3 h. ago France’s fiscal watchdog says plan to scrap holidays ‘remains to be proven’

Pierre Moscovici commends efforts to cut deficit as prime minister’s proposal comes under fire from opposition groups

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3 h. ago John Swinney calls on Sir Keir Starmer to help Scotland evacuate injured Gazan kids

The First Minister wrote to the Prime Minister.

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6 h. ago Middle class families could be hit with soaring water bills under Labour's new plan to subside the costs for Britain's poorest households

The proposed national social tariff is due to be presented to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a review of the water industry on Monday.

Society

6 h. ago Aides urge the Prime Minister to axe 'meddling' law chief in autumn reshuffle because he is a 'liability' to the government

Lord Hermer (pictured) - parachuted into his job as the country's most senior law officer at the insistence of his friend Sir Keir Starmer - has infuriated the Prime Minister's officials with his 'meddling'.

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8 h. ago GLEN OWEN: Blair's 'Dodgy Dossier' diplomat and a quiet coup in Downing Street

While the majority of Mr Blair's inner circle fell away over the ensuing 12 years, Jonathan Powell stayed firmly by the Prime Minister's side until they both left Downing Street in 2007.

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10 h. ago Aides urge the Prime Minister to axe 'meddling' law chief in autumn reshuffle

Lord Hermer (pictured) - parachuted into his job as the country's most senior law officer at the insistence of his friend Sir Keir Starmer - has infuriated the Prime Minister's officials with his 'meddling'.

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20 h. ago First Nations leaders walk out of Mark Carney meeting on Building Canada Act

Concerns raised that legislation to ensure economy is less dependent on US was pushed through without consultationSeveral First Nations leaders have walked out of a meeting with Mark Carney , as an event the Canadian prime minister hoped would assuage their concerns over his Building Canada Act instead left many with growing concern that it would violate their rights.Carney has spent recent weeks promoting the act, which passed last month as part of Bill C-5 and which he says is a key part of his campaign promise to ensure Canada’s economy is less dependent on the US under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened huge tariffs. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil is used at Japanese prime minister's office to prove safety

Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima has been delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be reused in an effort to showcase its safety

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30 h. ago City council REFUSES proposal to build a memorial statue to the late former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in his hometown

A proposed memorial statue of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in his adopted home city of Hull has been rejected.

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37 h. ago Starmer holds ‘constructive’ call with Taoiseach on Troubles legacy plans

In a call with Micheal Martin, the Prime Minister had what was described as a ‘constructive discussion’ on dealing with the legacy of the conflict.

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37 h. ago Angela Rayner tells Labour to ‘step up’ and make case for being in power

Exclusive: Deputy PM defends action against party rebels and says Send system is priority, in Guardian interviewNHS to Send: four key areas Labour wants to improve before next electionAngela Rayner has urged Labour colleagues to “step up” and make the case for why the party should be in power as the government attempts to draw a line under a tumultuous first year in office and shift towards a more upbeat approach.The deputy prime minister urged Labour MPs to focus on the party’s achievements over the last 12 months rather than always thinking about failures, saying they should all be “message carriers” for what had been done well. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Frail James Whale hosts 'last interview' with Nigel Farage, saying 'I've had a great time'

The 74-year-old, who is nearing the end of his life with stage-4 kidney cancer, had the chat in his garden in Kent with a man he thinks 'could be the British Prime Minister'

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37 h. ago Faced with a choice between saving his own skin and the lives of others, Netanyahu always chooses himself | Jonathan Freedland

If Israel’s prime minister accepts a ceasefire deal soon, it will only be because the timing suits him. He, like his country, will face a reckoningWill the war in Gaza last for ever? It’s not a wholly rhetorical question. There are days when I fear that the death and devastation that has gone on for 650 days will never stop, that it will eventually settle into a constant, low-level attritional war inside the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a war within a war – that becomes a background hum to world affairs, the way the Troubles in Northern Ireland endured for 30 years. In this same nightmare, incidentally, I see Benjamin Netanyahu, who has already sat in Israel’s prime ministerial chair for nearly 18 years, on and off, staying put for another 18 years or more, ruling the country until he is 100.Israelis don’t want either of those things to happen. Polls show that only a minority trust Netanyahu, while an overwhelming majority – about 74% – want this terrible war to end. As the ...

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38 h. ago Netanyahu calls Pope Leo after uproar over Israeli attack on Gaza church

Prime minister seeks to contain fallout as deadly assault draws rare White House rebuke

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40 h. ago Minehead school bus crash: Boy, 10, dead and nine people injured still in hospital after coach flips onto roof

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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40 h. ago Minehead school bus crash:Boy, 10, dead and 21 injured after coach flips onto roof on way back from zoo trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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42 h. ago Britain 'not safe' and citizens 'should have food stocks at home' for war

The grandson of Second World War prime minister Sir Winston Churchill was among those calling for people to take steps

Society

47 h. ago Minehead school bus crash: One child dead and 21 injured after coach flips onto roof on way back from zoo trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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48 h. ago Minehead school bus crash: One child dead and several hurt after coach flips onto roof on way back from zoo trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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49 h. ago One child dead after coach crashes on way back from school trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the incident.

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