All news on the topic: Britain

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Keir Starmer is ’proud’ to have the most cabinet ministers from comprehensive schools ever
Speaking from Downing Street on his first full day as Prime Minister, he vowed to start the work of rebuilding Britain at pace - kicking off with a tour of the UK’s four nations.
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Keir Starmer expresses his feelings as Prime Minister in a three-word vow offering hope to the nation
Keir Starmer promised that ’self-interest is yesterday’s politics’ in his first press conference as Prime Minister after a Labour landslide at the General Election
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Carol Vorderman offered sassy words of advice to Keir Starmer as he enters No. 10 as Prime Minister
Carol Vorderman says Tory ’gremlins’ in No10 have ’ransacked the house and tried to nick the lead off the roof’ but gave Starmer ’words to the wise’
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Nigel Farage has been elected as an MP for the first time during a breakthrough night for Reform UK
Reform were projected to win 13 seats in the exit poll.
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The U.K. Crime Agency has asked the court to permanently seize a Russian oligarch’s money
Britain’s National Crime Agency has for the first time asked a court to permanently seize funds held by a Russian oligarch, arguing that they are “proceeds of crime,” because he allegedly moved the money in violation of sanctions regulations.
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Who is Count Binface and what is his manifesto for the General Election?
The General Election’s most unusual candidate is space warrior Count Binface – a staple of elections at this point.
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Keir Starmer hails a ‘new age of hope’ as Rishi Sunak fears losing his seat
Final polls predict unprecedented Labour victory, with Starmer declaring Britain a ‘great nation, with boundless potential’
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Starmer says Britain will not rejoin the EU in his lifetime
Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
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Rishi Sunak claims the UK is a better place to live after 14 years of Conservative rule
Britain is “a better place to live” than when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, Rishi Sunak has insisted at the start of the final campaign weekend before the UK general election on Thursday.
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There is ’disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals are under threat after Britain dismissed its negotiators
Business community decries ‘act of arson’ as one-sixth of trade posts within British consulates in the US are scrapped
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A former UK prime minister has demanded an investigation into the CEO of the Washington Post
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a criminal investigation of Washington Post Publisher William Lewis’ involvement in allegedly deleting emails related to a phone hacking scandal while he worked as an executive for Rupert Murdoch’s media company.
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Sunak abandoned the proposed smoking ban after facing lobbying pressure from tobacco companies
Investigation details industry campaign including legal threats and charm offensive aimed at Tory MPs
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The UK’s involvement might cause a delay in the International Criminal Court’s decision on issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Britain to make legal arguments over jurisdiction in case of alleged war crimes by the Israeli PM
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Journalists’ investigation prompts tougher UK party funding laws
British transparency campaigners and opposition politicians have called for the next government to tighten political party financing laws following an OCCRP investigation that raised questions about the origins of a 2020 donation to the ruling Conservative Party.
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UK Tories received donation from company linked to Conservative baroness’s scandal-hit husband
Britain’s Conservative Party received a £50,000 (around $64,500) donation in 2020 from a small accounting firm that reporters have linked to Doug Barrowman, a high-profile businessman whose wife is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
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Ding dong drama: Video doorbells have UK election campaigners spooked
British political campaigners are being caught out on the doorstep — and fear a new tech trend could usher in an era of abuse and scandal.
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Britain’s most costly chancellors who left the worst legacy
From Gordon Brown to Kwasi Kwarteng, Telegraph Money finds out who hit the nation’s finances the hardest
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UK Labour candidate suspended after betting he would lose
‘Stupid’ Labour hopeful Kevin Craig is dropped by the party over a pre-election bet — just hours after the Tories had to yank support for two of their own.
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British trading platform CMC Markets forecasts higher annual operating income, shares surge
British trading platform CMC Markets (CMCX.L), opens new tab on Thursday forecast higher operating income in 2025 after a 52% jump in annual profit aided by strong retail and institutional trading and tight cost control measures, boosting shares to a near-two-year high.
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Corruption is on the rise in Britain. Will ousting the Tories make a difference?
Labour is talking a good game on cleaning up Westminster as an election looms — but the U.K. has a long history of opposition parties promising the earth.
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UK migrant boat crossings hit 19-month high, adding to pressure on Sunak
More than 800 asylum seekers arrived in Britain via small boats on Tuesday, the highest single-day figure since late 2022, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a July 4 national election.
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Thorpe Park’s Hyperia rollercoaster breaks down again, leaving thrill-seekers hanging at 236 feet
Dozens of Thorpe Park thrillseekers were stuck at the highest point on Britain’s ‘tallest and fastest’ ride
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Rishi Sunak spent £50 of taxpayer money on a custom ’stopped’ stamp for a gimmicky pre-election video
The prime minister sent a Downing Street staffer on the hunt in London for an ink-stamp in the shape of the word ‘stopped’ before slapping it on examples of visa applicants he was barring from Britain
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Junior doctors in England to begin a five-day strike next month
The British Medical Association’s industrial action will take place from 27 June to 2 July - meaning it will clash with the ongoing general election campaign.