48 m. ago No 10 publishes list of 34 new political peerages including 25 Labour, five Liberal Democrats and three Conservatives – UK politics live

Downing Street publishes list including ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland supermarket chief Richard Walker Reeves is now being asked about the leak to the Financial Times on 13 November saying that Reeves had dropped plans to raise income tax in the budget.Reeves claims some aspects of the story were misleading. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Kemi's lipstick glistened with merriment as the oblong potato in front of her honked and hummed: QUENTIN LETTS sees Badenoch grill Starmer at PMQs

Each week Kemi Badenoch leans a little further across the Commons despatch box at PMQs, edging closer to Sir Keir Starmer . Each week he pretends to be unbovvered.

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3 h. ago 9 bombshells as Keir Starmer lashes out at Nigel Farage and Tories

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch went head-to-head in a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions - as the Prime Minister turned on Nigel Farage in a savage slapdown

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5 h. ago Starmer rules out joining customs union with EU, saying it would not be sensible to ‘unravel’ US trade deal – UK politics live

Starmer was responding to a question from Lib Dem leader Ed Davey at PMQsReeves is now being asked about the leak to the Financial Times on 13 November saying that Reeves had dropped plans to raise income tax in the budget.Reeves claims some aspects of the story were misleading. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Nigel Farage stunned by swipe over Reform 'white supremacist' from Keir Starmer

In a lively Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session, Keir Starmer lashed out over scandals in Reform-led councils and said Nigel Farage has made a career from sowing 'chaos and division'

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6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch brutally mocks 'caretaker' leader Starmer at PMQs as she jibes that Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband wants to 'recycle himself' into No10

Kemi Badenoch ridiculed Keir Starmer over Labour plotting amid mounting speculation about his future.

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13 h. ago A braver Tory leader than Badenoch would dare to call out Farage's bogus patriotism | Rafael Behr

Across western democracies, established conservatives are yielding to radical nationalism. There’s no sign that Britain will be the exceptionIn free societies, when you don’t like the government, you support the opposition. In dictatorships, or under military occupation, you join the resistance. The distinction isn’t precise but it matters.All European democracies have radical anti-immigration parties, some on the fringes of opposition, some that have crossed into the mainstream. None qualify as heroic resistance movements, except in the minds of white supremacists who see liberal institutions as part of a conspiracy to ruin Europe by filling it with foreigners. That is also the view taken in the new White House national security strategy, published last week.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Anger as health chiefs say sick should wear masks to beat 'superflu' outbreak sweeping across Britain

No 10 backed the call, but Kemi Badenoch warned such measures risked reigniting the 'trauma' of Covid and Nigel Farage declared it 'nonsense'.

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25 h. ago 'No wonder people are angry!' Kemi Badenoch reveals lifting the two

The Conservative leader stepped up her attack on Labour's 'Benefits Street Budget' by spelling out the true cost of the controversial decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

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27 h. ago Kemi Badenoch urges 'common sense' after No 10 backs calls for people to wear face masks in public amid 'tidal wave' of superflu cases

Calls for the return of face masks caused a political row today after an NHS leader said Britons experiencing flu or cold symptoms should wear one in public places.

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27 h. ago Tory 'war on workers' as Kemi Badenoch says minimum wage shouldn't go any higher

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's comments come just weeks after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed pay hikes for around 2.6million workers at her Budget from April 2026

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31 h. ago Badenoch pledges to ‘draw a line’ on which health issues get welfare support

The Tory leader said the system was not designed to handle ‘the age of diagnosis which we now live in’.

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32 h. ago Kemi Badenoch hits out at young people refusing jobs they believe are 'beneath them' as she unveils review of benefits culture under Labour

The Conservative leader , who worked in McDonalds as a youngster, said too few were willing to work their way up 'from the bottom;' as she did.

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33 h. ago Jamie Carragher is brutally mocked by Rio Ferdinand for 'TV moment of 2025' as his eight

Supporters had been eagerly awaiting Monday Night Football after Salah criticised Carragher during his explosive interview following the Reds' 3-3 draw against Leeds United on Saturday evening.

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53 h. ago Tories accused of 'shameful' failure after Kemi Badenoch dismisses grooming gangs record

Labour accused the former Conservative government of having “shamefully failed to implement a single recommendation” from Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

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55 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry must ‘leave no stone unturned’, Kemi Badenoch says

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp meanwhile urged the Government to adopt inquiry rules which would examine the ethnicity of perpetrators.

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55 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour of lacking 'political courage' to carry out grooming gangs probe that looks at role of 'Asian and Pakistani' men in crimes

The Tory leader called for the inquiry to examine the ethnicity and religion of offenders who targeted mainly teenage girls in English towns.

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58 h. ago Labour 'has done nothing on grooming gangs': Kemi Badenoch heaps pressure on government over 'stalled' inquiry

The Tory leader called for the inquiry to examine the ethnicity and religion of offenders, ahead of a press conference unveiling draft terms of reference drawn up with the help of victims.

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69 h. ago Kemi Badenoch presses Government to accelerate grooming inquiry progress

The Tory leader is set to unveil draft terms of reference for the inquiry.

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch's Conservative party shells out £14million on new Westminster HQ

The property in Castle Lane, between Victoria and Westminster, was bought by the Conservative Party Foundation and boasts five floors.

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