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Hot mic catches Starmer and Modi saying they resolved UK-India trade dispute
A hot microphone caught British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Narendra Modi signalling they resolved a bilateral trade impasse during the G7 summit in Evian, France.
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Starmer faces final showdown as Burnham heads for victory in Makerfield
On Friday evening, Keir Starmer will head for Chequers for another crisis meeting with his dwindling band of senior loyalists.
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Starmer vows to fight Burnham leadership challenge as Labour coup threat grows
Keir Starmer has revealed how he plans to take the fight to Andy Burnham - and keep his job as Prime Minister.
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Andy Burnham plans private ultimatum to force Starmer departure timetable
Andy Burnham plans to give Sir Keir Starmer one final chance to ’do the decent thing’ and resign before orchestrating a putsch to remove him from Downing Street.
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J.D. Vance admits he is “kind of a conspiracy theorist” on Epstein files
Vice President J.D. Vance admitted he is "kind of a conspiracy theorist" when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Lib Dems urge Burnham to end Labour’s EU “torpor and timidity”
The Lib Dems will urge Andy Burnham to end Labour’s "torpor and timidity" towards the EU as they call for the UK to rejoin the single market, in a notable strengthening of their own position.
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Wes Streeting urges Starmer to name exit date after Makerfield by-election
Wes Streeting has urged Sir Keir Starmer to set the date of his departure from Downing Street on Friday morning in the wake of the Makerfield by-election result.
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Starmer says he was not snubbed by Trump at G7 amid defence and Ukraine pressure
Donald Trump has raised no concerns with me over defense spending, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted, just days after his defense secretary resigned and accused him of being unwilling to put enough resources into Britain’s struggling military.
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EU and UK set July 22 summit date after Starmer-von der Leyen talks
The EU and the UK have agreed that July 22 will be the date for the next summit between their leaders in London and Brussels.
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Wales schools urged to restrict phones as ministers prepare national rules
Headteachers will be "strongly encouraged" to restrict pupils using phones during the school day, Wales’ education minister has said.
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Unison says fighting Reform UK must be priority as Labour faces warning
Britain’s biggest union must prioritize fighting Reform UK, Unison’s conference heard today after its general secretary urged the government to drastically change course.
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Stoke’s Brexit promise fades as Hanley waits for levelling up that never came
It’s a bleak, cold weekday afternoon in Hanley, one of the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands.
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Kendall admits under-16 social media ban is no "silver bullet" as tech backlash grows
The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.
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UK government wins appeal to keep Palestine Action ban in force
The UK government has won its appeal to maintain the ban on Palestine Action. In response, the group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, vowed to fight the proscription all the way to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights, calling the ban an extreme attack on free speech and protest.
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Tories vow to abolish immigration tribunals and strip judges of asylum powers
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has vowed to abolish immigration tribunals as part of plans to be announced by the Conservatives.
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Farage’s £1.4m Surrey home revamped after £5m gift from crypto billionaire
Nigel Farage revamped his grade II-listed woodland home – after pocketing a crypto billionaire’s £5million.
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Big Tech warns Starmer’s under-16 social media ban will drive teens to riskier platforms
Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.
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Former Sturgeon adviser backs independent inquiry into Murrell’s £400,000 SNP theft
A former key member of Nicola Sturgeon’s team has backed calls for an inquiry into how her ex-husband was able to embezzle more than £400,000 from the SNP.
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Sturgeon’s £290 stilettos sold for £4,000 to Murrell at SNP gala
A pair of signed stilettos donated by Nicola Sturgeon to be auctioned at an SNP fundraising event were bought back by her former husband, Peter Murrell, it has emerged.
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Starmer announces under-16 social media ban as parents cheer historic crackdown
All children under the age of 16 will be banned from using social media, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
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O’Neill questions Starmer’s under-16 social media ban timing before Makerfield vote
The Northern Ireland First Minister queried whether the move was ‘more about internal Labour Party politics than what is right’.
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Former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley dies aged 93
Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour party from 1983 to 1992, has died aged 93.
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Starmer to ban under-16s from TikTok, Instagram and X in "Australia plus" crackdown
Keir Starmer will ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.
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Farage accused of fuelling division after claiming UK is rigged against white people
Nigel Farage should take his “nasty hate, anger and division” elsewhere, a Cabinet minister has said, after the Reform UK leader published a long essay about Britain being a two-tier state against white people.
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British forces board Russian shadow fleet tanker in first UK-led Channel raid
This is the moment British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel during a pre-dawn operation.