2 h. ago Now Keir Starmer wants digital ID cards to be expanded to cover Britons' everyday lives

The Prime Minister announced last month that a mandatory system would be introduced so people can prove they have the right to work here - in an attempt to curb illegal migration.

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4 h. ago Starmer eyes expansion of digital ID system to manage public services

The Prime Minister is on a trade mission to Mumbai.

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer's cabinet warned not to use emergency cash to fund public sector pay rises

No10 described the clampdown on the use of the government's reserve funds ahead of next month's Budget as "tough but prudent"

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4 h. ago Britain should embrace voluntary ID cards, Keir Starmer suggests

Prime minister to hold meetings on the use of digital ID cards on two-day trade trip to India, where they have already been adopted

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer meets brains behind 'massive success' of India's digital ID

Keir Starmer is visiting Mumbai for talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi - and said the country had made a "massive success" of the scheme

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer insists UK hasn't forgotten about British man locked up in India for eight years

Keir Starmer's comments came as Jagtar Singh Johal's brother urged the PM to say 'enough is enough' ahead of crucial talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai

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8 h. ago ‘I’m too left wing for them’ says Labour politician of 50 years as she quits party in dramatic fashion

The councillor was elected back in 1989 and has been a staunch Labour supporter until now

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11 h. ago Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – UK politics live

The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairerVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is seen as the favourite and, as Jessica Elgot reports, Powell told supporters yesterday that, if she is elected, she will use the post to argue for changes in the way the government is operating. “We can’t sugarcoat the fact that things aren’t going well,” she said.Powell is no longer a government minister and, if she is elected deputy leader, she will do the job from the backbenches. In an interview on Newsnight last night, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary standing against Powell, said a Powell victory would be “destabilising” for the party. She said:[Electing Powell] risks destabilising the party we best achieve what we need to do together when we have those fierce conversations, including disagreements, behind closed doors.Members need to understa...

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13 h. ago Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she closes Tory conference

She pledged a ‘golden rule’ on her budget plans, spending only half of any savings made through spending cuts, with the rest to reduce the deficit.

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13 h. ago Starmer declines to say if he plans to press Modi on close links with Putin

As the Prime Minister travelled to Mumbai on Tuesday, his Indian counterpart wished his ‘friend’ Vladimir Putin a happy birthday.

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14 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of deliberately collapsing 'China spy' trial so Labour can 'suck up' to Beijing

The Tory leader lashed out amid claims that the Prime Minister's light touch with the Communist regime had handed it a free pass to commit espionage in the UK.

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14 h. ago Starmer seeks to blame Tories over collapse of China spy case

The Prime Minister said ‘all the focus’ should be on the Conservative administration’s position on China.

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14 h. ago Tories would abolish stamp duty, Badenoch tells party conference – UK politics live

Party leader says measure is a ‘bad tax’ and scrapping it would free up the housing market and improve social mobilityVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is seen as the favourite and, as Jessica Elgot reports, Powell told supporters yesterday that, if she is elected, she will use the post to argue for changes in the way the government is operating. “We can’t sugarcoat the fact that things aren’t going well,” she said.Powell is no longer a government minister and, if she is elected deputy leader, she will do the job from the backbenches. In an interview on Newsnight last night, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary standing against Powell, said a Powell victory would be “destabilising” for the party. She said:[Electing Powell] risks destabilising the party we best achieve what we need to do together when we have those fierce conversations, including disagreements, behind closed doors.Members need to understand tha...

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15 h. ago Two more Keir Starmer aides exit troubled No10 as social cohesion and green advisers quit

Muneera Lula and Carys Roberts have both quit as policy advisers to the Prime Minister, it has been revealed.

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16 h. ago Bollywood studio to return production to the UK, Starmer announces

Yash Raj Film will bring three major productions to locations across the UK from early 2026.

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16 h. ago Offensive protests chants could be targeted as Keir Starmer drops hint

Earlier this week Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlined plans to give police forces new powers to stop protestors repeatedly holding demonstrations in the same site

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17 h. ago UK prosecutor says a spying case collapsed because the government wouldn't call China a threat

England's chief prosecutor says the trial of two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because the government refused to label China a national security threat

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17 h. ago Labour minister REFUSES to label China 'an enemy' as Keir Starmer is accused of giving Beijing a 'free pass' to spy in Britain in wake of trial collapse

Emma Hardy admitted dealing with the communist regime was 'a challenge', the day after the director of public prosecutions launched an astonishing attack on the government.

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17 h. ago Starmer faces further pressure to ‘come clean’ over China ‘spy’ case

The director of public prosecutions said the Government had not provided the evidence needed to proceed with the case.

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18 h. ago Keir Starmer rules out future giveaway of visas for Indian workers to come to Britain as he kicks off trade mission to Mumbai

The Prime Minister said allowing more people to work in the UK was not 'part of the plans' as he touched down in the subcontinent.

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