13 h. ago Labour must ‘shut down legacy state’ in drive for digital ID, says minister

Darren Jones told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that digital ID would make people’s experience of a new state ‘fundamentally much better’.

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13 h. ago Hurricane Melissa shows need for climate action at Cop30 summit, Cabinet hears

Jamaica’s government ordered evacuations from high risk areas and shut down the country’s airports as the Category 5 storm approached on Tuesday.

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47 h. ago Justice Secretary David Lammy orders new checks at prisons after Hadush Kebatu wrongful release fiasco

The cabinet minister will face a grilling by MPs over the blunder which saw high-profile prisoner released from jail in error

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63 h. ago Racism of 70s and 80s back on the streets of London, warns Cabinet minister Wes Streeting

The Ilford North Labour MP stressed he had thought that such abuse had been confined to the ‘history books’

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64 h. ago Wes Streeting says Labour needs to counter ‘growing sense of despair’ and deliver

The Cabinet minister said Sir Keir Starmer's administration had not told a "compelling enough story" about its achievements, and he acknowledged people were not yet feeling the change they voted for at the general election.

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69 h. ago Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Lucy Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Ms Powell, who was sacked from the Prime Minister's Cabinet last month, said Sir Keir's Government had to show a "stronger sense of our purpose".

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3 d. ago 'Dublin's Corbyn' Catherine Connolly pledges to unite Ireland: Far

Catherine Connolly, 68, said she was 'absolutely delighted' to have defeated former cabinet minister Heather Humphreys in the battle to succeed Michael D Higgins as the republic's head of state.

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3 d. ago Blow for Starmer as sacked Cabinet minister Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leader contest

Lucy Powell - who was sacked from the Cabinet by the PM just last month - saw off Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in the contest.

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4 d. ago Inside race to replace Angela Rayner as new deputy Labour leader announced today

Members' polls point to sacked Cabinet minister Lucy Powell being crowned Labour's deputy leader - but Bridget Phillipson's team believe there is still a path to victory

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4 d. ago Labour minister says they won't be 'rushed' into launching shambolic grooming gangs inquiry after it emerges finding someone to run it could take MONTHS

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said finding the right chairperson for the investigation is a 'crucial appointment to get right' after leading candidates backed out.

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6 d. ago PMQs live today: Keir Starmer faces grilling on grooming gangs inquiry 'chaos'

Cabinet minister apologises over Government's handling of the national grooming gangs inquiry after four abuse survivors quit their roles

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6 d. ago Home Secretary says 'no hiding place' for grooming gangs as Labour scrambles to save inquiry into scandal

Cabinet minister Emma Reynolds apologised over the Government's handling of the inquiry after four survivors of abuse quit their roles in the probe

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7 d. ago Cabinet minister urges Prince Andrew to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US authorities

Nobody’s Girl ghostwriter Amy Wallace speaks out as Andrew and the royal family faces another wave of damaging details and allegations contained in the book, which is published today

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew was 'deemed national security risk over links to suspected Chinese spies'

Cabinet ministers allegedly knew about the concerns which were first raised by security services in 2021 after the then-Duke of York held meetings with suspected spy Yang Tengbo.

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9 d. ago Prince Andrew's attempt to 'dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre' claim branded 'deeply concerning'

A Cabinet minister has said reports that Prince Andrew tried to get the Metropolitan Police to dig up dirt on his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre are 'deeply concerning'

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1 week ago DAN HODGES: This is who Cabinet ministers have told me is REALLY to blame for Labour's China crisis... and some Foreign Office officials are even calling her the 'Dragon Lady'

'If you want to understand the Government's policy on China, you have to understand one thing,' a senior adviser told me.

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1 week ago West Midlands police pressed over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa tie

Area’s crime commissioner demands review and culture secretary to speak to Home Office over decisionUK politics live – latest updatesPressure is mounting on West Midlands police over their ban on fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a match at Aston Villa next month, as the area’s crime commissioner demanded a review of the decision.Senior cabinet ministers, including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, are due to meet on Friday to “find a way through”, after the ban was criticised by politicians across the spectrum including the prime minister. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Police under rising pressure over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa tie

West Midlands crime commissioner demands review as ministers meet to ‘find a way through’UK politics live – latest updatesPressure is mounting on West Midlands police over their ban on fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a match at Aston Villa next month, as the area’s crime commissioner demanded a review of the decision.Senior cabinet ministers, including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, are due to meet on Friday to “find a way through”, after the ban was criticised by politicians across the spectrum, including the prime minister. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dog put down after man kept starving pets in horrific conditions

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

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2 w. ago Starving dog dies after man kept pets in horrific conditions at Cambuslang home

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

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