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Katie Wallis arrives at Cardiff Magistrates

Who is Katie Wallis? Tory and first trans MP admits harassing ex wife

Mining engineers inspect the progress of the Mary Ann tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the HS2 Bromford Tunnel in 2024

HS2 to be delayed again as costs spiral by £37bn after 'litany of failure'

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah lived 25 metres from the South Circular Road in south-east London

'Ella's Law' to be reintroduced by group of MPs after nine-year-old girl died from asthma attack linked to air pollution

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer attended a bilateral meeting during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Canada on Tuesday

Starmer and Zelenskyy to reconvene ‘coalition of the willing’ to push ‘next stage of military support’ for Ukraine

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner visiting a new housing development near Didcot, Oxfordshire.

Government to invest billions in new ‘housing bank’ to build over 500,000 new homes

Jonathan Brash MP has called for the abolition of the Sentencing Council.

First Labour MP calls for abolition of 'two-tier' Sentencing Council as justice row erupts

Nigel Farage has yet again distanced himself from Donald Trump over his stance on Russia

Farage claims Trump could make Putin a 'winner' - as he distances himself from US President over stance on Russia

Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood

Judges reject Government's request to change 'corrosive' sentencing rules as 'two-tier justice' row erupts

Keir Starmer Visits the Siemens Energy plant

Northern England will no longer be 'held to ransom' by poor transport systems, says Starmer

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Australia to hold federal election in May as housing and inflation among key issues

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Donald Trump pushes for near-total control of Ukraine’s minerals and energy in huge increase on earlier demands

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Reform deputy says mental health is modern equivalent of ‘back pain’ - and disabled people are ‘swinging the lead’

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I look forward to a statement that hits people like me, rather than those who can’t afford to eat, writes Andrew Marr

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner during a visit to a housing development in Stoke-on-Trent. Picture date: Monday March 24, 2025.

Labour's worker's rights reforms to have 'net negative' impact on the economy, says OBR

Online Islamophobic abuse about the Mayor of London more than doubled in a single year during 2024, according to new research.

Online Islamophobic abuse targeting Sadiq Khan more than doubled last year, figures suggest

Rachel Reeves is set to cut tens of thousands of civil service jobs, a union has warned

Reeves 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs' as she pushes to cut spending by £2 billion per year

Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Starmer's ultimatum to councils: Prove you're tackling potholes or face losing cash

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall

Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election as he says Donald Trump 'wants to break us' with trade war

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Reeves to slash civil service spending by £2bn as Jeremy Hunt tells LBC chancellor must be 'bolder' to fix UK economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves Hosts Roundtable With Regulators.

Rachel Reeves takes axe to Civil Service: Government departments to make £2billion cuts

Sir Ed said a lack of 'clarity' around the changes was causing 'fear'

Sir Ed Davey: Disabled people and carers will be 'kept awake' by benefits shake-up

aerial view of Scunthorpe Steel Works, run again by British Steel

Deal worth £500m agreed over Scunthorpe steelworks as thousands of jobs secured

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Sheffield, UK. 18th Jan, 2025. UK Womens March held in Sheffield ahead of Donald Trump inauguration.

Pro-choice campaigners urge MPs to decriminalise abortion ahead of crucial vote to amend 19th century law

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer the proceeded to pick up the UK US trade deal papers dropped by US President Donald Trump

UK-US trade deal signed and 'done', announces Donald Trump

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Screen grab of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper makes a statement in the House of Commons, London, on Baroness Casey's findings on grooming gangs. Picture date: Monday June 16, 2025.

Government issues 'unequivocal' apology as Yvette Cooper announces national inquiry into grooming gangs

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French Police enter the water to try and stop migrants boarding small boats that had come to collect them from further down the coastline last week

Keir Starmer says France needs to co-operate more over migration

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Labour MP pushing for law change handing leaseholders greater 'right to manage' buildings

Labour MP pushing for law change handing leaseholders greater 'right to manage' buildings

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British Prime Minister Kier Starmer arrives at Calgary International Airport, Sunday,June, 15, 2025, ahead of the G7 Summit.

Starmer threatens Putin with more sanctions if Russia resists ceasefire calls

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The trilateral Aukus partnership, believed to be aimed at countering China, involves building a new fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines and co-operating in other areas of defence

Starmer has 'no doubt' Trump will back Aukus submarine deal despite ‘America First’ review

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The further £590 million - out of the budgets announced at last week's spending review - will go towards the road crossing that will link Kent and Essex.

Ministers pledge £590m for Lower Thames crossing in drive to boost UK infrastructure and cut congestion

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones speaks to LBC

Labour minister unable to say if UK would offer operational support to Israel

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Prime Minister Mark Carney greets British Prime Minister Kier Starmer

Starmer hints at revival of UK-Canada trade talks as he meets with Carney in Ottawa ahead of G7

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Kemi Badenoch called on Starmer to apologise for "six wasted months".

Tories call for apology after Keir Starmer U-turns on grooming gangs

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Ministers are pledging that at least £725 billion will be spent on infrastructure over the next 10 years

Ministers unveil £725bn infrastructure plan as Reeves vows to rebuild 'crumbling' schools and hospitals

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LONDON, UK - 17 March 2025 - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for a bilateral meeting in 10 Downing Stree

Keir Starmer defends Canada as 'independent' and 'sovereign' ahead of visit

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Keir Starmer reiterates need to ‘de-escalate’ Israel-Iran conflict

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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell at the National Demonstration for Palestine in January.

Police ‘picked on’ Corbyn to ‘silence democratic rights’ former Labour leader says as police drop probe

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Heston Blumenthal posing for photographers outside his Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, in 2009.

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tyler Perry arrives at the BET Awards on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

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Iran's supreme leader has hit back at Trump.

Iran will not surrender, supreme leader says, as he warns of 'irreparable damage' if US launches strikes

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Family members of staff at the British embassy in Tel Aviv, left have been withdrawn, after Iran threatened all-out war amid potential US involvement in its conflict with Israel.

Families of staff at British embassy in Tel Aviv 'temporarily withdrawn' - as Iran warns of all-out war

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