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Friday briefing: Labour hand the Tories two painful byelection defeats
In today’s newsletter: A good night for Keir Starmer and a bad one for Rishi Sunak...
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Starmer urged to suspend councillors at meeting that heard Israel comments
Labour leader under pressure over claims Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali’s remarks went unchallenged at eventUK politics...
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Final day of campaigning in Kingswood and Wellingborough byelections – UK politics live
Labour seeking to take two seats from Tories on Thursday amid fraught week of candidate suspensionsMy...
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Wednesday briefing: How the Rochdale furore exposed claims of factionalism in Labour’s handling of antisemitism
In today’s newsletter: The party has disowned candidate Azhar Ali following his remarks about Israel and...
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David Cameron to have first meeting with Chinese foreign minister
Exclusive: Cameron urged to raise human rights and security concerns in first meeting with Wang Yi...
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Labour faces Rochdale byelection backlash after party withdraws support for candidate – UK politics live
Party criticised for delay in acting over comments in which Azhar Ali suggested Israel had allowed...
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Tuesday briefing: Inside Humza Yousaf’s uphill battle to help the SNP rediscover its mojo
In today’s newsletter: A year since Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, the SNP’s new leader has been trying...
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English test scandal: reprieve plan was derailed by government reshuffle
Sajid Javid had wanted review process for international students who believed their visas had been wrongly...
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Labour’s Rochdale byelection campaign engulfed in antisemitism row – UK politics live
Candidate Azhar Ali issues apology after comments emerge in which he suggested Israel allowed Hamas attack...
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UK government and Hitachi ‘in talks’ over new nuclear power station in Wales
Future of Wylfa site had been uncertain since Japanese firm pulled construction plans in 2020The UK...
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‘The waiting is terrible, I wake up screaming’: thousands living in limbo amid UK asylum backlog
Rishi Sunak said legacy cases had been cleared, but torture victims and others fleeing persecution feel...
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Former Irish PM John Bruton hailed as ‘humbling and unassuming’ at funeral
Leaders pay respects to former taoiseach of 1990s ‘rainbow coalition’ as he is laid to rest...
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Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list
Entrepreneur Stuart Marks reportedly featured on – but was removed from – Boris Johnson’s resignation honours...
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Rachel Reeves defends Labour green U-turn, saying she won’t apologise for fiscal responsibility – UK politics live
Shadow chancellor says Labour will receive a ‘bleak inheritance’ from Tories and has had to make...
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Warrington ‘more humane’ on trans issues after Brianna Ghey’s murder, says MP
Charlotte Nichols says Brianna gave people someone to identify with and humanised discussion on gender issuesBrianna...
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Labour left call U-turn on green investment ‘environmentally irresponsible and ‘strategically incompetent’ – UK politics live
Labour MP Barry Gardiner, former shadow climate change minister, criticised Starmer’s plan to scale back the...
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UK closer to large-scale conflict than in many years, intelligence official says
Official cites Ukraine war and China threat and raises concern over turnover of top government ministersBritish...
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Victoria Atkins claims Labour does not trust parents to brush children’s teeth after criticism of Tory NHS dental plan – UK politics live
Health secretary defends Conservative NHS dental recovery plan after scathing response from the British Dental Association...
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Primodos patients ‘betrayed’ after being left out of health scandals redress report
Families who suffered harmful effects of hormone pregnancy tests not included in Patient Safety Commissioner’s reviewUK...
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Kwasi Kwarteng to stand down as MP at next election – UK politics live
PM says he is ‘not a betting person’ after making £1,000 bet during an interview with...
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‘It’s all a bit marginal’: claims of Brexit trade perks don’t add up, say firms
A business department report trumpeting the four-year benefits of leaving the EU does not match the...
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Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto
Plans to reform social care and House of Lords are trimmed as Keir Starmer’s party opts...
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‘I will be a first minister for all’: Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill marks historic moment for once unionist state
Countdown for republicans to potential Irish unification ticks louder as new first minister pledges to ‘serve...
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Northern Ireland government to reconvene after two-year DUP boycott
Assembly members to gather at Stormont to restore power sharing under Sinn Féin first ministerNorthern Ireland’s...