Category: UK Politics

Starmer issues emotional message to son as he confronts difficult relationship with father

Sir Keir Starmer has marked International Men’s Day with a touching letter to his son.

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MP opens up on ‘dark cloud’ after almost losing wife in candid mental health admission

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Why interest rates are likely to be cut after the Budget

The Bank of England opted to keep rates at 4 per cent in early November but next month will be a different proposition

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Defence secretary’s three-word warning to Putin after lasers directed at RAF pilots

Defence secretary John Healey issued a stern warning to Vladimir Putin, after he said the Russian spy ship Yantar, operating on the edge of UK waters, directed lasers at pilots of surveillance RAF aircraft monitoring its activities.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage showed racist and antisemitic behaviour at school, claim ex-pupils

‘The allegations are entirely without foundation – we expect cynical attempts to smear Reform to intensify closer to the election,’ says Reform UK

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Watch in full: Starmer faces final pre-Budget PMQs after inflation falls

Sir Keir Starmer has faced his final Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) opposite Kemi Badenoch ahead of Labour’s highly anticipated Budget next week.

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Mapped: Where mansion tax could hit as Reeves looks at raising council tax rates

Around 310,000 high-value homeowners could be hit by proposals to tweak council tax bands

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Mandelson still in contact with Epstein in 2016, newly-released emails show

Correspondence suggests former ambassador to Washington warned paedophile he should stay away from the then-Prince Andrew

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Starmer aide McSweeney is ‘toast’ after botched briefing ends in ‘epic own goal’

PM declines to back his right hand man after ‘epic own goal’ over coup plot rumours

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