Nina Lloyd

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Starmer set to announce social media ban as ministers pledge screentime advice

A separate consultation will lead to guidance for parents on when a child should get a smartphone and how long under-16s should spend online.
8 Jun 2026
Politics

Vow to increase defence spending to 3% ‘absolutely sacrosanct’ – Lammy

The Deputy Prime Minister said ‘the money will be found’ to fund pledges in the awaited Defence Investment Plan.
7 Jun 2026
Politics

David Lammy told JD Vance ‘you’re wrong’ after Henry Nowak case intervention

The Deputy Prime Minister said he challenged the US vice-president in a ‘robust’ phone call on Saturday.
7 Jun 2026
Politics

Lammy to back ‘resilient’ Starmer in any leadership race as PM vows to ‘fight’

The Deputy Prime Minister said Sir Keir must be able to ‘serve out his mandate’ from the 2024 general election.
7 Jun 2026
Politics

Reform UK removes Burnham posts after artist threatens legal action

Lawyers instructed by illustrator Stanley Chow have accused Nigel Farage’s party of copyright infringement.
6 Jun 2026
Politics

Cooper condemns ‘desperate’ Russian sanctions on UK schoolboy and journalists

Britons including Alexander Browder and The i Paper journalist Richard Holmes have been banned from entering Russia.
5 Jun 2026
Politics

‘Distressing’ case of Briton jailed in India needs swift resolution, says Cooper

Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 just weeks after his wedding in the country, and has been detained ever since.
5 Jun 2026
Politics

Yvette Cooper rejects Harriet Harman’s call for disappearing messages ban

The Foreign Secretary said “lots of people”, including herself, had WhatsApp’s auto-delete tool turned on for some exchanges.
5 Jun 2026
Politics

Cooper invites Indian PM Modi to Commonwealth Games during talks in Delhi

The Foreign Secretary handed Narendra Modi a letter of invitation to the tournament in Glasgow on behalf of the event organisers.
4 Jun 2026
Politics

Yvette Cooper defends UK and France’s Strait of Hormuz plan for after Iran war

The Foreign Secretary has responded after US secretary of state Marco Rubio questioned the need for naval escorts ‘if no-one’s shooting’.
3 Jun 2026
Politics

Starmer defends disappearing WhatsApp messages use after Mandelson files release

Downing Street confirmed that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer uses the disappearing messages function on WhatsApp.
2 Jun 2026
Politics

Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed, Yvette Cooper says

The Foreign Secretary described the document dump related to the peer’s appointment as an ‘unedifying process’.
2 Jun 2026
Politics

Rules-based order is ‘in our shared interest’, Cooper says during China visit

The Foreign Secretary said the UK and China must work together to address global challenges.
2 Jun 2026
Politics

Foreign Secretary arrives in Beijing for talks on global security

Yvette Cooper will meet the Chinese vice-president as well as her counterpart Wang Yi for talks.
1 Jun 2026
Politics

Sentencing of teenage boys spared jail in rape case sent to Court of Appeal

The Prime Minister said the ‘distressing’ case had been reviewed under the unduly lenient scheme.
26 May 2026
Politics

Starmer: I’ll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are

The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
18 May 2026
Politics

Starmer ‘fights on’ with no timetable for departure, Lammy says

The Prime Minister’s deputy David Lammy said Labour would lose the next general election if infighting continued.
18 May 2026
Politics

Government aides quit as scores of Labour MPs call for Starmer to resign

Joe Morris and Tom Rutland, who served as parliamentary secretaries to Wes Streeting and Emma Reynolds, stood down on Monday.
11 May 2026
Politics

Government aide quits as scores of MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation

Tom Rutland, a parliamentary private secretary, said the Prime Minister had ‘lost authority’ and should ‘set out a timetable for his departure’.
11 May 2026
Politics

Ministers rally around Starmer as electoral mauling reignites leadership rumblings

Efforts to shore up support for the Prime Minister were under way on Friday.
8 May 2026
Politics

Man arrested on suspicion of selling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone

Scotland Yard said the device has not been recovered.
7 May 2026