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Keir Starmer signals winter support for household bills amid energy price shock
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Keir Starmer signals winter support for household bills amid energy price shock

Any taxpayer-funded financial help will be likely to go to poorest households, rather than to everyone, PM indicatesMinisters are looking at providing support for household bills next winter, Keir Sta...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Ministers tell HS2 to consider slower train speeds to cut costs
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Ministers tell HS2 to consider slower train speeds to cut costs

Company will assess whether drop to 186mph from 224mph will save money and help bring forward launchMinisters have told High Speed Two to consider running its trains at lower speeds, in an attempt to...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
British destroyer HMS Dragon arrives in eastern Mediterranean
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British destroyer HMS Dragon arrives in eastern Mediterranean

Ship arrives three weeks after Iranian-made drone hit British base of RAF Akrotiri on CyprusMiddle East crisis – live updatesHMS Dragon has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean, three weeks after an I...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries
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Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on four countries

Sudanese and Afghan students with offers to study in UK say government’s ‘emergency brake’ is discriminatoryThe women banned from studying in BritainSix students from Sudan and Afghanistan have accuse...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer says he is ‘unapologetic’ about his focus on national interest when asked how he deals with ‘rude’ Trump – as it happened
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Starmer says he is ‘unapologetic’ about his focus on national interest when asked how he deals with ‘rude’ Trump – as it happened

PM tells MPs ‘a lot of what is said or done is undoubtedly said or done to put pressure on me’Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, was speaking for the government on the morning news programmes ea...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Reform mayoral candidate likens Jewish community group to ‘Islamists on horseback’
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Reform mayoral candidate likens Jewish community group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Chris Parry describes Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north LondonGolders Green ambulance arson attack – live updatesA Reform UK mayoral candidate has described members of...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Hillsborough campaigners accuse Starmer of ‘insult’ after failing to introduce promised law
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Hillsborough campaigners accuse Starmer of ‘insult’ after failing to introduce promised law

Government sources say new amendment to bill being worked on that would ensure duty of candour applies to individuals working for security servicesFamilies whose relatives were killed in disasters and...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Is Iran really able to strike London, and is the UK prepared for an attack?
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Is Iran really able to strike London, and is the UK prepared for an attack?

After Tehran targeted the UK-US base on Diego Garcia, Israel’s military said European capitals were also at riskMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed at the weekend...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Trump rows back on strait of Hormuz threat – what next? | podcast
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Trump rows back on strait of Hormuz threat – what next? | podcast

The US president has extended by five days his deadline to ‘hit and obliterate’ Iran’s power stations and energy infrastructure if Tehran does not allow shipping to move freely. Pippa Crerar and Kiran...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Shooting restricted for six British wild birds to halt population decline
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Shooting restricted for six British wild birds to halt population decline

Woodcocks and pochard, pintail and goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposalsHunters will be banned from shooting a rare and beautiful duck under new proposals to halt the decline...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer says ‘every lever’ will be explored to ease rising costs of living from Iran conflict
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Starmer says ‘every lever’ will be explored to ease rising costs of living from Iran conflict

PM will chair Cobra meeting with key ministers and Bank of England on Monday, as experts warn of economic shockUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer has promis...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Ministers name seven areas where 'new towns' could be built
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Ministers name seven areas where 'new towns' could be built

Six sites have been deprioritised from the flagship scheme to build a wave of new settlements.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Donald Trump shares ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ spoof mocking Keir Starmer
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Donald Trump shares ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ spoof mocking Keir Starmer

The sketch aired during the UK spin-off's debut episode The post Donald Trump shares ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ spoof mocking Keir Starmer appeared first on NME.

NME Music News6 months ago
Watch Kneecap perform in Havana as they arrive in Cuba on Nuestra América Convoy with Jeremy Corbyn
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Watch Kneecap perform in Havana as they arrive in Cuba on Nuestra América Convoy with Jeremy Corbyn

"We have grown up our whole lives with an understanding of colonialism and oppression and also forced starvation" The post Watch Kneecap perform in Havana as they arrive in Cuba on Nuestra América Co...

NME Music News6 months ago
British couple detained in Iran feel 'let down' and call on Starmer to 'help us'
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British couple detained in Iran feel 'let down' and call on Starmer to 'help us'

A British couple jailed for 10 years in Iran on "falsified" spying charges say they feel abandoned by the UK government - and have urged the prime minister to "step up and help us".

Sky News - UK6 months ago
What’s at stake for UK in May’s elections: six key questions
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What’s at stake for UK in May’s elections: six key questions

Reform, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens are all banking on big gains and nationwide repercussionsOn 7 May, three of the UK’s four nations go to the polls in a series of elections with much potenti...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections
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‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectationsSmall swings, high drama: why UK polls are less volatile than they seem – in ch...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
‘Unprecedented territory’: are UK polls as volatile as they seem? – in charts
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‘Unprecedented territory’: are UK polls as volatile as they seem? – in charts

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define Ma...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds
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Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds

Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MPMore than £170m was given to MPs, political parties, media organisatio...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Starmer adviser urges ministers to look at profits cap for energy and petrol firms
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Starmer adviser urges ministers to look at profits cap for energy and petrol firms

PM’s ‘cost of living champion’ calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran war The government’s top cost of living adviser has called on ministers to explore a tempo...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago