4 h. ago Labour must ‘shut down legacy state’ in drive for digital ID, says minister

Darren Jones told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that digital ID would make people’s experience of a new state ‘fundamentally much better’.

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5 h. ago Hurricane Melissa shows need for climate action at Cop30 summit, Cabinet hears

Jamaica’s government ordered evacuations from high risk areas and shut down the country’s airports as the Category 5 storm approached on Tuesday.

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9 h. ago Fresh poll woe for Keir Starmer as voters now prefer Nigel Farage as PM for the first time

An Ipsos survey found the Reform UK leader was seen as a better candidate to be in charge of the country by 33 per cent of voters.

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer's UK ID card system is 'a shambles – I know, I tried to get one'

EXCLUSIVE: A British man could be forced to resign from his own company thanks to a mess caused by the UK's current Digitial ID card system – with a mass rollout in the works

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12 h. ago Starmer hopes £8bn Typhoon jet deal with Turkey is ‘not a one

The Prime Minister thanked ‘world-class’ workers at BAE Systems.

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12 h. ago Keir Starmer 'tells Home Office to shut down asylum hotels within a year' as ministers suggest more military bases could be used to house migrants

The Cameron Barracks in Inverness and the Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex have already been lined up to house 900 male asylum seekers.

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13 h. ago Fresh blow for Keir Starmer as Labour slumps to record poll low

YouGov's latest voting intention survey found Labour were supported by just 17 per cent of voters, which was down three percentage points from last week.

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17 h. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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23 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer sells 20 Typhoon jets to Turkey in major deal worth up to £8billion helping support British jobs

SIR Keir Starmer signed a deal to sell 20 Typhoon jets to Turkey in a deal worth up to £8 billion. The PM made the agreement during a visit to Ankara yesterday, describing it as “a win for British workers, a win for our defence industry, and a win for Nato security”. The agreement is...

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23 h. ago Tories to demand release of documents in collapsed China spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry deny wrongdoing.

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23 h. ago Eligible households to receive confirmation of £150 energy bills discount

Letters are being sent to households from Tuesday after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expanded the Warm Home Discount.

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25 h. ago Asylum seekers to be housed in barracks in bid to end hotel use

The plans will see men housed at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex.

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28 h. ago UK in £8bn deal to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey despite human rights concerns

Starmer’s announcement on visit to Ankara comes as jailed opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu faces fresh chargesBritain has agreed to sell 20 Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey in an £8bn deal despite concerns about alleged human rights violations by its government.Keir Starmer signed the deal during a visit on Monday to Ankara to meet the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The prime minister said the deal would boost the Nato alliance, despite criticism of Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian administration. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Government announces £1.08bn budget for offshore wind power support

The cash pot for the next renewable electricity auction round aims to spur investment in clean power capacity.

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31 h. ago Nigel Farage defends Reform MP who moaned about TV ads being 'full of black and Asian people'

Both Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have accused Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn and Helsby MP, of prejudice over her outburst.

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer signs major Typhoon fighter jet deal with Turkey

Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey travelled to the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday for talks with leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Typhoon fighter jets

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31 h. ago Reform MP’s remarks ‘ugly’ but intention was not racist, Farage says

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the remarks made by Sarah Pochin were ‘ugly’ and ‘wrong’ but resisted calls to remove the whip.

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32 h. ago Starmer ‘angry’ over asylum accommodation ‘mess left from last government’

It comes as a report published on Monday said that billions of pounds had been ‘squandered’ on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement.

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33 h. ago Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK's Sarah Pochin of 'shocking racism' after she moaned about TV ads 'full of black people and Asian people'

The Prime Minister said there were 'questions' for Reform leader Nigel Farage following Ms Pochin's outburst.

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45 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Did Charles back Keir over inquiry into Andrew?

There was some surprise at Prime Minister's Questions when Sir Keir Starmer said he backed a parliamentary investigation into Prince Andrew's tenancy at Royal Lodge.

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