21 h. ago Karoline Leavitt refuses to say whether emergency rooms should check migration status before treating dying patients

The White House press secretary dodged the question multiple times when asked directly by a reporter Thursday

Events

53 h. ago Keir Starmer drops Angela Rayner 'return' hint only weeks after she quit over tax row

The Prime Minister hailed his former deputy and housing secretary as a ‘great story for social mobility’, adding that she will be a ‘major voice’ in British politics for years to come

Politics

4 d. ago Housing secretary says work will start on three new towns before election

Steve Reed hails predecessor Angela Rayner as ‘true working-class hero’ and accuses Tories of blocking new homesSteve Reed, the new housing secretary, has said he is “appalled” at the slow pace of housebuilding as he used his conference speech to pledge that work would start on three new towns before the next election.The government wants to build at least 12 new towns and has identified three of the most promising locations at Tempsford, a village in Bedfordshire, Crews Hill on the outskirts of north London, and South Bank in a suburb of Leeds. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Government criticised for leaving villagers in dark over potential new town

It comes as the Housing Secretary is set to pledge that the construction of three new towns will begin before the next election.

Politics

5 d. ago Housing Secretary pledges to break ground on three new towns before election

The Government will ‘do whatever it takes to get Britain building’, Steve Reed is expected to tell Labour conference.

Politics

5 d. ago Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee’s postwar ‘housing boom’The government is expected to announce on Sunday a programme to build 12 new towns across England in a bid to address the country’s housing crisis.The housing secretary, Steve Reed, will unveil the initiative at Labour’s annual conference as it begins in Liverpool. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, described the proposals as “national renewal in action”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago These three new towns will begin construction before the next election

Housing Secretary Steve Reed will make the pledge at Labour’s party conference

Politics

5 d. ago London village is set to become massive new town with 10,000 homes before election

Sir Keir Starmer has given Housing Secretary Steve Reed ‘marching orders’ to ‘get Britain building again’

Politics

7 d. ago Officials say Dallas immigration facility shooter ‘intended to kill Ice agents’ but was not part of ‘any specific group’ – live

Officials said shooter used Ice tracking apps to monitor agents’ movements; Trump blames rise in political violence on ‘radical left not the right’Dozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago Trump claims rise in political violence is ‘radical left causing this problem, not the right’ – US politics live

President again jumped to blame political opponents after three detainees were shot in attack on immigration facility Dozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Trump says he was ‘still friends’ with Erdoğan while in US ‘exile’ and demands Turkey stop buying Russian oil – US politics live

President refers to four years after he lost the 2020 election as he welcomes president of Turkey to the White HouseDozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Fact check: Housing Secretary continued to answer questions after video cut out

Steve Reed’s visual feed stopped working during an interview, but a fuller clip shows that he continued answering the presenter’s questions.

Politics

8 d. ago Federal prosecutors reportedly gave US attorney memo suggesting not to file charges against James Comey – US politics live

Prosecutors in eastern district of Virginia detailed to Lindsey Halligan why not to file criminal charges against former FBI director, ABC news saysDozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago High streets to be revitalised under new powers to save local pubs and libraries

Unwanted betting and vape shops could be blocked from opening as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme.

Politics

9 d. ago White House exposes dangerous plot to humiliate Trump and Melania at the UN

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt raged after Trump was forced to walk up an escalator when it broke as the couple entered the UN headquarters in Manhattan.

Politics

1 week ago World leaders anxiously await Trump’s UN speech as president hits out at ‘globalist institutions’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump would tout ‘the renewal of American strength around the world’

Politics

1 week ago Reeves urged to break Labour manifesto pledge and raise income tax

Resolution Foundation also suggests chancellor should cut employee national insurance to ease burden on workers

Politics

1 week ago Trump announces new deadly strike on suspected drug boat in Caribbean

President says US military carried out strike ‘on my orders’, killing three men he said were carrying illegal narcoticsDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US military has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel in the the Caribbean, killing three males on board the vessel whom Trump alleged were trafficking illicit narcotics.“On my orders”, Trump wrote in a social media post shared by the White House and defense secretary, “the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt now has her own Secret Service detail: report

Trump’s then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was also given a Secret Service detail during the president’s first term

Society

2 w. ago Mairi McAllan reveals rent control exemptions to encourage housebuilding

Housing Secretary branded “cowardly” by tenants’ union for changes that would be “bent to the greed of landlords”

Society