5 h. ago Starmer defends UK net zero policy after criticism from Blair

Former Labour prime minister highlighted needed for reset of ‘irrational’ debate over climate change

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6 h. ago Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’

Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy falteringUK politics live – latest updatesClimate experts and politicians have criticised Tony Blair for claiming that any strategy that relied on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels was “doomed to fail”.The former prime minister’s comments, published in a report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), prompted an internal row in Labour, with some accusing him of playing into the hands of a narrative used by rightwing parties to delay climate action. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Tony Blair risks sending absolutely wrong message, says climate expert

Former PM also sparks Labour fury, with top MP accusing him of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and ReformUK politics live – latest updatesTony Blair has come under criticism from climate experts and politicians after warning that any strategy relying on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels was “doomed to fail”.The former prime minister’s comments, published in a report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), triggered an internal row within Labour, with some accusing him of playing into the hands of a narrative used by rightwing parties to delay climate action. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Cabinet minister admits Tony Blair’s net zero criticisms are ‘valid and important’

But environment secretary Steve Reed doubles down on the Labour push to move off fossil fuel energy for renewable alternatives

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67 h. ago Transgender civil servants WILL be banned from toilets and changing rooms meant for the opposite sex

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means people should use facilities aligned with their biological not chosen sex.

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3 d. ago Trans civil servants WILL be banned from using wrong loos after gender court judgement

Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden confirmed that the Government will follow new guidance on trans access that means they should use facilities aligned with their birth sex.

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6 d. ago Visas for young European under a youth mobility scheme with EU ‘not in Government plans’, says minister

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told MPs the Government is pursuing a new partnership with the EU which will make the UK ‘safer, more secure and more prosperous’.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would win a General Election held now, poll shows

The More in Common polling of over 16,000 voters suggests Labour could lose 246 MPs, including 10 Cabinet ministers, with major losses in the so-called red wall

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1 week ago Reform on course to win most seats if election were held now, poll suggests

Labour could lose 246 seats, including 10 Cabinet ministers, according to a More in Common survey.

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1 week ago Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’

The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power• Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. They’re wrong: it will secure all our futuresEd Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous “nonsense and lies” by suggesting the UK’s net zero target is responsible for destroying Britain’s businesses, including its steel industry.Cabinet ministers are determined to fight back against the way Reform UK and the Conservatives have unceremoniously lambasted the climate crisis agenda for what they believe are nakedly political reasons before important local elections next month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Minister promotes ‘House of Commons cryptocurrency’ scam after social media hack

Lucy Powell had her X account broken into on Tuesday, with the page repeatedly encouraging people to buy the coin.

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2 w. ago Cabinet minister’s social media hacked to promote bogus House of Commons cryptocurrency

Lucy Powell fell victim to social media hackers promoting a bogus cryptocurrency

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2 w. ago Proposals on competitiveness to be brought before Irish ministers

Work to make Ireland more competitive is underway amid turbulence to trade caused by US tariffs.

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2 w. ago Michael Gove is set to receive peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours

The former Cabinet minister (pictured), 57, is reportedly one of several senior Tories predicted to be elevated to the House of Lords.

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3 w. ago SNP Government plan to abolish two child benefit cap 'needs Westminster legislation'

EXCLUSIVE: Letters between an SNP Cabinet Secretary and a Labour Cabinet Minister reveal claims Westminster must legislate to help ScotGov's anti-poverty policy.

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3 w. ago Cabinet ministers join forces to declare 'jobs opportunity of the 21st century'

DWP Secretary Liz Kendall and Energy Secretary write for The Mirror about clean energy being 'the jobs opportunity of the 21st century' as they push to get young people trained up

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3 w. ago The last time this led to Great Depression, Irish money minister warns

An Irish Cabinet minister has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

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4 w. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump tariff 'Liberation Day' to hit UK, Cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds admits

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he expected 'every country in the world to be subject to what the US is calling World Tariff Day'

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4 w. ago Donald Trump tariff 'Liberation Day' to hit UK, Cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds admits

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he expected 'every country in the world to be subject to what the US is calling World Tariff Day'

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