3 d. ago Trail hunting should be punishable by jail, campaigner says amid calls to outlaw ‘reckless’ activity

Trail hunting, which involves laying a scent for hounds and riders to follow as an alternative to the banned activity of fox hunting, has faced significant criticism

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer denies change to digital ID plan is yet another U

No 10 says ditching of key plank of plan is technical tweak after Kemi Badenoch targeted Starmer over issue at PMQsKeir Starmer has rejected the claim that his change of plan over digital IDs represents another U-turn, as the prime minister faced accusations from the Conservatives that his government had “no sense of direction”.Late on Tuesday it emerged that a key plank of the controversial plan for digital IDs was being rolled back, with a proposal to make the document mandatory for people to show their right to work being dropped, with other forms of identification being allowed instead, for example a passport with a digital chip or e-visa. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer defends digital ID work check plans amid accusations of new U

The Government appears poised to backtrack on its plans to introduce a new mandatory digital identification for right to work checks.

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4 d. ago 'We look stupid': Furious Labour MPs hammer Starmer after latest shambolic U

Keir Starmer has humiliatingly dropped his flagship plans to make digital ID cards mandatory for right to work checks.

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5 d. ago 'Spineless' Keir Starmer backtracks on plans for compulsory digital ID cards

As the government struggles to maintain its popularity with the public, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that plans to introduce digital ID cards have been scrapped

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6 d. ago Greenland politician slams Trump 's**tshow' and tells President 'stop lying'

Greenland’s capital mayor has revealed growing dread in Nuuk as fears mount over US warships appearing on the horizon, warning UK PM Keir Starmer not to make NATO plans for the region without consulting Greenlanders

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage vows to fight Labour's Brexit reset 'all the way', as he fires the starting gun on Reform's election campaign in London

The Reform UK leader said Keir Starmer's latest attempts to cosy up to the EU would 'solve none of our economic problems' and instead hand sovereignty to 'unelected EU bureaucrats'.

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1 week ago Government is 'secretly' advertising £81,000 'deputy director' role for controversial digital ID programme

Every working adult in Britain will require the virtual identification card under a 'dystopian' plan announced by Keir Starmer in September.

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: time to move together, faster and further | Editorial

The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 was to talk more about the domestic issues that concern British voters. Donald Trump knocked that plan off course. US intervention in Venezuela inevitably demanded the prime minister’s attention, as did this week’s summit of Ukraine’s allies, the “coalition of the willing”, in Paris. Progress towards agreeing security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia was overshadowed by Mr Trump restating his ambition to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. The dust had not settled when American special forces boarded a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters, ostensibly to enforce a blockade against Venezuela.Prime ministers have to multitask, but under these circumstances it is understandable if Sir Keir’s mind has been filled with foreign affairs. He should be used to this by now. Mr Trump’...

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1 week ago Nessie hunter shares 'best images yet' of Loch Ness Monster from trail camera

Roland Watson, 63, captured three snaps of what he believes to be Nessie on his trail camera on the western shore of Loch Ness near Inverfarigaig, Scotland

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1 week ago Russia brand Keir Starmer 'illiterate and a fool' over plan for British troops in Ukraine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been called "a fool" by a senior Russian figure after he and French President revealed plans for troops in Ukraine after the peace deal

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2 w. ago Prime Minister says UK is 'not involved in any way' in US strikes on Venezuela

Sir Keir Starmer said he was planning on speaking to US President Donald Trump in order to 'establish the facts'

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2 w. ago Top lawyer who mentored Sir Keir Starmer condemns Prime Minister's plans to curb jury trials

Edward Fitzgerald KC (pictured) said it was 'most unfortunate' that Labour was planning to get rid of juries for all but the most serious criminal offences in a bid to cut through the courts backlog.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living

PM to highlight energy bill and interest rate cuts, plus end to two-child benefit cap, and to invite his MPs to ChequersKeir Starmer will attempt to rescue his relationship with disillusioned voters and his own fractious MPs in a new year push to reduce the cost of living.The prime minister will give a speech in the coming days focusing on how his government is bringing down living costs, highlighting recent cuts to energy bills and interest rates and the end of the two-child benefit cap. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Farage vows to 'fight monstrous attack on our freedoms' as he joins supporters in outrage against Keir Starmer's plans to stop trail hunting

The Countryside Alliance said Labour had 'alienated rural people', with a poll suggesting 65 per cent of voters think the Government unfairly neglects country communities.

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3 w. ago Final Boxing Day fox hunt in photos as Nigel Farage seen watching sick sport

Nigel Farage was seen amongst the throng at Chiddingstone Castle, in Chiddingstone, Kent, before hunters and their packs of dogs started following a pre-laid trail

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3 w. ago Illegal and sick fox hunts are 'policed by public' as Labour finally closes loophole

The new proposals from Labour doubling down on the decade-old law passed by Tony Blair's government could mean that trail hunts that took place today were the UK's last

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3 w. ago Boxing Day hunt defies Chris Packham and local council to go ahead with centuries

Hundreds attended the hunt in Tiverton, Devon, amid Labour's plans to ban trail hunting.

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3 w. ago Reform and Tories 'defending cruelty' over support for trail hunting

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was pictured at a hunt on Friday, as was Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, despite foxes still often being torn to shreds by dogs at the events

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3 w. ago Boxing Day hunts go ahead across Wales as supporters vow to fight ban

It comes as the Government's new animal welfare strategy announced on Monday, outlines its plans to ban trail hunting

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