35 m. ago ‘Fantasy figure’ to claim families £3,500 poorer under Labour, says Starmer

The Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch clashed over the UK economy in the Commons.

Economics

72 m. ago Donald Trump tariffs: Sir Keir Starmer does not rule out retaliation as UK ‘preparing for all eventualities’

A tariffs announcement will be made late on Wednesday evening

Politics

76 m. ago Trump is considering sending migrants to RWANDA eight months after Keir Starmer shelved similar Tory deal with the African nation

The East African nation is said to be among several locations being considered by Washington to host migrants, according to anonymous administration officials cited in a Wall Street Journal report

Politics

85 m. ago 'Trade war is in nobody's interests,' says Keir Starmer just hours before Donald Trump slaps tariffs on UK

But the Prime Minister has been criticised for not taking a tougher approach to the US president’s import levies plan

Politics

89 m. ago Starmer appeals for 'calm' hours before Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs as he admits UK faces being hit

Keir Starmer said the government is being 'pragmatic' and 'preparing for all eventualities' with our 'feet on the ground' as he took the regular session of PMQs.

Politics

2 h. ago Putin propagandist warns Brit troops will 'all die' if they are sent to Ukraine and makes chilling tactical nuke threat in TV rant

Vladimir Solovyov has warned Sir Keir Starmer that any British troops he sends to Ukraine will die amid a new Russian nuclear weapons threat.

Events

3 h. ago Panic stations for Labour after Spring Statement: Polls show major hit for party in wake of Chancellor's package

A More in Common poll has found Labour dropped three points of support over the past week. Keir Starmer's outfit was on 21 per cent, behind the Tories on 26 per cent and Reform on 25 per cent.

Events

4 h. ago Keir Starmer accused of being 'supine' to Donald Trump by not threatening tariffs retaliatation

Former M&S boss Lord Rose says the PM should have taken a tougher line against the US president’s import levies plan

Politics

5 h. ago Tens of thousands of British jobs at risk as Trump unveils 'Liberation Day' tariffs TONIGHT: Fears UK will be flooded with cheap Chinese goods and Rachel Reeves forced to hike taxes

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have failed to carve out an exemption from the US president's trade war despite weeks of intense negotiations.

Events

13 h. ago Government pushes reforms of ‘green tape’ in bid to boost growth and nature

Review says current system of environmental regulations not working, but conservationists warn of ‘high risk’ to nature in planning reforms.

Politics

19 h. ago Keir Starmer claims Brits will be better off despite rising bills in 'awful April'

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed that people will ultimately be better off despite soaring bills, including energy, water and council tax, in what has been dubbed 'awful April'

Politics

20 h. ago The 'very hot property' found in woman's bedroom as cops smashed 'Lex' drugs gang

A 'well organised' operation

Events

20 h. ago Trump tariffs will damage UK economy, Reeves tells Cabinet amid job loss fears

Sir Keir Starmer admits UK unlikely to be spared from sweeping measures to be announced by Donald Trump

Economics

20 h. ago What price will the UK pay for a trade deal with Donald Trump?

Sir Keir Starmer may have to make concessions on Britain’s digital services tax and agriculture

Economics

21 h. ago PM braces for Trump to drop the bomb: Starmer admits UK WON'T be spared tariffs as Chancellor warns of huge hit to stalling economy

Keir Starmer has acknowledged the 'likelihood' that Britain will face hugely damaging levies on exports to the US on the president's so-called 'Liberation Day'.

Events

22 h. ago Badenoch says boy Adolescence lead character based on was ‘not white’

Writer Jack Thorne has dismissed an online theory the race of the lead character was changed and stressed it was not based on a real case.

Events

23 h. ago Hillsborough Law update ‘coming imminently’ says minister ahead of anniversary

Alex Norris was also asked about calls for a national oversight mechanism to monitor whether inquiry recommendations are being implemented.

Politics

24 h. ago UK aid cuts to vaccines could lead to half a million child deaths, MPs warned

Conservative former minister Sir David Davis asked Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty how he “lives with himself”.

Events

24 h. ago Donald Trump signs off Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos Islands deal

Donald Trump has formally signed off Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos islands deal, No 10 has said.

Politics

24 h. ago Donald Trump has approved Chagos Islands 'surrender' deal, says No10, paving the way for £9billion deal to give strategic archipelago to Mauritius

Hopes has been high among opponents of Sir Keir Starmer's plan to hand over the strategically important archipelago - and £9billion - that the US president might veto it.

Economics