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Politics
Keir Starmer to meet family of murdered student Henry Nowak
The Prime Minister has urged politicians to heed the family’s calls ‘not to use his case to whip up division’.
4 Jun 2026
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Starmer hints two-child benefit cap could be axed in Budget
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘personally committed to driving down child poverty’.
Politics
Manhunt ongoing for mistakenly released prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif
Sir Keir Starmer said that he was ‘angry and frustrated’ by ‘intolerable’ wrongful prisoner releases.
7 Nov 2025
Politics
Lammy speaking to ‘best of his knowledge’ on prisoner release error – Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer said his deputy could ‘speak for himself’ on questions around whether a prisoner was wrongfully freed before new checks were imposed.
6 Nov 2025
Politics
Culture Secretary breached governance code in appointing football watchdog chair
Lisa Nandy said she ‘unknowingly’ failed to declare David Kogan had donated to her leadership campaign.
6 Nov 2025
Business News
Labour must stick to manifesto pledge not to raise key taxes, Lucy Powell says
The new deputy leader’s intervention could cause a headache for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has rolled the pitch for higher taxes at her Budget.
6 Nov 2025
Politics
US ambassador warns pharma firms will quit UK if NHS does not pay more for drugs
Donald Trump’s man in London reiterated the US president’s demands for the UK to pay pharmaceutical companies more money.
5 Nov 2025
Politics
Budget tax hikes should be coupled with major reform, Osborne says
Tory ex-chancellor George Osborne conceded large reforms to the tax system can be difficult politically as he pointed to his 2012 ‘pasty tax’ budget.
5 Nov 2025
Politics
MPs demand information from BBC’s chairman on Panorama edit of Trump speech
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the culture committee, said the corporation had ‘serious questions to answer’.
4 Nov 2025
Politics
Government has given up trying to ‘live within its means’, claims Badenoch
The Tory leader accused Labour of being ‘hypocritical’ for asking the public ‘to tighten their belts’.
4 Nov 2025
Celebrity News
Minister ‘assured’ by BBC it is probing claims of selectively editing Trump clip
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy expects the BBC to examine questions around editorial standards thoroughly, No 10 said.
4 Nov 2025
Politics
Starmer clears Reeves over ‘inadvertent’ failure to obtain rental licence
The Prime Minister said he was taking no action against the Chancellor after her estate agent took the blame.
31 Oct 2025
Politics
Andrew’s loss of titles and Royal Lodge residence backed by politicians
Some MPs have pushed for the conduct of members of the royal family to be debated in the Commons.
31 Oct 2025
Politics
Lord Chancellor David Lammy to remove Duke of York from peerage roll
The King is sending royal warrants to Mr Lammy to strike the dukedom of York from the peerage roll.
30 Oct 2025
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Starmer receives ‘new info’ about Reeves’ rental arrangements – No 10
Emails sent and received by the Chancellor’s husband have been passed to the Prime Minister.
Politics
TikTok urged to clarify how it will moderate content amid proposed job cuts
MPs said planned job losses in the app’s trust and safety teams are ‘concerning’.
30 Oct 2025
Politics
UK providing £2.5m in humanitarian support to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
UK experts have also been deployed to the region to assist with the disaster response and recovery.
29 Oct 2025
Money
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson says he ‘gamed’ benefits system in former job
The Ashfield MP said he used to help people get on sickness benefits when he worked at Citizens Advice.
29 Oct 2025
Business News
Starmer declines to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises in Budget
The Prime Minister refused to repeat Labour’s manifesto pledge on tax.
29 Oct 2025
Politics
Fox on the run in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament
The marauding mammal was witnessed just inside the visitor’s entrance to the parliamentary estate in Westminster.
28 Oct 2025
Politics
Ex-PM John Major criticises Tories’ ‘loss of pragmatism, tolerance, nuance’
The former Conservative Party leader warned Kemi Badenoch against lurching ‘too far to the right’ or risk alienating voters.
28 Oct 2025