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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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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’.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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’.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
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’.
By
Nina Lloyd
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.
By
Nina Lloyd
8 May 2026
Politics
Man arrested on suspicion of selling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone
Scotland Yard said the device has not been recovered.
By
Nina Lloyd
7 May 2026
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