7 h. ago Angela Rayner wages war on developers who fail to deliver on promised homes under 'radical' housing overhaul

The Deputy Prime Minister plans to give councils powers to seize land from unsatisfactory housebuilders who leave vital development sites unfinished.

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7 h. ago Nigel Farage's plot to win over the lefties: Reform leader to 'commit to restoring winter fuel payments and scrapping two

The Reform leader is expected to announce his new promises in a speech next week in a speech where he will also accuse the PM as 'one of the most unpatriotic prime ministers in our history.

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9 h. ago Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former

Senior Labour figures said friends of the Deputy Prime Minister invited them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'.

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10 h. ago MI5 probes Putin link to Starmer arson blitz: Spy chiefs investigate claim that Kremlin ordered attacks over UK support for Ukraine

Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Kremlin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions.

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10 h. ago God saved Trump to give Europe last chance to get its act together, says Albanian prime minister

Edi Rama, who has just secured his fourth term as prime minister of Albania, warned Europe had been ‘sleepwalking’

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13 h. ago 'Russians may be involved in arson attacks at properties linked to Keir Starmer'

Police are said to be keeping an "open mind" to the possibility of Russian involvement in several arson attacks made on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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14 h. ago ‘We’re totally smitten’: Boris and Carrie Johnson welcome fourth baby

Former prime minister and his wife share news of Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson’s arrival in an Instagram postThe former prime minister Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie Johnson, have welcomed a fourth baby to the family.The former leader of the Conservative party can be seen holding his daughter, Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson, in an Instagram post shared on Saturday. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Watch: Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie shares first video of their newborn daughter

Carrie Johnson has shared a heartwarming video on Instagram to announce the birth of her fourth child, Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson, with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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15 h. ago Boris Johnson welcomes surprise fourth baby with wife Carrie

Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of their fourth child

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16 h. ago Boris Johnson becomes a dad again as wife Carrie announces arrival of her fourth child with former Prime Minister and says new daughter Poppy is 'final gang member'

Mrs Johnson, 37,  said they are 'totally smitten' with their new baby girl whom they have named Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson.

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16 h. ago Boris Johnson's wife Carrie announces birth of former PM's ninth child

Carrie, 37, announced the arrival of her fourth child with the ex Prime Minister in an Instagram post

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16 h. ago Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie announces birth of fourth baby: ‘We are totally smitten’

Daughter is couple’s fourth child together – and the ex-prime minister’s ninth

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16 h. ago Voices: Angela Rayner is the Gordon Brown of this government

The deputy prime minister is serious about her ambition but, like Brown, she will have to wait, says John Rentoul

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17 h. ago British fishing boat named after famous Prime Minister 'taken prisoner by the French'

The French navy has seized a British fishing boat named after Margaret Thatcher in the English channel, after it was accused of illegally fishing for whelks in the English Channel

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18 h. ago Starmer faces major revolt over benefit cuts as frontbenchers ‘poised to quit’ over reforms

A rebellion on this scale would be a significant knock to the prime minister’s authority and represent wider disquiet about the direction of the government

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19 h. ago Some Tories privately support PM’s stance on Israel and Gaza, Conservative says

Mark Pritchard, MP for the Wrekin, said he believed Sir Keir Starmer was on the ‘right side of history’.

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20 h. ago Starmer faces major revolt over benefits cuts as frontbenchers ‘poised to quit’ over reforms

A rebellion of this scale would be a significant knock to the prime minister’s authority and represent wider disquiet with the direction of the government

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21 h. ago First Minister admits that Wales 'won't get all the money' she wants from Keir Starmer

Eluned Morgan has asked people in Wales to be 'patient' following meeting with the Prime Minister

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24 h. ago Starmer delays flagship child poverty policy leaving tens of thousands on the brink

Labour prime minister facing calls to scrap the controversial two-child limit, brought in as part of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne’s ‘austerity’ policies

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24 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment: Who is eligible and how much is the benefit worth?

The Prime Minister has announced plans to widen eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which was previously available to all UK residents above the state pension age of 66

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