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In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speechIt was a Sunday evening at one of Leeds' biggest nightclubs, hot and humid, like walking into a jungle. Dancers pulsated shoulder to shoulder along with the music, riding the optimism of a good night out to come.But the 2,000-plus...
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Civil Aviation Authority's draft decision comes despite criticism from carriers over airport's expansion project
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Under the regulations, travellers from the UK are supposed to be photographed and fingerprinted at EU airports and border crossings
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Treldon Connell was ordered to pay £5,335 after failing to fix serious issues in his property
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Lord Peter Mandelson required developed vetting for his role as British ambassador to the US.
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RMT has called action in two 24-hour tranches this week over opposition to four-day working patternA strike by London Underground drivers will severely disrupt transport in the capital over the next four days.The RMT union and Transport for London (TfL) said that the strike would go ahead from midday on Tuesday 21 April, with no last-minute talks...
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Figures show there were were 93,626 cases of shoplifting raised with the Metropolitan Police in 2024/2025 – up from 31,008 in 2020/2021
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The Scottish Labour leader called for the Prime Minister to resign last month.
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Sir Keir Starmer faced the Commons to set out the process which led to Lord Peter Mandelson's security clearance.
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PM addresses the Commons about officials' failure to share findings of security checks
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A skydiver crashed into the scoreboard at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia, leaving him suspended mid-air. First responders rescued him within 30 minutes as the crowd watched. The incident delayed the spring football game, and the skydiver was reported to be in stable condition.
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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the former staff member had been detained under the Computer Misuse Act 1990
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Simon Levy, from Tottenham, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday
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Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes said the 'troubling' series of incidents is designed to intimidate.
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Phrases used by the UK's national security apparatus have been thrown into the spotlight by the political controversyUK politics live – latest updatesThe story of how Peter Mandelson failed his UK security vetting before he took up his post as ambassador to the US – and the overturning of the decision that he should not be given clearance –...
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Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituencyThe Greens have welcomed activists kicked out of Labour for antisemitic views and people should be "very careful” who they vote for next month, one of Keir Starmer's most senior ministers has said in a notable stepping-up of...
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met Monday at a summit in the Polish city of Gdansk to discuss defence cooperation between the two countries. As Europe ramps up its defence capabilities amid growing threats from Russia and US President Donald Trump's questioning of NATO, both sides have said that Poland could...
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Mohammad Shethwala, dependent on his wife for his British visa, had his request for an extension rejected
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The Refugee Council said reassessing hundreds of thousands of asylum decisions would be highly expensive.
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Sergeant Constandino Simeonidis, 55, came up behind the woman and grabbed her bottom, it is said, before allegedly carrying out a sexual assault
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Exclusive: Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in MayA US-based anti-Islam influencer who had been authorised to attend a far-right rally in London has been blocked from entering the UK by the home secretary.Valentina Gomez, a self-styled Maga influencer, was given permission last week to...
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Silvertime Amusements Limited had hoped to move its current operation on the busy west London road to a bigger venue on the same street
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The Refugee Council said reassessing hundreds of thousands of asylum decisions would be highly expensive.
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Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes said the 'troubling' series of incidents is designed to intimidate.
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Some 42,827 applications to vote were submitted on Sunday April 19, the highest on a single day so far this year.
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The pensioner realised the error after she received a letter from the DVLA.
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PM to tell Commons he was himself misled and would 'never knowingly mislead parliament or the public'UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is expected to admit he inadvertently gave MPs misleading information about Peter Mandelson's vetting when he addresses the Commons.But his spokesperson said the prime minister would "never knowingly...
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John Swinney accused the UK Government of being distracted by the Mandelson scandal, rather than helping people with the cost of living.
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The Prime Minister will battle to save his job in an address to MPs later on Monday.
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Twin reports from top accounting firms underline scale of economic threat as Iran war shatters business confidenceA quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by the middle of next year as Britain "flirts with recession”, analysis suggests, after business confidence was shattered by the US-Israel war on Iran.As the chancellor, Rachel...
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Judge throws out claim by the singer's father over the sale of items she once ownedAmy Winehouse's father has lost a high court claim against two of his daughter's friends over the auctioning of items once owned by the singer.Mitch Winehouse, acting as the administrator of his daughter's estate, sued her stylist Naomi Parry and friend Catriona...
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Documents also show PM's choice for US ambassador was offered 'higher tiers' briefing before vetting was finalisedUK politics live – latest updatesThe then cabinet secretary, Simon Case, appeared to advise Keir Starmer to complete security vetting for Peter Mandelson before announcing an appointment, documents reveal.The documents released last...
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Conservationists in Denbighshire 'angry and heartbroken' after Nant-y-Ffrith site emptied during breeding seasonMore than 1,000 toads may have died after a reservoir important to the local ecosystem was drained by a water company, conservationists in north Wales have said.Volunteers at Wrexham Toad Patrols help toads returning to the Nant-y-Ffrith...
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US navy personnel can be heard shouting: 'Vacate your engine room, vacate your engine room, we're prepared to subject you to disabling fire'
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John Swinney accused the UK Government of being distracted by the Mandelson scandal, rather than helping people with the cost of living.
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Amy Winehouse's father loses High Court claim against two of his daughter's friends over the auctioning of items that had been owned by the singer
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Exclusive: Retired NHS worker Nicholas Stone died after becoming unwell at protest against far-right Bristol PatriotsThe daughter of a retired NHS worker is calling for a full and independent investigation into the death of her father after it emerged he died after police contact at a protest against the far right.Nicholas Stone, 65, who lived in...
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Judge in case of two families housed for years in single hotel rooms says they should have been moved within three monthsThe Home Office could face legal action from hundreds of asylum-seeking families stuck in single rooms in hotels after a judge criticised the "extraordinarily stressful” conditions in which they are expected to live.In a...
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A recent poll suggested a possible unionist majority in Holyrood.
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The first of three RMT union walkouts take place this week
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John Swinney accused the UK Government of being distracted by the Mandelson scandal, rather than helping people with the cost of living.
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Ms Winehouse, whose 2006 album Back To Black made her an international star, died from alcohol poisoning in 2011, aged 27.
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Video provided by French police shows the controlled detonation of a large bomb dating from the Second World War in Colombes. After attempts to remove the bomb's detonator failed at midday, authorities buried it and later destroyed it in a controlled detonation.
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Boy, 17, and man, 19, arrested overnight following the attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow
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Greenpeace said members erected a series of replica wind turbines in support of renewable energy.
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Some 45% of adults are concerned about their ability to pay their energy bill, up from up from 29% in January, debt charity StepChange said.
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Amy Winehouse's father loses High Court claim against two of his daughter's friends over the auctioning of items that had been owned by the singer
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Revelation comes ahead of PM addressing Commons about officials' failure to share findings of security checks
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Nigel Farage's party has looked to Donald Trump's immigration crackdown as a model
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Spate of arson attacks has targeted Jewish premises and those opposing the Iranian regime, says Met Police deputy commissioner
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The Prime Minister was accused of misleading MPs over the disgraced Labour peer's appointment and breaching the ministerial code
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A recent poll suggested a possible unionist majority in Holyrood.
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Discussion of vetting and procedure is part of the excuse but not the core of the difficulty
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Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes said the 'troubling' series of incidents is designed to intimidate.
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Japan's meteorological agency warned tsunami waves as tall as three metres could hit
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Boy, 17, and man, 19, detained as Met says it is investigating claims a series of antisemitic attacks are linked to IranTwo teenagers have been arrested over an arson attack at a synagogue in north-west London over the weekend, the Metropolitan police have said.Matt Jukes, the deputy commissioner of the Met, said a 17-year-old boy and 19-year-old...
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Bulgaria's former president and pro-Russian candidate Rumen Radev on Monday won a parliamentary majority in the country's elections according to near-complete results. Radev – an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia – hailed a "victory of hope".
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A review has recommended resistance to dynamic pricing and an immediate ban on the resale of concert tickets above face value
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Office for Students plans new complaints system as Bridget Phillipson says academics too often are being silencedUniversities in England that fail to protect free speech could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income, and in some cases risk losing public funding, under a new complaints system, the government has said.The Office for Students...
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Douglas Alexander says lessons need to be learned but he expects Keir Starmer will continue as PMIt was a mistake to announce Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US before he was security vetted for the role, one of Keir Starmer's senior ministers has said before the prime minister's statement to MPs about the scandal.With Starmer aiming...
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Reviews website features pages praising unlicensed sites' supposed qualities as if they were legitimate businessesTrustpilot, the reviews website that offers to "find a company you can trust”, is hosting ratings of illegal casinos, raising concerns in Westminster about the potential risks posed to consumers.Unlicensed casino operators linked to...
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Following the victory of Rumen Radev in Bulgaria's election, Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Dr. Petia Gueorguieva, Political Science Researcher and Lecturer at the New Bulgarian University. According to Dr. Gueorguieva, there are broader implications for Bulgaria: political instability, economic pressures, and geopolitical positioning. While...
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The prime minister faces another defining day as he confronts MPs over one question - when did he and Number 10 learn that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting? Keir Starmer has blamed top foreign office diplomat - Sir Olly Robbins - for not telling him, but allies of the mandarin are fighting back […]
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The Community Security Trust (CST) said that minor smoke damage to an internal room was caused.
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Jubilee line no longer partially suspended but reporting serious delays following customer incident
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Heavily indebted UK-listed gambling company says it is discussing possible offer from casino operator at 50p a shareBusiness live – latest updatesEvoke, the London-listed gambling company that owns William Hill and the 888 online casino brand, is in takeover talks with the US casino operator Bally's Intralot.The heavily indebted company said in a...
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Take Back Power appeared to be behind stunts which saw custard thrown at Crown Jewels and manure dumped at the Ritz hotel
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Sir Keir Starmer will tell MPs that he did not know Lord Mandelson had failed the initial vetting process and it was 'unforgivable' not to tell him.
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Boy, 17, and man, 19, arrested overnight following the attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he had made a mistake in appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington in an address to parliament, but added that he would not have done so had he known Mandelson had failed the vetting process for the position. Starmer has been embroiled in controversy since new details emerged...
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Elizabeth line hit with severe delays between Reading/Heathrow and Paddington due to a trespasser
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Union accused of holding the capital 'hostage' with industrial action hitting the London Undeground this week
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Next week, the biggest overhaul of England's private rented sector in decades comes into effect — yet many have still not engaged with the changes
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The Canadian leader stressed that his country cannot hinge its future on hope that the US will return to the partner it formerly was to his country and that active steps must be taken to protect Ottawa from the disruptions caused by the Trump administration.
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National Gallery, the Box in Plymouth and the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge also shortlisted for £120,000 Art Fund prizeThe V&A East Storehouse, the National Gallery and an accessible castle in Norwich are among the contenders for this year's Art Fund museum of the year award, the most prestigious UK prize in the sector.The annual prize offers the...
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I was a newcomer, negotiating all of the usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attackBy Peter C Baker. Read by Adam Sims Continue reading...
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PM to give Commons statement on Monday, a day before sacked civil servant Olly Robbins tells his side of the storyThe next 48 hours will be crucial for Keir Starmer's troubled premiership as he faces continuing calls to resign over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. On Monday, Starmer will give a statement to the House of Commons...
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Vulnerable children placed in caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, with children's commissioner saying practice must stopMinisters must get to grips with the "national scandal” of England's shadow child social care system, the children's commissioner has warned, as a shocking new report reveals the number of children in unregulated settings has...
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As fossil fuel prices soar 'the era of clean energy security must come of age', energy secretary will sayEd Miliband will double down on Labour's commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar "the era of clean energy security must come of age”.The energy secretary is set to...
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Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streetsThe number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes of lavatory "deserts” and unpleasant environments, a report says.The analysis by the Royal Society for Public Health found a "significant...
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Für Kanzler Friedrich Merz wird dieser Montag zum „Manic Monday". Zwischen den Hallen der Hannover Messe und den deutsch-brasilianischen Regierungskonsultationen wächst der Unmut der Bosse. Das Verhältnis zwischen Kanzleramt und Industrie ist nach fast einem Jahr schwarz-roter Regierung am Tiefpunkt. Gordon Repinski analysiert die tiefe...
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This week’s agenda is brimming with high-level summits and meetings on foreign affairs. The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, kicks it all off by focusing minds on Gaza. Today Kallas hosts back-to-back events to promote a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ian and Nick discuss how the EU is using the occasion […]
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Increase indicates resilience in housing market even as Iran war led to surge in energy costs
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Retail analysts say breaking up food and fashion group would make sense in challenging business environmentPrimark may break free from Kingsmill, Twinings and the sugar business this week when Associated British Foods announces plans on a mooted demerger.The potential split comes at a tricky time for the group controlled by the billionaire Weston...
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The research found more than half of constituencies have at least two parties within five points of each other.
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The Foreign Secretary said that proposals have been circulating from Tehran to introduce tolls on the crucial waterway.
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The winning museum will be announced on June 25.
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The SNP Westminster leader is calling on Scots to vote SNP at the Holyrood elections to 'sack Keir Starmer'.
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The SNP leader believes Scotland could be independent by the end of 2030 – and wants to run in the 2031 elections to be the country's leader.
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'Exercise Granite Resolve' will gauge how the offshore industry and government agencies deal with a complex emergency.
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The independent forecasting group said interest rates will remain on hold in 2026 despite soaring inflation caused by the Iran war.
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The data is based on more than 200 Freedom of Information requests to councils in charge of providing public toilets.
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The scene resembles the time the late Queen appeared in a comedy sketch with a digitally animated Paddington.
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George 'Doddie' Weir died in 2022 after suffering from motor neurone disease for several years.
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The two men are campaigning for peace after losing their daughters to the conflict between their two nations and spoke at an event in Dublin.
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Sir Keir Starmer will tell MPs that he did not know Lord Mandelson had failed the initial vetting process and it was 'unforgivable' not to tell him.
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Bulgaria's ex-president Rumen Radev is on course to win a parliamentary election, according to exit polls, but may fall short of a governing majority. His Progressive Bulgaria coalition leads with, in a vote marked by low turnout and deep political instability, the country's eighth election in five years. Radev warns another vote would be "a...
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The Foreign Secretary is expected to focus on UK–Japan co-operation amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty during a trip to Tokyo.
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Prime minister's statement to MPs will come ahead of testimony from sacked Foreign Office head Olly Robbins
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Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine's most prominent living novelist and one of the country's leading public intellectuals. Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war diaries (Diary of an Invasion, The Year of the Locust, and Three Years on Fire). Speaking to Jean-Emile Jammine, he describes what it...
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Exclusive: deputy PM says UK will not join Iran conflict despite Trump's sometimes 'incomprehensible' social-media barbsDonald Trump's insults towards Keir Starmer are "small and petty” and designed to put pressure on the prime minister to change his position on Iran, David Lammy has said, as he insisted the UK would not get dragged into the...
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Prime minister to deliver high-stakes statement to MPs over vetting controversy that has put his position in perilKeir Starmer will deliver a high-stakes statement to MPs on Monday as he struggles to overcome fears inside his government that the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal could yet cost him his leadership.In what is set to be a dramatic...
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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the Prime Minister would not have appointed the peer if he knew UK Security Vetting had not cleared him.
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Commentary: The Prime Minister is fighting for his political life after the security vetting revelations in the Mandelson storm
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Ahead of a showdown with MPs, prime minister looks like a man who is not really in control in his own governmentKeir Starmer has spent much of the last 24 hours working on a plan for what senior government figures are already describing as his "judgment day”: his showdown with MPs on Monday over the latest Peter Mandelson revelations.That the...
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Take Back Power, which targets the super-rich, says seven members were arrested at a training sessionSeven people from an activist group calling for higher taxes on the super-rich have been arrested by police on suspicion of conspiracy to steal.Police confirmed that six women and one man were detained in Salford, Greater Manchester, on Sunday over...
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Britain's Chief Rabbi says the Jewish community in the UK is being subjected to a 'sustained campaign of violence and intimidation' after an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in Harrow, in northwest London.
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We spoke to the former Labour MP and Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council, Dame Louise Ellman.
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The Prime Minister continues to feel the heat over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador.
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The Prime Minister visited the Faslane naval base on the Clyde.
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Whitehall officials are weighing up 'unprecedented' disclosure of documents in security clearance scandalStarmer did not gamble with national security over Mandelson, says ministerMinisters are under growing pressure to share the documents from Peter Mandelson's vetting process with the parliamentary committee tasked with deciding if they should be...
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Former Little Mix singer offers £10,000 reward for information about Land Rover taken from Essex drivewayThe musician Jesy Nelson, a former member of the band Little Mix, has pleaded for help after her car, which contained essential medical equipment for her children, was stolen from her driveway in Essex.The black Land Rover is believed to have...
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Zack Polanski's leftwing populists are aiming to eat into Labour's heartlands
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