Category: UK Politics
UK aid cuts a tragic mistake that will put national security at risk, MPs warn
Savage aid cuts and a narrow focus on cost to the taxpayer risked undermining ‘the very reason the aid budget exists’, the International Development Committee says
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 630,000 children out of poverty
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would be among the most cost-effective ways to reduce child poverty, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
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Grooming gang inquiry plunged into further chaos as frontrunner to chair probe pulls out
Jim Gamble, a former police officer, has taken his name out of the running amid claims of a ‘highly charged and toxic environment’
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Keir Starmer backs call for Prince Andrew to be hauled in front of MPs to give evidence
When the prime minister was asked whether Prince Andrew should give evidence to a select committee inquiry, he said: ‘I certainly support that’
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Asylum seeker sent back to France under Starmer’s flagship ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to Britain in small boat
The man is being held at an immigration detention centre as the Home Office attempts to speed up the case for his removal
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Downing Street’s top civil servant ‘on brink of being ousted’
The latest speculation around Chris Wormald’s position comes after the departure of a string of senior government officials over the last year
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Rachel Reeves ‘plots tax raid on solicitors and GPs in crackdown on UK’s wealthy’
Chancellor to tackle loophole under which partners do not pay employer national insurance
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‘Tinkering around edges’ at Budget risks another year of economic pain, IFS warns Reeves
Chancellor must take ‘bold action’ to avoid ‘limping from one forecast to the next’
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Starmer pledges to publish crucial evidence in collapsed China spy case
Keir Starmer made his announcement in a statement to the Commons before tetchy exchanges with Kemi Badenoch on the China spy trial collapse scandal
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One part of the UK might escape Starmer’s smoking ban, minister admits
Prime minister was warned his flagship plans could see him end up in court over key agreement with the European Union, designed to deal with major issues caused by Britain’s exit from the bloc
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