Caitlin Doherty
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Lammy labels Gaza famine ‘utterly horrifying’
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said on Friday that famine is occurring in Gaza City and could spread further south.
22 Aug 2025
Politics
Trump says outcome will be known ‘pretty soon’ over steel tariffs
It remains to be seen whether tariffs on British steel imports into America will be eliminated, remain at 25% where they currently stand, or rise.
28 Jul 2025
Politics
Trump praises UK on trying to reduce small boat crossings
Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Starmer were greeted by the president and a chorus of bagpipes
28 Jul 2025
Politics
Minister dismisses idea of split in Cabinet over Palestinian statehood
Israel announced at the weekend that it would suspend fighting in three areas of Gaza.
28 Jul 2025
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‘More to do’ on US steel tariffs than Trump and PM can resolve, minister signals
The Prime Minister will attempt to hammer out a deal on steel, and press for action on Gaza when he meets the US president in Scotland.
28 Jul 2025
Politics
Ministers want to overhaul rules to make it easier to open pubs and music venues
The Government wants to make it easier to convert disused shops into venues.
26 Jul 2025
Politics
Cabinet minister calls Corbyn ‘chaotic’ after new party launch
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle was reflecting on what he called the ‘chaos and instability’ during Mr Corbyn’s tenure as leader of the Labour Party.
25 Jul 2025
Politics
Israel not listening to UK, say MPs, as they urge recognition of Palestine
The UK’s actions over the ongoing conflict and ‘in the years preceding, have often been too little, too late’, the Foreign Affairs Committee has said.
25 Jul 2025
Politics
Starmer and Zelensky discuss anti-corruption in call
On Thursday the Ukrainian president announced that he would send a new anti-corruption Bill to the country’s parliament.
24 Jul 2025
Politics
I can’t spend all my time worrying about regicide – Badenoch
The Conservative leader said that the public are ‘not yet ready to forgive’ the Tory party, more than a year on from the general election.
23 Jul 2025
Politics
Sir Sadiq Khan calls on ministers to immediately recognise Palestinian statehood
It comes as the Archbishop of York labelled the situation in Gaza ‘a stain on the conscience of the international community’.
23 Jul 2025
Politics
I care more about getting a family on the housing ladder than snails – Reeves
The Chancellor was facing questions on Government amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill designed to strengthen environmental protections.
22 Jul 2025
Politics
Lammy and counterparts accuse Israel of depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’
The Foreign Secretary and other ministers urged the Israeli government to ‘immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid’.
21 Jul 2025
Politics
Farage pledges target to halve crime if Reform enters government
Proposals to recruit more police officers and create new prison places contribute to the estimated £3.48 billion annual bill for the party’s plans.
21 Jul 2025
Politics
Robert Jenrick accuses Zia Yusuf in antisemitic tweet row
The shadow justice secretary said that Nigel Farage’s party should give ex-chairman Mr Yusuf ‘the boot’.
18 Jul 2025
Politics17 Jul 2025
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff highest paid special adviser
Morgan McSweeney is paid between £155,000 and £159,999, according to data released by the Cabinet Office
Politics
New scheme will provide patients with access to support services through NHS app
Sir Keir Starmer said the new system would offer ‘comfort and support’.
17 Jul 2025
Politics
Prime Minister says UK will ‘work ever more closely’ with Germany
The Prime Minister and Friedrich Merz signed the deal – to be known as the Kensington Treaty – at the V&A Museum on London.
17 Jul 2025
Politics
Starmer criticised over action against Labour rebels
Rachael Maskell, who lost the Labour whip in a purge of troublemakers, said the Prime Minister was wrong to act in the way he had.
17 Jul 2025
Politics17 Jul 2025
Starmer suspends rebellious MPs
Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Brian Leishman have confirmed their suspensions.
Politics
Starmer to pledge to ‘rebalance power’ at summit with community groups
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a keynote speech when he launches the Government’s civil society covenant.
16 Jul 2025