22 h. ago Suspend UK from oil oversight body over protests crackdown, say campaign groups

Groups question UK membership of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative after actions of successive governmentsA coalition of civil society groups is calling for the UK government to be suspended from a key global body that oversees how oil and gas companies are run.The campaigners say Keir Starmer’s Labour party has overseen a “fossil-fuel sponsored crackdown” on peaceful protest and direct action in the UK since it came to power last year. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago 'Britain has gone to hell': Norwegian shipping tycoon who is one of Britain's richest men says he's moving his businesses out of London after Labour's non

The Labour Government abolished the non-dom tax status in April, which is where UK residents whose permanent home or domicile for tax purposes is outside the country.

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48 h. ago Nigel Farage’s Reform to gain five London MPs on way to winning most seats at general election, major poll suggests

Nigel Farage’s party would take seats from Labour and the Conservatives in outer London, the YouGov survey suggests

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50 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform would win most seats at general election including five new London MPs, major poll suggests

Nigel Farage’s party would take seats from Labour and the Conservatives in outer London, the YouGov survey suggests

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57 h. ago London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party plunges in capital

London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party plunges in capital  London Evening Standard

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68 h. ago Labour MPs accuse No 10 of being ‘in denial’ about scale of rebellion over welfare cuts

Ministers said to be considering further concessions with more than 120 MPs poised to rebel against governmentLabour MPs have accused No 10 of being in denial about the scale of the rebellion over the government’s flagship welfare cuts, amid division at the top of government over whether to pull the controversial bill. Ministers are understood to be considering further concessions to be offered to MPs by the weekend – with more than 120 MPs poised to rebel against the government.A number of cabinet ministers are now said to believe the bill has no chance of passing in its current form, though some are still being deployed to speak to angry MPs in an attempt to win them over. Keir Starmer fuelled further anger within the party after he appeared to shrug off mounting Labour unrest over the proposed reforms, dismissing the backlash as “noises off” and insisting his party remains “pretty united” behind the need for change. The prime minister is facing the biggest revolt of his premiersh...

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2 d. ago DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's time is up and his party 'have had enough'. That's the withering verdict from his own MPs... and this is what they tell me is coming next

'It's not a confidence vote,' Keir Starmer insisted plaintively yesterday, after it was put to him that his personal authority was on the line over the mounting rebellion against his disability benefit cuts.

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3 d. ago London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party slumps in capital

Lewisham councillor says he left Labour because the party has ‘ramped up deportations and aped the far-right with anti-immigrant rhetoric’

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts that will 'destroy financial safety net'

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

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3 d. ago 128 Democrats cross the aisle and help Republicans block AOC

Lacking support from party leaders, Rep. Al Green and progressives’ bid to launch punitive inquiry over ‘Midnight Hammer’ bombardment fails

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts as Kemi Badenoch offers to save PM

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan slams Keir Starmer's benefit cuts for 'destroying safety net for too many disabled Londoners'

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year

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3 d. ago Labour MP rebellion on PIP and UC cuts backed by London's mayor

Labour MP rebellion on PIP and UC cuts backed by London's mayor  BBC

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4 d. ago Labour support plunges in London as it 'sheds votes' to Reform, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens, new poll shows

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is on 32% - an 11 point drop since the general election last July, according to the new poll

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4 d. ago Labour's support plunges in London as it 'sheds votes' to Reform, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens, new poll shows

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is on 32% - an 11 point drop since the general election last July, according to the new poll

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5 d. ago ‘Billionaires’ bonanza’: Labour derides Reform plan to offer tax exemptions to wealthy

Nigel Farage defends policy to top up poorest workers from £250,000 ‘landing fee’ on rich UK newcomersUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesNigel Farage has defended his plans to attract wealthy individuals to the UK with a £250,000 fee for 10 years of residency and a special tax regime, as Labour called it a “billionaires’ bonanza”.In a press conference in London, the leader of Reform UK said he wanted to win back very wealthy people leaving the country, and encourage them to spend and create jobs in the UK. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship London council as Nigel Farage eyes political gains across the capital

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’

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9 d. ago Labour must not overlook London when it comes to infrastructure spending

Labour must not overlook London when it comes to infrastructure spending  MSN

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9 d. ago Why Keir Starmer risks making the same mistake as David Cameron when it comes to Europe

After the former prime minister’s failed attempts to reform the EU in order to see off the threat of Eurosceptics within his party, Archie Mitchell asks whether Keir Starmer will come to regret opening the door to reforming the ECHR

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1 week ago UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women

British lawmakers are preparing to debate proposals to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies

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