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Labour whip quits over Starmer’s benefits cuts
Vicky Foxcroft says she cannot back reforms to personal independence payments and the health element of Universal Credit
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Most Britons want to be back in the EU
Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the Conservative Party all blamed by voters who think Brexit has been a failure
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MP offered private ambulance to attend assisted dying vote
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The Independent
- As Trump threatens to join the Israel-Iran conflict, what are Keir Starmer’s options?
As Trump threatens to join the Israel-Iran conflict, what are Keir Starmer’s options?
The prime minister has urged the US President to step back from the brink. But if Trump does strike Iran, what are Starmer’s options? Kate Devlin explains
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The Independent
- MP offered private ambulance to parliament amid fears assisted dying bill could come down to one vote
MP offered private ambulance to parliament amid fears assisted dying bill could come down to one vote
Sorcha Eastwood, a Northern Irish MP, has said she is unable to make it to Westminster for the landmark vote because she has Covid
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Assisted dying vote on a knife edge with just hours to go before crunch vote
New polling shows major fears about the impact of legalised assisted dying on those with learning disabilities
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Majority of Brits think Brexit has been a failure
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Starmer considers whether to support US if Trump joins Israel’s war on Iran
Labour prime minister chaired emergency ‘Cobra’ meeting amid fears over escalating situation in the Middle East
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The Independent
- UK politics live: Rayner says £1m a day was ‘spiffed up the wall’ under Tories’ failed immigration plans
UK politics live: Rayner says £1m a day was ‘spiffed up the wall’ under Tories’ failed immigration plans
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander will accuse the Tories of an ‘appalling mess’ over the delayed rail project
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The Independent
- Britain withdraws families of embassy staff in Tel Aviv as Starmer chairs Cobra meeting on Israel-Iran crisis
Britain withdraws families of embassy staff in Tel Aviv as Starmer chairs Cobra meeting on Israel-Iran crisis
Starmer to chair emergency Cobr on Middle East after urging British nationals in Israel to register their presence
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Government launches National Housing Bank to drive 500k new builds
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The Independent
- Defiant Rayner says ‘underestimate me at your peril’ over criticism of huge housing pledge
Defiant Rayner says ‘underestimate me at your peril’ over criticism of huge housing pledge
Exclusive: The deputy prime minister, writing for The Independent, has hit back at critics as she unveils a new housebuilding measure as Labour targets 1.5 million new homes over this parliament
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The Independent
- MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in biggest change to reproductive rights in decades
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in biggest change to reproductive rights in decades
Move opposed by senior politicians including the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, who branded it ‘extreme’
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Abortion decriminalised in the UK after historic vote
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- Decriminalising abortion is a major step toward giving women full control over their bodies
Decriminalising abortion is a major step toward giving women full control over their bodies
Kate Devlin examines what the historic vote means for women in England and Wales
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Steel industry left out of UK-US trade deal
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Starmer warned British jobs at risk without better trade deal from Trump
US tariffs for the steel industry will stand at 25 per cent for now – as negotiations over an improved deal continue
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The Independent
- Failure to collect ethnicity data on grooming gangs has been a ‘bloody disaster’, Baroness Casey fumes
Failure to collect ethnicity data on grooming gangs has been a ‘bloody disaster’, Baroness Casey fumes
The author of a damning report also hit out at Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, saying she was ‘disappointed’ by the Conservatives’ response to her review of the scandal
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Trump finally signed a UK-US trade deal - but there’s a sting in the tail
Huge 25 per cent levy leaves pressure on the Labour prime minister to act, Kate Devlin explains
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Keir Starmer tells councils to pick up the bill for Labour’s spending commitments
As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation
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The Independent
- Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes against them, ‘damning’ grooming gangs report finds
Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes against them, ‘damning’ grooming gangs report finds
A ‘deeply disturbing’ report found organisations avoided race for fear of appearing racist or inflaming community tensions, Yvette Cooper said
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Damning grooming gangs report reveals ‘continued failure’ from authorities
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Tory MP pleads not guilty to sexual assault at London’s Groucho Club
Patrick Spencer, who has lost the Conservative party whip and been suspended from the party, accused of cupping women’s breasts at private members’ club
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The Independent
- Councils and institutions who failed young girls ‘will not be able to hide’ from new grooming gangs inquiry
History is repeating itself in my hometown and it’s terrifying to watch
Like everywhere in Northern Ireland, Ballymena has suffered its share of atrocities. Now it’s happening all over again, writes Kate Devlin
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Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves
Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests Treasury is ‘making up the numbers’ as it warns council tax will rise at fastest rate in a generation
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UK agrees post-Brexit deal with EU for ‘fluid’ border between Gibraltar and Spain
Agreement marks a breakthrough after five years of tense negotiations over the border with Spain that have been ongoing since Britain left the bloc in 2020
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Gibraltar to have ‘fluid’ border with Spain in breakthrough deal
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Rachel Reeves came out fighting — but there are big problems down the line
Analysis: Chancellor accused of unveiling a spending review which is ‘full off numbers, few of them useful’
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Rachel Reeves to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday
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Rachel Reeves forced ‘to make £5bn cuts’ to balance books after spending review
Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners
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Farage in crisis as Tories raise twice as much as Reform in political donations
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have attracted big-money donors even as they sink in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, official figures show
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Rachel Reeves slashing spending by £5bn in ‘austerity 2.0’
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Tories reel in twice as much as Reform in donations despite worsening polls
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The Independent
- Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer
Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer
Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin
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