Finland with allies in the Joint Expeditionary Forces military coalition this week, left me in no doubt that he believes our lives, our...

Farage says local elections are referendum on Starmer, as he launches campaign

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is launching his party's push to take control of more councils at a rally in Sunderland.

UK NewsPoliticsHealth

NHS bosses say resident doctors’ strike will cause ‘maximum harm’

BMA’s decision to withdraw from talks with government and NHS chiefs has sparked a war of wordsNHS bosses have accused resident doctors of seeking to cause “maximum harm” to patients by striking for s...

Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran

Charities say taxes should rise for banks, defence and energy companies which stand to make windfall profitsMiddle East crisis liveRachel Reeves is being urged to raise taxes on businesses generating...

PM rejects ‘far-fetched’ scepticism about Morgan McSweeney phone theft

Keir Starmer responds after Kemi Badenoch spokesperson says she ‘raised eyebrow’ in relation to account of theftKeir Starmer has said it is “far-fetched” to suggest that the theft of his former chief...

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Labour failing to shift power from Whitehall to local areas, analysis finds

Ministers not on course to meet their objectives in ongoing overhaul of public services, says Institute for Government Keir Starmer’s drive to overhaul public services is failing to live up to its aim...

Trump describes UK aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in latest anti-Nato jibe

US president says he is ‘very disappointed’ as he again lashes out at allies’ lack of involvement in Iran warMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has dismissed British warships as “toys” in h...

Reform busy firefighting in Scotland but may yet set Holyrood’s politics ablaze

With Nigel Farage’s party neck and neck with Labour for second place behind the SNP, disruption seems likely Hope, change, progressive change, change with fairness at its heart – from a harbour north...

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UK politics: Trump says UK’s aircraft carriers are just ‘toys’ – as it happened

The comments were part of a broader address in which he condemned Nato alliesYesterday the Conservative party said that it wanted to ban political parties from distributing campaign literature in a fo...

Orban's Hungarian government accused of mass voter intimidation ahead of election

A film quoting voters, mayors and a police officer alleges money and drugs are being offered to pressure people to back the ruling party.

There are solutions to Britain’s energy crisis | Letters

Rob Stevens, Nick Robins and Craig Whiteman on building a resilient energy system for the country in light of the Iran war’s impact The Iran war has exposed the cost of successive governments’ fixatio...

Labour vows to ban trail hunting as it opens public consultation

Police and animal rights activists say the practice is frequently used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal foxhuntingThe UK government has said it will ban trail hunting, the rural sport that police and an...

Orgreave inquiry formally under way into policing during miners’ strike

Terms of reference are to seek fullest disclosure of information and to produce a report by spring 2028The government has announced the formal start of the promised official inquiry into the violent p...

Ministers vow to spend record £8.4bn on road maintenance in England

Move is part of £27bn five-year investment plan for A-roads and motorways, with almost a third going on work such as resurfacingMinisters have pledged to spend record amounts on road maintenance as pa...

Starmer tells Travelodge boss to engage with MPs over sexual assault case

PM tells Jo Boydell of concerns about her lack of availability to discuss how staff gave man access to victim’s roomKeir Starmer has written to the chief executive of Travelodge to press the hotel cha...

Speaker urged to stop Keir Starmer avoiding MPs' questions

The public are growing tired of Sir Keir Starmer's conduct at PMQs, according to letters obtained by the BBC.

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Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children

Prime minister says UK must do more to regulate against potential harms after landmark ruling in US courtKeir Starmer has said he will tackle “addictive features” in social media amid increasing signs...

European Parliament gives conditional approval to EU-US trade deal

The agreement would see EU tariffs on US goods reduced to zero while US tariffs on EU imports set at 15%.

UK CO2 plant to reopen amid fears Iran war could lead to shortage

Teesside site mothballed in September given £100m by government to restart production for at least three monthsA shuttered carbon dioxide plant on Teesside is to reopen with £100m of government invest...