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As political post-mortems on Keir Starmer gather pace, new details are emerging about the network of behind-the-scenes figures who helped shape his rise — and whose internal dynamics may have ultimately contributed to his downfall.

Most Britons do not want to undo Brexit powers, a poll has revealed.

Medical bills for British tourists cost the government more than £181 million in 2025, Metro can exclusively reveal.

Drax, the UK’s largest carbon emitter, is planning to bypass UK Government climate regulations to power a hyperscale AI data centre – facing opposition from MPs across all three major parties.

Britain has announced a new sanctions package targeting cryptocurrency and financial entities that help Russia bypass Western restrictions and finance its war against Ukraine, according to a statement published on the UK government’s website earlier today.

The British security services were involved in formulating the controversial Legacy Act, which offered an amnesty to soldiers and paramilitaries despite MI5’s role in many killings during the Northern Ireland Troubles, it can be revealed.

Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.

Britain’s second most senior diplomat in Washington, who stood in as interim ambassador after the sacking of Peter Mandelson, has abruptly left his post.

The UK Government is considering a new report calling on the UK to match the EU’s tough rules limiting harmful pesticides from farmland.

Wealthy landowners — including a Swedish aristocrat, relatives of a former prime minister, and a Tory donor — are reportedly earning millions in rent from wind farms subsidised through public energy bills.

You probably haven’t heard of him, but one out of every five pounds banked by Scottish parties came from his fortune. Robin MacGeachy’s wealth was made in the obscure business of gas generators for science labs, and he’s used it to become the biggest money man ahead of this election.

The prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to reform the regulation of nuclear power and weapons to make new developments easier have provoked “serious concerns”.

On Wednesday, journalist Amal Khalil and photographer Zeinab Faraj were reporting from southern Lebanon when an Israeli airstrike reportedly hit a car in front of them.

An Israeli company blacklisted by the UN over its activities in the West Bank has generated more than $1 billion from North Sea oil and gas operations in just six years — and could earn even more if the Rosebank field receives approval.

A failed Egyptian asylum seeker, who participated in a gang rape of a woman on a beach with his accomplices, has been identified as a convicted murderer.

The Education Secretary has insisted the government is not afraid of technology companies as questions are asked about the time taken to implement online safety measures to protect young people.

The fallout over Wireless announcing Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) as its 2026 headliner was both swift and considerable.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that Nato is “in America’s interest” following suggestions Trump could use an audit to decide whether Britain and its allies should be punished for not assisting the US in the war with Iran.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has finally moved into his new home on the Sandringham Estate – but not before spoiling his brother Edward and his wife Sophie’s Easter break.

The UK government is to break a manifesto commitment to ban foie gras imports, and has declined to stop fur imports.

Farming chiefs lobbied the UK government in a bid to avoid stricter rules around the use of antibiotics on livestock farms, despite the risks some practices pose to public health.

Seven out of ten Reform UK controlled councils have scrapped their climate targets since being elected last May, while the party continues to push discredited ideas about the cause of man made climate change, according to new academic analysis.

The UK Government said it is “fully committed to upholding the right to free speech,” after the head of a campaign group aimed at preventing the spread of online hate and disinformation was barred from entering the United States.