31 h. ago Ed Miliband defied Starmer bid to strip him of energy secretary brief

ITV political editor Robert Peston says Sir Keir Starmer wanted Ed Miliband to succeed Angela Rayner as housing minister - but he refused

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63 h. ago Military sites could be used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers, minister says – UK politics live

Starmer to ‘go up a gear’ as ministers consider changes to human rights laws in bid to head off Reform UKThe most significant moves in Starmer ’s reshuffle d cabinetConservative party chair Kevin Hollinrake has accused Reform UK of copying the former government’s migration policies.Speaking on Sky News this morning, Hollinrake said:All Reform are doing now – a few weeks ago they were talking about towing the boats back to France and they realised they couldn’t do that.And all their plans now are a copycat – exactly the plans that we had in the last government. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going ‘up a gear’ – UK politics live

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey also said Shabana Mahmood will be “just as tough as Cooper” on Palestine Action, the campaign group opposing Israel’s assault on Gaza that the government controversially proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July, making membership of or support of the group a criminal offence.More than 425 people were arrested in London yesterday at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.I think you’ll start to see Keir Starmer insist that dealing with the small boats, solving the immigration illegal immigration crisis, is part of the jobs the whole of government, not just the Home Office.So with the Home Office, I have been putting military planners into their Border Command and into their planning for the future, and we are looking at the potential use of military and non military use sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come ac...

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3 d. ago Forensic handwriting experts say Sir Keir's letter to Angela Rayner reveals a man who is 'untrustworthy', 'two

Instead of sending the usual typed letter to a resigning Minister, Sir Keir Starmer chose his fountain pen yesterday to bid farewell to Angela Rayner.

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4 d. ago Potential illegal migrants to be hit with ADVERTS in latest lame Labour bid: Targeted ads warning people in France are unveiled by 'smash

The Home Office is paying for YouTube and Facebook adverts that aim to target would-be illegal migrants in northern France based on their location, nationality and gender.

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6 d. ago Starmer's bid to wrap himself up in a Union Jack is as cringe

The then Chancellor Gordon Brown was asked about what music he liked in an interview in 2006. To widespread incredulity he claimed he woke up to indie band the Arctic Monkeys.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer weighs up compulsory ID cards to stop small boats

Keir Starmer is weighing up bringing in digital ID cards in a bid to tackle illegal working, No10 suggested - as he vowed to go 'further and faster' on shutting asylum hotels

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7 d. ago Starmer considers digital ID rollout in bid to tackle illicit migration

Home Office to send messages following rise in number of people claiming asylum after visas expire

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7 d. ago Starmer considers digital ID rollout in bid to tackle illegal migration

Prime minister looks at new measures to crackdown on illicit working

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7 d. ago Starmer crushes bid to sing him happy birthday at Cabinet meeting after desperate reshuffle 'sidelining' Reeves sent markets into a frenzy

Keir Starmer stepped in to stop his new-look top team from marking the occasion as they assembled in Downing Street.

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8 d. ago Starmer's 'tax fanatic' army: PM's bid to rein in Reeves with army of aides in desperate No10 reshuffle fuels tax hike fears

No10 communications director James Lyons announced he is leaving the role after a year amid a desperate effort to 'reset' the PM's team.

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4 w. ago BP reopens huge North Sea field in defiance of Ed Miliband after Donald Trump warned Britain was wasting 'a treasure chest' of oil and gas

The British energy company is reopening the Murlach field, 120 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, after it was declared uneconomic and taken out of use in 2004.

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