44 m. ago Larry the cat causes stumble for Polish president’s photographer

Larry the cat tripped up a photographer as he exited Downing Street following Polish president Karol Nawrocki's meeting with Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday, 13 January.

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72 m. ago Ministers holding emergency meetings as 17,000 properties remain without water

South East Water has blamed the latest supply failure on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

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2 h. ago X is acting to comply with UK law, Keir Starmer tells MPs amid Grok row

The PM said news the social media company was taking action on concerns Grok was producing sexualised images of women and children was welcome.

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2 h. ago 'Don't talk down London', says Keir Starmer as he slams Nigel Farage's Reform UK at PMQs after homicide rate falls

The PM criticised Reform after its London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham said the capital was ‘burning’

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2 h. ago Starmer slammed at fiery PMQs for 'blowing around like plastic bag in the wind' after 13 U

Kemi Badenoch branded the Labour leader ‘clueless’ after his party appeared poised to water down plans for mandatory digital ID

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2 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer says Government 'will not back down' over AI chatbot Grok row

The Prime Minister said X is taking action to comply with UK law

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3 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer vows ‘I won’t back down’ in fight with Musk’s X over Grok AI deepfakes

Sir Keir Starmer slammed X as ‘disgraceful’ over its ability to generate AI deepfake images

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3 h. ago Starmer vows not to 'back down' in nude deepfakes row with Elon Musk after X owner blinks first and stops Grok AI digitally stripping women and children

After the Prime Minister demanded the US tech billionaire to act to stem the creation of deepfakes, the social media tool last night began refusing to comply with user requests.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer defends digital ID work check plans amid accusations of new U

The Government appears poised to backtrack on its plans to introduce a new mandatory digital identification for right to work checks.

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3 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Labour scrap digital IDs entirely, after axing mandatory plan for workers in latest U

Keir Starmer had vowed to crack down on illegal immigration by making digital ID compulsory to verify a person's right to work in the UK, but he was forced into a 13th U-turn since becoming PM.

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3 h. ago Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs amid criticism over digital ID U

Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to workHere are extracts from three interesting comment articles about the digital ID U-turn.Ailbhe Rea in the New Statesman in the New Statesmans says there were high hopes for the policy when it was first announced.I remember a leisurely lunch over the summer when a supporter of digital IDs told me how they thought Keir Starmer would reset his premiership. Alongside a reorganisation of his team in Number 10, and maybe a junior ministerial reshuffle, they predicted he would announce in his speech at party conference that his government would be embracing digital IDs. “It will allow him to show he’s willing to do whatever it takes to tackle illegal immigration,” was their rationale.Sure enough, Starmer announced “phase two” of his government, reshuffled his top team and, on the Friday before Labour party conference, he duly announced his ...

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer expected to accept place on Trump’s board to run Gaza

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was previously considered for the board, but was denied full membership following objections from Middle Eastern state leaders

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4 h. ago Disney+ signs Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters’ company to release new series

Matriarch Productions is best known for producing Netflix hit Adolescence.

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4 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer set to clash with Badenoch as PM criticised over ‘shambolic’ digital ID U

Sir Keir Starmer will face questions from MPs

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5 h. ago Digital IDs will not be only way to prove right to work in UK, says Chancellor

It is the latest in a series of U-turns by the Government.

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5 h. ago X's Grok AI 'won't produce sexualised images of women and children'

After the Prime Minister demanded the US tech billionaire to act to stem the creation of deepfakes, the social media tool last night began refusing to comply with user requests.

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves says digital IDs will not be only way to prove right to work in UK

It is the latest in a series of U-turns by the Government.

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6 h. ago The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash

The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer to address nation as fury builds over 'spineless' U

The Government is reportedly preparing to water down its digital ID proposals, as Labour struggles to regain its popularity following a string of debacles and the rise of Reform UK

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7 h. ago 'We look stupid': Furious Labour MPs hammer Starmer after latest shambolic U

Keir Starmer has humiliatingly dropped his flagship plans to make digital ID cards mandatory for right to work checks.

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