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Voters contend with ‘dodgy’ data in party leaflets for English local elections
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Voters contend with ‘dodgy’ data in party leaflets for English local elections

Exclusive: Investigation into campaigning materials for local polls in May challenges tactical voting claims Election leaflets are providing “grotesque” information about how to vote tactically in the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer says ‘vast majority’ of Labour MPs still support him, despite Mandelson controversy – as it happened
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Starmer says ‘vast majority’ of Labour MPs still support him, despite Mandelson controversy – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘you never hear from … the people who are supportive, loyal and just want to get on with the job’Keir Starmer and the Labour party continue to fight to maintain control in the afte...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Trump unhurt after shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner, “lone wolf” suspect in custody
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Trump unhurt after shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner, “lone wolf” suspect in custody

“I saw a room that was just totally unified," the President said after the incident. "It was, in one way, a very beautiful thing" The post Trump unhurt after shooting at White House Correspondents Di...

NME Music News5 months ago
UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres
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UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs
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Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Health secretary’s ‘power grab’ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharmaDozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dict...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs
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Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questionsA key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washi...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer stands by sacking of senior civil servant - and signals intention to fight on
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Starmer stands by sacking of senior civil servant - and signals intention to fight on

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to sack Olly Robbins over the vetting process for Peter Mandelson - saying the senior civil servant only faced the "everyday pressure of government".

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Orbán steps down from Hungarian parliament after landslide defeat
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Orbán steps down from Hungarian parliament after landslide defeat

The outgoing prime minister will not take up his seat after leading his party back into opposition.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Palestinians in West Bank and some in Gaza vote in local elections
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Palestinians in West Bank and some in Gaza vote in local elections

Local elections have been held in the occupied West Bank and in one Gazan city, though Hamas and other groups are not taking part.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links
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Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links

Exclusive: Extra social media checks brought in amid growing threat to politicians from extremistsThe security company that provides bodyguards for MPs has tightened its vetting processes after it sen...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook
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Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris JohnsonThe lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.As Keir Starmer fights t...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Unlucky chancellor? Iran shock hits Reeves just as UK seemed to turn corner
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Unlucky chancellor? Iran shock hits Reeves just as UK seemed to turn corner

The economy and public finances were on the right path, bond yields were falling, interest rates likely to drop further … then came the US-Israeli attackDonald Trump’s war on Iran is “folly”; shadow c...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?
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‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections
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‘They deserve to lose’: Labour at risk of ‘red wall’ collapsing in May elections

Voters in Barnsley, Sunderland and Wakefield express frustration with party amid strong Reform UK challengeWhen millions of voters across Great Britain go to the polls on 7 May, the result will have a...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Walking the dog and braving the paps: the art of the doorstep photo, from Keane to Mandelson
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Walking the dog and braving the paps: the art of the doorstep photo, from Keane to Mandelson

Former US ambassador and Labour peer joins a long line of people who have gone out to meet awaiting paparazzi head-onFor a man at the centre of a storm that has rocked the political establishment, Pet...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo
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UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesDowning Street has been forced to insist that Britain...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers
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Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groupsShabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without formal request
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US won’t give unredacted Epstein documents to UK police without formal request

Police investigating allegations Mandelson and former prince Andrew passed sensitive info to Epstein will struggle to make charges stick without filesBritish police investigating the former prince And...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM
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Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM

Green party leader attacks Keir Starmer’s ‘silly games’ after prime minister accused him of playing down recent incidentsZack Polanski has called on politicians to treat antisemitism with “considerati...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
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Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergencyThe UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, afte...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago