58 h. ago Keely Hodgkinson urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

The Leigh star, who memorably grabbed Olympic 800m glory in Paris last summer, is among the signatories in a powerful open letter calling on ministers to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2029

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3 d. ago British athletes and icons' stark £45m warning before London 2029 World Championships bid

In a powerful open letter to the Prime Minister, Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships in London

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3 d. ago Over 100 of Britain's biggest athletes send powerful letter to Keir Starmer: 'Not a risk'

In a powerful open letter to the Prime Minister, Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars have called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships at the London Stadium with £45million of funding

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3 d. ago Britain's leading athletes urge government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars have called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships at the London Stadium with £45 million of funding

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3 d. ago Colin Jackson leads Welsh athletes urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

Olympic 110m hurdles silver medallist Jackson, Iwan Thomas, Jeremiah Azu, Dai Greene, Christian Malcolm and Joe Brier, are among the signatories in a powerful open letter calling on ministers to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2029

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4 d. ago Keely Hodgkinson and Mo Farah spearhead government plea to back London World Championships

More than 100 athletes have called for the Prime Minister to back a London bid

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4 d. ago Olympians want government to back London bid for 2029 World Championships

Olympians want government to back London bid for 2029 World Championships  The Independent

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4 d. ago Britain's leading athletes urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

Britain's leading athletes urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid  Yahoo

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4 d. ago Robert Jenrick urges Prime Minister to sack 'appalling' Attorney General Lord Hermer in latest stunt video

The Shadow Justice Secretary took aim at the Labour peer in his recent social media post, which garnered 1.5 million views in less than 24 hours

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4 d. ago 2029 London World Championships: Prime Minister urged by leading athletes to back bid

2029 London World Championships: Prime Minister urged by leading athletes to back bid  BBC

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1 week ago Dua Lipa and Gary Lineker join 300 other celebrities calling for Keir Starmer to stop all arms sales to Israel

The open letter urges the prime minister to "use all available means" to get humanitarian aid into the area

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1 week ago Starmer: Farage’s ‘fantasy’ economics will lead to Liz Truss

The Prime Minister is expected to urge the public to reject Reform UK’s calls to use ‘family finances’ as a gambling chip on ‘unfunded’ tax cuts.

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1 week ago New calls to end frozen State Pension policy for over 100,000 Brits living in Canada

Campaigners are urging Prime Minister Carney to raise the issue of State Pension uprating at the state opening of the Canadian Parliament.

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2 w. ago Badenoch urges Prime Minister to visit fishermen affected by EU trade deal

The Conservative leader visited Bridlington in East Yorkshire on Friday and met fishermen from the town.

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2 w. ago Angela Rayner 'urges Rachel Reeves to strip child benefits for middle

The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to 'claw back' the benefit from families where the top earner's annual salary was somewhere between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported.

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2 w. ago Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinementFormer prisoners and hostages wrongly held abroad have urged the UK prime minister to urgently secure the release of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai before he dies in a Hong Kong jail.The 77-year-old media mogul, who is a British citizen, has been held in solitary confinement for 1,602 days and his family fears he might not survive another summer in Hong Kong, where temperatures can reach 40C (104F). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Senior faith leaders urge Starmer to tone down migration rhetoric

Exclusive: Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives write to prime minister after ‘island of strangers’ speechUK politics live – latest updatesMore than a dozen bishops and other senior Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders have written to the prime minister after his “island of strangers” speech, urging him to use a more “compassionate narrative” about migrants.The letter was sent to Keir Starmer after his speech on Monday, which preceded the publication of the government’s immigration white paper that has been widely criticised by migrant rights organisations and civil society groups. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay halts programme for urgent breaking news

BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay interrupted Tuesday's show to share an urgent update on the Prime Minister

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4 w. ago Coldplay and Dua Lipa urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears

British pop superstars Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney have urged the Prime Minister to protect copyright law and back a key amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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4 w. ago Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey join hundreds of creatives and leaders urging Prime Minister to enforce copyright law

They are calling on the UK Government to support proposals to protect copyright in the age of AI

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