3 hours ago More than nine million people could lose the chance to vote this year as county councils spark fury by asking to postpone elections due to Labour's shake

Under Labour's plans for a shake-up of local government, ministers have proposed abolishing two-tier council areas.

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19 hours ago Producing food is ‘primary purpose’ of farming, Environment Secretary says

A speech by Steve Reed will outline measures to boost sector profits in the wake of protests against the Government by farmers.

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6 hours ago Labour abstention means ‘cheapest budget deal’ since devolution – Findlay

Holyrood will vote on the Government’s tax and spending plans next month.

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97 minutes ago Rayner: I’d meet with Musk to challenge him on factually incorrect attacks

The Deputy Prime Minister suggested the billionaire should be ‘correcting the record as soon as possible’ over information shared on his X platform.

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3 hours ago Liz Truss: cease and desist letter to Keir Starmer explained, did Prime Minister's budget 'crash' the economy?

Truss’ lawyers say claiming she crashed the economy is ‘false and misleading’ 🥬

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20 hours ago Market turmoil forces Chancellor to plot spending cuts or even MORE tax hikes: Red alert for Rachel Reeves as borrowing costs surge higher than during Truss crisis

Rachel Reeves is drawing up contingency plans for emergency spending cuts or tax rises, as government borrowing costs soar.

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2 hours ago Guyana to seek help from UN's top court as Venezuela vies for control of disputed territory

Guyana’s government says it will seek help from the United Nations’ top court to deter plans by neighboring Venezuela to elect a governor to rule its western Essequibo region, an area rich in resources long claimed by Venezuela as its own

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4 hours ago Reed apologises to farmers over decisions ‘we had to take’ to fix finances

The Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost profitability in the farming sector as the Government stands firm on agriculture property relief.

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26 hours ago Starmer urged to scrap funding for Musk’s firms after billionaire receives £190m from UK taxpayers

Exclusive: Firms owned by Elon Musk have raked in more than £190m of taxpayer cash since 2016, sparking calls for Sir Keir Starmer to prevent any further public funds going to the billionaire’s sprawling business empire

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3 hours ago Rotherham grooming gang survivor who found her rapist a mile from her house after he was released from prison blasts Keir Starmer for 'point scoring' and 'insulting the public' over the scandal

A woman who was repeatedly raped as a teenager told MailOnline how 'angry' she was after this week's comments by the Prime Minister on grooming gangs.

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5 hours ago PM will not moderate language on Truss despite cease and desist letter – No 10

Downing Street questioned whether Ms Truss would also be writing to ‘millions of people up and down the country’ who shared the Prime Minister’s view.

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4 hours ago 'Stop saying I crashed the economy,' says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country? | Hugh Muir

The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next?The problem with worrying about megalomaniacs on the web and wildfires in Los Angeles is that we have been distracted from the very real plight of Liz Truss.She is the victim of a very special kind of injustice: people think she was a terrible prime minister, whose doings were disastrous for the economy, resulting in her defenestration by her own party – and what’s worse, people keep saying so.Hugh Muir is the Guardian’s executive editor, Opinion Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Reeves facing calls to cancel controversial China trip as pound tumbles

Labour chancellor under pressure as government borrowing costs surge, piling pressure on her spending plans

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4 hours ago Keir Starmer refuses to stop accusing Liz Truss of 'crashing the economy' because he speaks for 'millions of voters' despite her threat to SUE PM

Lawyers acting for the former Conservative leader have written a 'cease and desist' letter to the current occupant of No10 over comments he made during the election campaign.

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5 hours ago Keir Starmer skips grooming gang vote despite ordering his MPs to vote against it

Downing Street insisted the prime minister had a ‘pre-existing diary commitment’

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5 hours ago Baby name expert warns there's one moniker parents should never use for child

One woman was left in stitches after discovering a hilarious passage in a book of baby names, which warned parents against giving their kids a certain moniker

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6 hours ago Labour vows not to ‘cease and desist from truth’ despite Truss lawyers’ demand

Lawyers for Liz Truss have sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘false and defamatory public statements’ made about their client.

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5 hours ago Starmer not wavering over national grooming gang inquiry, No 10 insists

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.

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8 hours ago Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron to share their woes over dinner at Chequers TODAY as PM and French president brace for Donald Trump's return to the White House

The Prime Minister and embattled French President will meet at Chequers - Sir Keir's country residence in Buckinghamshire - for talks over dinner.

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7 hours ago Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy

‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses PM of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her seatUK politics live – latest updatesLiz Truss has sent a legal letter to Keir Starmer demanding he stops making “false and defamatory” claims that she crashed the economy.The former prime minister sent a six-page “cease and desist” letter accusing Starmer of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her South West Norfolk seat in the general election. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Elon Musk holds 'discussions' with allies on how to remove Sir Keir Starmer as PM

Sources claim Elon Musk is planning to take his interference into UK politics a step further as he supposedly concocts a plan to bring Keir Starmer down before the next general election

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8 hours ago Liz Truss's lawyers demand Keir Starmer stops saying she crashed the economy

Lawyers for 49-day wrecking ball Prime Minister Liz Truss have written to Keir Starmer saying that statements before the General Election were 'defamatory' and damaged her reputation

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20 hours ago KEIR STARMER: My Labour government will put people smugglers out of business by hitting them where it hurts

'Across Europe, shadowy criminal gangs are making millions from smuggling people into Britain', writes SIR KEIR STARMER

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9 hours ago Truss sends cease and desist to Starmer demanding he stop saying she crashed the economy

The former prime minister’s lawyers claim the frequently-made criticism is ‘false and defamatory’

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27 hours ago Elon Musk cheers on Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader uses PMQs to demand Keir Starmer be a 'leader not a lawyer' and allow new grooming gangs inquiry

During angry clashes at PMQs this afternoon, Mrs Badenoch piled pressure on the Prime Minister to establish a fresh probe into child sexual exploitation.

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14 hours ago Jess Phillips faced ‘deluge of hate’ after Elon Musk grooming gangs comments

Mr Musk’s comments followed Labour’s decision to decline a Whitehall-led inquiry into child sexual abuse.

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27 hours ago Keir Starmer is ‘betraying’ the NHS with private sector expansion, says Jeremy Corbyn

Exclusive: Former Labour leader hits out, accusing prime minister of ‘broken pledges’ on the two-child benefit cap, winter fuel and ‘selling off’ the health service

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14 hours ago Country over party should be approach of Anas Sarwar as he tries to halt Labour freefall

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Scottish Labour cannot go for unswerving loyalty to Keir Starmer if they want to turn around their dismal poll rating.

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27 hours ago Badenoch ‘wrong’ to claim Islamophobia definition bars talking about ‘groomers’

The group behind the definition said it only applied to attempts to ‘smear’ all Muslims collectively.

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15 hours ago Britain MUST take back Shamima Begum and other Isis members from Syrian prisons, Trump's terror chief says

Sebastian Gorka, a British-American, called on Sir Keir Starmer to bring the citizens home as part of his 'commitment' to the international fight against the jihadist group.

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29 hours ago Political party funding rules may be reformed amid Musk interest, Starmer says

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for changes amid the US businessman’s continued interest in British politics and support for Reform UK.

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29 hours ago PMQs live: MPs to vote on grooming gangs inquiry after Starmer accuses Badenoch of ‘lies and misinformation’

MPs debate children’s safety bill after Sir Keir Starmer urges Kemi Badenoch to ‘withdraw her wrecking amendment’

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20 hours ago David Lammy set to unveil ‘world’s first sanctions regime’ to tackle people smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to discuss cooperation on the issue with Emmanuel Macron on Thursday

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29 hours ago Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs scandal in first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs

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20 hours ago UK plans world’s first sanctions regime tackling people smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would cripple the ‘illicit finance rings’ powering people smuggling operations.

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30 hours ago Keir Starmer teases Nigel Farage saying he 'smiled' when Elon Musk knifed former ally and said he should be replaced as Reform leader

Mr Farage grinned and MPs laughed as the PM commiserated with him over the volte face by the X owner at the weekend.

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22 hours ago Elon Musk backs British farmers protesting against Keir Starmer's inheritance tax raid in world's richest man's latest attack on Labour

Dozens of tractors drove in convoy through the streets of Beverley, East Yorkshire, as part of a campaign by farmers against the tax they believe threatens the future of the vital industry.

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30 hours ago Nigel Farage humiliated as MPs roar at Keir Starmer's savage Elon Musk put

Keir Starmer admitted he had a 'smile' after Nigel Farage gushed about how 'cool' it was to have the tech billionaire's support - only for Elon Musk later turn on him

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23 hours ago Tories accuse Labour of 'cowardice' after MPs block national inquiry into grooming gangs

Conservative amendment rejected in Commons by 364 votes to 111

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30 hours ago Keir Starmer claims new inquiry would delay action on child grooming gangs until 2031 – UK politics live

Prime minister says any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress as Kemi Badenoch says ‘be a leader, not a lawyer’Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Labour votes down Tory demand for new national inquiry into grooming gangs as Keir Starmer leaves himself open to fresh attacks by Elon Musk

The House of Commons opposed a call, fronted by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch , for a fresh probe into historical child sexual exploitation.

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30 hours ago Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer clashes with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs as he accuses Tory leader of 'jumping on bandwagon' over calls for new inquiry into grooming gangs

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage of the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025 as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch in the wake of a grooming gangs row involving Elon Musk.

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25 hours ago Learning to see through Elon Musk's disgraceful attacks on Labour is vital

As Scottish politics continue on a familiar path, Elon Musk’s latest attacks on Keir Starmer’s government raise serious concerns

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