Politics: United Kingdom

BBC - Politics (11 minutes ago)

Months of preparations have gone into this state visit - but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders.

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BBC - Politics (11 minutes ago)

The government is facing questions about why the case collapsed just weeks before a trial was due to go ahead.

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BBC - Politics (11 minutes ago)

The former prime minister tells the BBC it is time to introduce targeted screening of some younger men.

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BBC - Politics (11 minutes ago)

The think tank says the government should seize the opportunity to reform the tax system.

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BBC - Politics (11 minutes ago)

The SNP are not only hopeful of victory at next year's Scottish election, but are even talking of an outright majority.

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BBC - Politics (An hour ago)

The government's national security adviser is facing pressure over whether he played a role in the trial's collapse.

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BBC - Politics (3 hours ago)

Some experts think the government may break its promise not to increase income tax, NI or VAT for working people.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

The announcement came during the first minister's keynote speech at the SNP conference in Aberdeen.

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BBC - Politics (18 hours ago)

Kemi Badenoch says a future Conservative government would scrap stamp duty, but what might the impact be?

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BBC - Politics (18 hours ago)

In a letter to Starmer, the Tory leader claimed his government's account of the collapsed case had "changed repeatedly".

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BBC - Politics (18 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump will lead Monday's summit, where No 10 says the agreement will be signed.

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BBC - Politics (19 hours ago)

Trump's Middle East envoy also says the UK played a "vital role" in the peace agreement.

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BBC - Politics (22 hours ago)

As well as the accusations regarding Ed Davey, Inigo Rowland is charged with flick-knife possession.

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BBC - Politics (23 hours ago)

The SNP won more than half of the seats at Holyrood in 2011, an electoral triumph that paved the way for a poll on the country's future.

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BBC - Politics (23 hours ago)

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says Jewish students do not feel safe, as she sets out measures to tackle antisemitism.

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

The Conservative Party, so often and for so long the dominating force in British politics, is a shrivelled version of its usual self.

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

The former prime minister has been told not to lobby the UK government by the appointments watchdog.

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

Responding to the first stage of the inquiry into the scandal, the government said it had accepted all but one of the recommendations.

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

Changes to licensing rules could see relaxed rules around live music and serving food outside.

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

The Bank of England's independence is "the best way" to lower bills, Sir Ed Davey argues.

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BBC - Politics (2 days ago)

Dozens of Chagossians have flown in to Heathrow Airport this week, putting pressure on housing services.

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BBC - Politics (2 days ago)

Plaid backs plan for independence white paper, but not in the first five years of a government.

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BBC - Politics (2 days ago)

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says it's unacceptable that Jewish young people feel they need to conceal their identity on campus.

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

There is a renewed emphasis on independence as the party meets less than a year before the Scottish election.

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

Plaid will offer 20 hours of care for all families if it wins the next Senedd election, leader says.

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

Ahead of the SNP conference, the first minister said some patients are waiting 'far too long' for treatment.

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

Fayaz Khan, 26, is described by the prosecution as "a dangerous man with an interest in firearms".

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BBC - Politics (3 days ago)

There has been a backlash to the announcement a UK-wide digital ID scheme will be introduced by 2029.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

The sudden death of Hefin David triggered a by-election in Caerphilly.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

Councillor Fabian Breckels is being investigated over a comment he made on Facebook.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

The foreign secretary says the UK will continue to support the peace process through diplomacy.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

In a letter to constituents Danny Kruger says Tory "failures" were behind his reason to defect.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

The recent removals involved larger groups of migrants than previous flights, the Home Office says.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

Arif Ahmed says freedom of speech does not mean the freedom to harass and discriminate Jewish students.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

Two former Tories say there is no precedent for a by-election when a councillor changes party.

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BBC - Politics (4 days ago)

Reform UK removes posts after Labour legal warning over Caerphilly by-election materials.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The extent to which leaving the Convention would make a difference to immigration has been greatly exaggerated, argues Lord Sumption

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The UK "played an important part behind the scenes" and had seen Trump's efforts, the PM says.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The two leaders met in India's financial capital Mumbai to discuss ways to strengthen trade and business ties.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different cause.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

Numbers waiting for treatment hit 7.41 million in England at the end of August.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

Long's husband, councillor Michael Long, said "about 40 people, some wearing masks, turned up at our house".

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

Analysis of available figures shows the number of party members has fallen by 49% since August 2020.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The Tory leader's conference speech included a new pledge to scrap stamp duty on the purchase of main homes.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

Under new proposals, sellers and estate agents will have to provide key information about a property up front.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride will say the plans will be funded by cuts to public spending worth £47bn.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

The Tory leader says the move would help millions buy a home, in her annual conference speech.

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BBC - Politics (5 days ago)

MPs and activists recognise the party faces a crisis unless it can win the support of younger people.

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

Prosecutors say they were unable to obtain evidence from the government to meet the threshold for prosecution.

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

The PM says there are no plans to open up more visa routes ahead of a visit to India to tout a trade deal.

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

Kemi Badenoch made the announcement at the parties conference in Manchester during her first keynote speech as Conservative Party leader.

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

The Conservative leader says society is in danger of fragmenting unless concerns are acted on.

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

The shadow justice secretary is accused of racism after saying the Handsworth area was one of the "worst-integrated".

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BBC - Politics (6 days ago)

Tories fear they face an existential threat from Reform UK but opinion is divided on how to fight back.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

'The vibe is flat' at Conservative Party conference

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp also pledges "negative net migration" if the Tories win the next election.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The shadow justice secretary says the Tories would hand ministers a bigger role in appointing judges.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The Conservative leader says the conference is no longer "teeming" with corporate lobbyists.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

On Monday, shadow chancellor Mel Stride gave his speech to a partially empty hall in Manchester.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Downing Street says the CPS decision to drop charges was made "entirely independently of government".

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The party says scrapping "rip-off wind subsidies" could help knock a fifth of household energy costs.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

But the Conservatives have ruled out scrapping the triple lock despite claims that the country can no longer afford it.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Are these young Tories tempted to join Reform UK?

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Against the backdrop of grief after the Manchester attack, there is debate about which tenets should be fundamental in our society, writes Chris Mason.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Sports media rights executive David Kogan is appointed as the first chair of English football's new independent regulator.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

A motion passed at its party conference called for the party "to seek the effective abolition of private landlordism" while backing building more council houses.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

For many Tory MPs looking at Kemi Badenoch's leadership, they are already wondering how much more time she needs to turn around the party's fortunes.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Zack Polanski sets out a new direction for the Green Party in his first conference speech as leader.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The former PM has featured even more than usual at the party's conference, as activists mark her 100th birthday.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The Conservative leader defends her leadership as the party's conference begins in Manchester

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The party unveils new policies on illegal migration as its annual conference begins in Manchester.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Young Tories rate Kemi Badenoch's first year as leader

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Under their new leader, the Green Party has hit levels of membership - but can his approach win over voters?

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The Labour deputy leadership candidate joins Nick in Liverpool at Labour party conference.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

With this speech, the prime minister reminded his internal critics who won Labour's whopping majority in the election 15 months ago.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The Labour gathering in Liverpool is awash with talk of the rise of Nigel Farage's party as well as the ambitions of Andy Burnham.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

As the party's annual conference begins, there are reasons for the current leadership to be gloomy, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

The prime minister said pro-Palestinian protests happening at the weekend would cause distress.

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BBC - Politics (A week ago)

Zack Polanski talks to BBC Radio Solent about rising living costs ahead of the party conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Social media posts implied Reform's Caerphilly candidate had links to Vladimir Putin.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said Mone should be stripped of her peerage over the Covid PPE scandal

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Green Party is under pressure to remove Mothin Ali after he called Zecharia Deutsch an "animal" for serving with the IDF.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has delivered his first conference speech as leader and criticised the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform party.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Zack Polanski speaks to BBC South East on the party's new approach ahead of the party's conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has told the BBC she was "disappointed" pro-Palestinian protests went ahead on Thursday in the wake of the terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Two killed and four remain in hospital after a man, shot dead by police, carried out the attack.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says more than 200,000 extra children will need Send support by 2029.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister said Britain must defeat antisemitic hate, as the King, religious leaders and politicians issue statements.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

A guide to the politicians competing in, arguably, the most interesting devolved Welsh by-election.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the "last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave".

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has mistakenly said Northern Ireland "voted to leave" the European Union.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The health secretary says "it's not happening", as ministers face questions about the prospect of tax rises.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Conservative leader says the entrepreneur should be removed from the Lords over a Covid scandal.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Ex-Conservative Wrexham MP joins Reform saying she wants to stand for her new party in the Senedd.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Details of the new conditions refugees will have to meet are to be set out later in the autumn.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The education secretary says there is a "real urgency" about the issue, as she signals the cap could soon be lifted.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The chancellor linked tough decisions "in coming months" to global headwinds and OBR productivity reassessment.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The mayor of London's comments follow a BBC Panorama undercover report about Charing Cross police station.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The UK needs to "look again" at how to tackle mass migration, but those genuinely fleeing persecution should still be given asylum, the PM says.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The chancellor says choices have been made "harder" by international events and the "long-term damage" done to the economy.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Reform's policy chief says parliamentary authorities downgraded Farage's security two weeks ago.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Sir Tony Blair's presence on the Gaza "Board of Peace" comes as no surprise but he remains a divisive figure.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour will take on Reform UK over shale gas and "send the frackers packing".

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson go head-to-head at the very end of the Labour Party conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The deputy prime minister says he is "happy to clarify" comments he made about the Reform UK leader.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The PM vows to fight Reform UK's "politics of grievance" in a speech to Labour's annual conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister seeks to rally his party behind the UK government - what were the standout moments?

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The government wants to keep the backing it won before the election, our business editor Simon Jack writes.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The former UK prime minister is the first named member of a new "Board of Peace" chaired by Donald Trump.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Labour leader insists his battle with Reform UK represents a different kind of political fight.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister said Britain was at a "fork in the road" in his address to the party conference in Liverpool.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Unite says Sir Keir needs to "rescue" the government's industrial strategy with fresh investment in jobs.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The audience at Labour conference applaud the health secretary after he praises his former cabinet colleague.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Henry Zeffman on the challenge facing Keir Starmer

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Patients will get the option of digital support when GPs refer them but only for certain conditions.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

British people have a choice between renewal and decline, the PM is to tell the Labour Party conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

BBC's Laura Kuenssberg quizzed the prime minister on his government's tax plans ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget in November.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The housing secretary is expected to announce the plans on the first day of Labour's party conference.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The support will be available to those on "priority courses", with more detail to come in the autumn Budget.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

MP becomes first to create himself as an AI bot

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Jo White says voters need to see "tangible benefits" from Labour's climate policies to combat Reform.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Delegates at the party's conference in Liverpool also urge the government to fully suspend arm sales to Israel.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

On the ground at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

In 2024 the Conservatives pledged £1m towards a Muslim war memorial. So what happened to it?

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Senior Labour MP and leading economist urge the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Rachel Reeves says the government will ensure every young person is guaranteed either a place in college, an apprenticeship, or one-to-one support to find a job.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Merseyside Police says more than 60 arrests were made on suspicion of supporting the proscribed group.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The mayor of Greater Manchester said those calling for loyalty were "underestimating the peril the party is in".

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Reform UK argues the sell-off, started in 2022, is pushing up the government's borrowing costs.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Ministers hope the loan, from a commercial bank and underwritten by the government, will give certainty to suppliers.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister told the BBC he needed "space" to make good on the promises he made at last year's general election.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Maurice Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, calls for more "economic radicalism" at a conference event.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The Scottish Labour leader also criticised the "bile" of Reform as he addressed delegates at the party's UK conference

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Young Labour members rate the government of out 10

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Eluned Morgan tells Labour's Autumn conference about Reform "division" and Plaid "fantasy".

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Iran says the sanctions are "unjust" and "illegal" and has urged countries not to implement them.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Counter-terrorism officers intercepted the Workers Party leader and his wife without arresting them.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Ahead of Labour's annual conference, Laura Kuenssberg talks to ministers, MPs and advisers about Starmer's position.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

How can Christian conservatism save our society?

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

How can Christian conservatism save our society?

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister has stepped up his framing of the "open fight" between Labour and Reform UK.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

PM says the scheme will make it harder to work illegally but opposition parties argue it won't stop small boat crossings.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Labour has softened its commitment to keeping the two-child benefit cap in recent months.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The prime minister believes a new digital ID scheme can help tackle illegal migration.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

Campbell led the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007 and was the MP for North East Fife at Westminster for 28 years.

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BBC - Politics (2 weeks ago)

The scheme is being billed by No 10 as a way of cracking down on migrants who do not have the right to earn wages in the UK.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

Shahrar Ali, who won his last case against the Greens, has accused the party of continuing to discriminate against him for his gender critical beliefs.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

Keir Starmer says he wants the run up to the next election to be "on open fight between Labour and Reform".

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

The former prime minister has been in high-level planning talks over the territory's future, the BBC understands.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

The watchdog says it has "found no evidence of any other potential offences" by the think tank.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

BBC reporter Meleri Williams asks Nathan Gill if he is ashamed of accepting bribes.

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BBC - Politics (3 weeks ago)

What do people make of Starmer's new digital ID plans?

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