9 h. ago Disability benefit cuts impossible to support, 42 Labour MPs tell Starmer

Exclusive: backbenchers sign letter calling for change in direction on plans expected to be put to vote next month UK politics live – latest updatesMore than 40 Labour MPs have warned the prime minister that planned disability cuts are “impossible to support” and have called for a pause and change in direction.The letter from parliamentarians spanning the new intake and veterans, and from the left and right of the party, sets Keir Starmer up for the biggest rebellion of his premiership when the House of Commons votes on the measures next month. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Keir Starmer told Labour faces 'existential threat' as top minister issues Reform warning

Anger at last year's decision to axe the winter fuel payment for around 10 million pensioners has spooked MPs, who have been urging Keir Starmer to change course

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30 h. ago Donald Trump warned he'll lose a scrap with James Bond and Bridget Jones in tariffs row

Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on films made outside America, sparking a furious row with the UK's film industry but Sir Keir Starmer has been told to stand up for Brit moviemakers

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47 h. ago UK politicians urge restraint after India fires missiles across Pakistan border

Tory former Foreign Office minister Lord Ahmad warned the ‘potential for war tonight is real’.

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52 h. ago UK strongly opposes expansion of Israeli operations in Gaza, minister says

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer warned it would lead to the deaths of more innocent civilians and put hostages at ‘greater risk’.

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56 h. ago Trump’s film tariffs could ‘wipe out UK industry’, Starmer warned

Ministers warned they need to step up to save the UK’s status as ‘the Hollywood of Europe’ from Trump’s tariffs

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58 h. ago Overturning Trump film industry tariffs must be UK trade deal priority, Starmer warned

The chair of a powerful Commons committee has joined unions in warning that ministers need to step up to save the UK’s status as ‘the Hollywood of Europe’ from Trump’s 100 per cent tariffs

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62 h. ago Trump's tariff war on film industry sparks fears next James Bond film will be produced in Hollywood despite bosses confirming 007 'will be British'

The US President's announcement to slap a 100 per cent levy on movies made outside of America sent shockwaves through UK industry figures.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer given benefit cuts warning by Welsh First Minister

Eluned Morgan, Wales's Labour First Minister, is expected to break ranks over the party's controversial decision to slash the disability benefits bill in a major speech on Tuesday

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3 d. ago ‘Very real possibility’ Farage could lead UK, says Scotland’s First Minister

Scotland’s First Minister has warned there is a "very real possibility" that Nigel Farage could become the UK’s next Prime Minister, expressing concern about what that might mean for the country's future.

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7 d. ago Ministers’ ‘evangelical’ support for EdTech sparks warning by campaigner

Baroness Kidron told Parliament that pupils were being wrapped ‘in a world of digital products’ that normalised screen time over human interaction.

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7 d. ago Trump’s bid to host golf tournament in Britain could violate constitution, experts warn

British government’s push for tournament to be at Trump-owned venue in Scotland is likely to seek favor with USThe British government’s attempts to curry favor with Donald Trump by nudging golf executives to host one of the world’s most prestigious golf tournaments at a Scottish venue owned by the US president could ultimately lead to a violation of the US constitution, ethics experts have warned.The Guardian reported this week that officials in British prime minister Keir Starmer’s government have asked senior executives at R&A, which organizes the Open championship, whether they would host the golf championship at the Turnberry golf resort in 2028. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s bid to host golf tournament in Britain could violate US constitution, experts warn

British government’s push for tournament to be at Trump-owned venue in Scotland is likely to seek favor with USThe British government’s attempts to curry favor with Donald Trump by nudging golf executives to host one of the world’s most prestigious golf tournaments at a Scottish venue owned by the US president could ultimately lead to a violation of the US constitution, ethics experts have warned.The Guardian reported this week that officials in British prime minister Keir Starmer’s government have asked senior executives at R&A, which organizes the Open championship, whether they would host the golf championship at the Turnberry golf resort in 2028. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Minister warns against blaming Spain’s blackout on renewable energy

Spain’s environment minister, Sara Aagesen, promises ‘complete audit’ into causes of power outageEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has warned against attempts to blame Monday’s unprecedented blackout across the Iberian peninsula on the increasing use of renewable energy, defending the reliability of the national grid and promising a “complete audit” to establish the causes of the outage.Speaking on Wednesday afternoon as a specially designated committee prepared to meet to investigate the blackout, Sara Aagesen pushed back at opposition parties’ claims that the socialist-led government’s drive to embrace renewable energy had compromised the grid’s stability. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago U.S. economy shrinks for first time in three years as Trump’s tariffs spark trade war fears

The American economy shrank by 0.3 percent during the first quarter of this year, marking the first drop in three years as President Donald Trump’s tariff policies disrupted businesses and their supply chains.

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8 d. ago China calls US a 'small, stranded boat' and vows not to 'kneel down' to Washington 'bullying' in incendiary new video amid soaring tensions sparked by Trump's tariffs

The clip, published by China's foreign affairs ministry and entitled 'Never Kneel Down', sought to cast Beijing as a defender of those targeted by US imperialism

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9 d. ago Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sends blistering message to Donald Trump just moments after being re

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that Donald Trump is 'trying to break us so that America can own us' in his victory speech after his Liberals won the federal election Monday.

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1 week ago Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

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1 week ago John Swinney warns businesses against transgender spaces knee

First Minister John Swinney has warned against a knee-jerk reaction to ban trans people from spaces.

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1 week ago Pakistani minister's chilling World War Three threat that country 'has 130 nukes aimed at India'

A Pakistani government minister has warned India that their nuclear arsenal are 'not kept as models' and were 'targeted' at India as tensions rise in the disputed Kashmir region

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