10 h. ago Voices: Readers clash over digital ID cards – from ‘Big Brother state’ fears to ‘making life easier’

Readers are split over digital ID cards, with some fearing a ‘dystopian nightmare’ and others saying they would ‘close loopholes’ and reduce fraud

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12 h. ago Angela Rayner resigns LIVE: Deputy PM forced to quit over stamp duty scandal as Starmer to carry out reshuffle

Sir Keir Starmer set to announce reshuffle after Angela Rayner’s dramatic departure

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37 h. ago Housebuilding slows in fresh blow to Labour's 1.5m new homes plan

Activity in the housebuilding sector slowed in August as the British construction sector suffers its longest downturn since the beginning of the pandemic.

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49 h. ago Liberty groups condemn Labour plans to force everyone to carry 'dystopian' digital ID cards

Sir Keir Starmer is 'exploring' the idea, No 10 admitted this week, after Emmanuel Macron demanded action that would make Britain less attractive to illegal migrants.

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4 d. ago Cooper accused by Labour MP of ‘scapegoating’ migrants over asylum plans

Kim Johnson called for ‘more humane policies’, such as safe routes for migrants, as she criticised the Government’s plans.

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4 d. ago UK Government to address the nation after weekend of fury across country

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address MPs this afternoon about Labour's plans to deal with immigration as one minister hinted at reforming the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

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4 d. ago Yvette Cooper faces MPs over asylum hotel chaos: Home Secretary will claim Labour's borders plan is working in statement TODAY despite mounting fury

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to make a statement as the Commons returns from a torrid summer dominated by questions over immigration.

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5 d. ago Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves launches her post-summer fightback with a boost for working parents as she tackles critics of Labour’s plans and the economy

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5 d. ago Crossings of small boats to UK in August fall to lowest since 2019

Home secretary to hail decline as evidence that Labour’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ is having effect

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5 d. ago Small boat crossings to UK in August fall to lowest level since 2019

Home secretary to hail decline as evidence that Labour’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ is having effect

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5 d. ago Labour's plans for car park 'spy cameras' as councils could get powers to install number

The Department for Transport proposals include allowing local authorities to install numberplate recognition cameras.

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7 d. ago What next for Labour's asylum hotel plans after bombshell Epping court ruling

The Court of Appeal overturned an interim injunction that would have forced migrants living at the Bell Hotel in Epping to leave by September 12 in a victory for the Home Office

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7 d. ago Scottish Labour leader gives cautious welcome to Stirling 'tourist tax' plans

But in an interview with the Observer, Anas Sarwar said the money shouldn't be used to replace the proper funding of resources at council level.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international agreements such as the Geneva Conventions for the modern age

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's plans to deport 600k asylum seekers a 'fantasy', says Scots Labour MP

Reform UK announced on Tuesday that it would seek to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers in its first parliament if elected to government.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage speech LIVE: Reform leader's illegal migration plan 'for the birds'

Nigel Farage will today set out his plans for 'mass deportations' of people arriving on small boats if he becomes PM - but Labour said his plans are 'for the birds'

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1 week ago Angela Rayner makes housing vow as crack team smash obstacles to 100,000 new homes

Construction of around 36,000 homes has been sped up in the last year, while plans for 63,000 homes have been pushed through as Labour battles to hit massive housing target

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2 w. ago Dozens of protests planned outside asylum hotels as Labour defends record on immigration – UK politics live

Labour has pledged to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the end of this parliament in 2029The mayor of South Yorkshire said there has been “interest from companies” who may want to “take on” steel sites after the government had to take control of the operation, reports the PA news agency.The high court confirmed on Thursday that Speciality Steel – previously part of Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel business – would face a compulsory liquidation. It has plants in Rotherham and Stocksbridge.We’ve got a team that we’ve stood up in my office, we’ve been working with the government’s steel team to make sure that we know exactly what’s going on here in terms of the assets that are on the table.We’ve had interest from companies who we know who want to take on these sites.The government stepping in to take control now is good news because it just brings to an end the uncertainty that we’ve seen on the sites.I think that was the thing that was killing the business slowly, we now ...

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2 w. ago 'Don't tell us where to build': Israeli ambassador hits back at David Lammy after Labour blasted country's controversial settlement plan

The Israeli ambassador to the UK has told Foreign Office officials not to 'tell us where to build in Jerusalem' after she was hauled in by David Lammy over Israel's plans for a settlement project.

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2 w. ago Labour hits out at Israel's settlement plan to 'divide a Palestinian state in two'

The Foreign Secretary criticised the approval of the E1 project as he warned it would 'critically undermine' hopes of a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis.

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