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Conservatives cannot be trusted on citizenship – Reform UK
A Reform UK spokesman said the Tories cannot be trusted amid the ongoing row over Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s citizenship.
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Will Durrant
29 Dec 2025
Politics
David Lammy: ‘I grew up in house full of flags’
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said: ‘In politics you’re nothing, really, unless you have an account for place and belonging.’
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Will Durrant
26 Sept 2025
Politics
Reeves takes aim at Burnham’s ‘in hock to bond markets’ comment
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will tell Labour activists at the Liverpool conference that now ‘is not time’ for Labour infighting.
By
Will Durrant
26 Sept 2025
Politics
Nato ‘united and prepared to defend its airspace decisively’, says No 10
It came after unidentified drones were spotted near Danish airports this week.
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Will Durrant
26 Sept 2025
Politics
Starmer to call for ‘difference under the same flag’ at London summit
Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney will join Sir Keir Starmer in London.
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Will Durrant
25 Sept 2025
Politics
Lucy Powell: Labour must grab ‘political microphone’ back from Nigel Farage
The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.
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Will Durrant
25 Sept 2025
Politics
‘We’ve proved the concept’ of deportations, says Starmer
Referring to a one in, one out returns agreement with France, Sir Keir said he wanted ‘to ramp that up’.
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Will Durrant
25 Sept 2025
Politics
Britons ‘under attack’ on 52-boat flotilla heading to Gaza
The Global Sumud Flotilla said ‘drones launched explosives and gases on boats’ earlier this week.
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Will Durrant
25 Sept 2025
Politics
Royal Navy deployed to shadow Russian warship and freighter through British seas
“Russian warships are increasingly transiting through the English Channel,” defence minister Luke Pollard warned.
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Will Durrant
25 Sept 2025
Politics
Farage faces cross-party criticism for not denouncing ‘paracetamol-autism link’
Nigel Farage said he has ‘no idea’ whether US President Donald Trump was right to link paracetamol to autism.
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Will Durrant
24 Sept 2025
Politics
Mandatory ID risks forcing unauthorised migrants ‘into shadows’, warn groups
A compulsory identification system could be ‘uniquely harmful to privacy, equality and civil liberties’, the liberties group leaders wrote.
By
Will Durrant
24 Sept 2025
Politics
Bill ‘effectively puts a price on my head’, peer warns in assisted dying debate
Draft assisted dying legislation ‘gives the state the licence to kill the wrong type of people’, Lord Shinkwin said.
By
Will Durrant
19 Sept 2025
Politics
Dying people should have ‘care and compassion like my mother’ – Arlene Foster
‘Creating a burden to die because we haven’t addressed the burden of care is not a legacy I want for this House,’ Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee said.
By
Will Durrant
19 Sept 2025
Politics
Peers urged to be ‘very careful’ before any bids to thwart assisted dying Bill
Lord Dubs said blocking the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would be a ‘regrettable step’.
By
Will Durrant
12 Sept 2025
Politics
Labour ‘unprepared’ for the ‘state’ of its inheritance, new Commons Leader says
Conservative shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman described Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership as being like an ‘unending episode of The Office’.
By
Will Durrant
11 Sept 2025
Politics
MPs agree to overturn ban on councils setting up bus companies
Bus routes which councils consider ‘socially necessary’ are set to receive protections.
By
Will Durrant
10 Sept 2025
Politics
UK joins international scramble to bring ocean protection treaty into force
Sharks, whales and sea turtles are among the species thought to be in line for bolstered protections in international waters.
By
Will Durrant
10 Sept 2025
Politics
Chagos deal plan clears first Commons hurdle
Defence minister Luke Pollard insisted the draft new law would see off a legal “threat” to the UK-US military base in the archipelago.
By
Will Durrant
9 Sept 2025
Politics
Flying Ukraine flags ‘a visible symbol of UK’s unwavering support’ – Government
A spokesperson said: “Our support for Ukraine’s independence will be clear for all to see.”
By
Will Durrant
24 Aug 2025
Politics
Interflex training programme for Ukrainian recruits to continue until 2026
Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK was ‘ramping up’ its support for Ukrainian forces, ahead of independence day celebrations in Kyiv.
By
Will Durrant
23 Aug 2025
Politics
Buying spirits in popular gap year destinations like ‘Russian roulette’
Simone White died last year, less than three weeks after her 28th birthday, after drinking shots at a hostel bar in Laos.
By
Will Durrant
22 Aug 2025
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