40 m. ago Angela Rayner admits she didn't pay enough tax on second home and considered resigning

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards after admitting she didn't pay enough tax on a second home

Economics

57 m. ago Historic Scots Kirk linked to the Covenanters and Churchill marks 370th anniversary

A special service of praise and thanksgiving was held to celebrate the 370th anniversary of a church with connections to the Covenanters and wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Politics

71 m. ago Angela Rayner's reputation as 'scandal magnet' could kill chances of becoming PM, allies fear

The Deputy Prime Minister is among the bookies' favourites to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Labour's approval ratings continue to slump under his leadership.

Events

81 m. ago Wes Streeting slams Liz Truss for lecturing government on economy: ‘Keep your head down’

Wes Streeting has slammed Liz Truss for lecturing the Labour government about the economy, telling the former prime minister she should “keep her head down”.

Politics

1 hour ago Streeting says hate speech laws are having ‘unintended consequences’ after arrest of Father Ted writer – UK politics live

Health secretary says government needs to balance legislation so police are ‘not just policing tweets’ following detention of Graham Linehan over posts on transgender issuesAt the Downing Street lobby briefing yesterday the PM’s spokesperson was reluctant to comment directly on the arrest of Graham Linehan. But he did say that Keir Starmer thought the police should be focusing on “antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, street crime, as well as reducing serious violent crimes like knife crime and violence against women”. The Daily Telegraph has interepreted that as an attack on the Met.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, was on the media round this morning and in some respects he adopted the same line. Asked about the arrest, he told Times Radio:I think the prime minister and the home secretary have been very clear that with the law and order challenges we’ve got in our country, we want to see people being kept safe by policing streets, not just policing tweets.One thing I would say, be...

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1 hour ago Graham Linehan arrest storm: Government may need to 'sort out' police priorities, says minister

The Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport over three tweets about trans issues

Politics

2 h. ago Britain on the brink? Reeves faces threat of financial crisis as markets send UK borrowing costs rocketing AGAIN

Ministers are struggling to cool alarm after interest rates on UK gilts rose again this morning, having spiked to 27-year highs yesterday.

Economics

3 h. ago Wes Streeting's brutal response to Liz Truss's latest economic advice

The top Labour Cabinet minister Wes Streeting compared the disaster ex-Tory leader Liz Truss to an 'arsonist complaining the fire brigade isn't doing a good enough job'

Economics

4 h. ago Kemi Badenoch ‘unlikely to win’ next election, says Liz Truss

The former prime minister declined to rule out a return to frontline UK politics and would not be drawn on whether she wanted to join Reform UK.

Politics

7 h. ago Thailand tycoon who championed cannabis laws takes lead in race for PM

Anutin Charnvirakul gets main opposition party’s conditional backing to form interim governmentThe tycoon turned politician Anutin Charnvirakul appears to have taken the lead in a chaotic race to become Thailand’s next prime minister, after days of tense negotiations.Anutin, who is leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai party and perhaps best known for championing medical cannabis legalisation, has the backing of MPs from the main opposition People’s party to form an interim government, provided he signs an agreement laid out by its leaders. Continue reading...

Sport

7 h. ago ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right

Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failuresWhen Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street on Wednesday it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now healed sore of Gibraltar.The absence of highest level diplomacy has become more glaring given the two men are the leading social democratic leaders of Europe, facing similar problems of migration, souring populist parties, the climate crisis and divisions over how to minimise the damage caused to the European global influence by Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a failure

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: The knives are out for Rayner from within Labour, but she holds one ace to be next PM

A senior minister was overheard saying to an aide: 'I'm sick to death of going into battle for Ange. How many more times do I have to defend her?'

Politics

11 h. ago Scandals could wreck Rayner's leadership ambitions, allies say... as they reveal why her desire for privacy could be to blame

Allies of Angela Rayner have said her tendency to attract scandal could damage her leadership ambitions.

Politics

12 h. ago UK does not know exact cost of Afghan data breach, watchdog says

Defence ministry has not demonstrated that an immigration scheme would have a £850mn price tag, NAO finds

Politics

12 h. ago Ministry of Defence does not know how much has been spent on bringing data

Britain’s spending watchdog says it does not have ‘confidence’ in the accuracy of MoD’s estimates

Politics

12 h. ago Cost of Afghan data breach scheme unknown to Government – watchdog

The amount spent on the scheme was not recorded separately to other resettlement activity following the fall of Kabul, the NAO said.

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13 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon made the union 'safe for a long time', claims former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

The former Prime Minister said his old political foe had set back the independence cause with her record in office and leading the SNP through a financial scandal.

Politics

16 h. ago Update issued on grooming gangs inquiry as ministers face criticism over 'lack of progress'

Sir Keir Starmer committed to a fresh national inquiry in June

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