8 h. ago Jenrick defection redraws battle lines on right wing of British politics

Move raises questions about whether former Tory’s arrival will be a help or a hindrance to Nigel Farage

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8 h. ago Jenrick defection redraws battle lines on right of British politics

Move raises questions about whether former Tory’s arrival will be a help or a hindrance to Nigel Farage

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15 h. ago Robert Jenrick sacked by Kemi Badenoch after ‘plotting to defect’

The Tory leader said she was kicking the ex-shadow justice secretary out of the Tory Party.

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65 h. ago Musk ‘ideologically committed’ to pushing free speech boundaries – Louise Haigh

The former minister also said the British lawmaking process is not fit for purpose when it comes to regulating new technology.

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66 h. ago Russian shadow fleet ships could be seized by British forces

Development comes after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian flagged tanker in the North Atlantic

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4 d. ago Death toll in Iran mounts as UK calls for Ayatollah’s regime to show restraint

The flagpole outside the Iranian embassy in London was toppled by a protester.

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7 d. ago PM faces call to rule out use of British bases if US attacks Greenland

US officials have said they could use ‘military means’ to ‘acquire’ the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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7 d. ago Farage stance on benefit cap ‘just basic racism’, says Swinney

The Reform UK leader said the benefit cap being lifted should only apply to British-born families.

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8 d. ago British armed forces were involved in US seizure of oil tanker, MoD reveals

The Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera was seized by US forces on Wednesday.

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8 d. ago Starmer: Decision to send troops to Ukraine to be voted on by MPs

British and French forces will help to train Ukrainian troops and protect stocks of weaponry, aimed at deterring future Russian aggression.

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8 d. ago British troops sent to Ukraine must be ready to fight Vladimir Putin's army, says ex

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have announced that the UK and France will put boots on the ground to keep the peace in Ukraine if the war ends

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9 d. ago British troops on the ground in Ukraine should peace be reached, Number 10 says

America is set to provide security guarantees to the peacekeeping force assembled by the so-called Coalition of the Willing

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9 d. ago British troops to be sent to Ukraine in event of peace deal to deter Putin

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1 week ago ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbookZack Polanski finally decided to stand as the Greens’ leader, he says, after witnessing the party being eclipsed by Reform in last May’s local elections across England, and realising that British politics had changed for good.While the Greens made yet more steady gains, Reform won nearly 700 councillors from a standing start. As deputy leader, it was Polanski’s job to speak to losing candidates to both offer consolation and ask what lessons could be learned. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Press Association’s chief political photographer shares favourite images of 2025

Press Association chief political photographer Stefan Rousseau’s pictures showcase both the unexpected and accidental moments of British politics.

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2 w. ago British voters say how they want Keir Starmer to deal with Donald Trump

The Prime Minister has taken a friendly approach to dealings with the US President - showering him with gifts and compliments and granting him an unprecedented second state visit in October - but a new poll found just one in seven

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2 w. ago Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

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2 w. ago Declassified photo shows British sub confronting Russian spy ship Yantar

A declassified image released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) today shows a Royal Navy submarine and helicopter confronting the Russian spy ship Yantar in November 2024

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2 w. ago British campaigner says tech firms behind bid to deport him from US

Senior State Department figures accused Imran Ahmed of seeking to ‘censor’ social media platforms such as Elon Musk’s X.

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2 w. ago UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’

Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountabilityA British anti-disinformation campaigner told by the Trump administration that he faces possible removal from the US has said he is being targeted by arrogant and “sociopathic” tech companies for trying to hold them to account.Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), is among five European nationals barred from the US by the state department after being accused of seeking to push tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. Continue reading...

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