5 h. ago Driver arrested and 13 people detained after police swarm the M40

A lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after roughly 15 police vehicles swarmed the motorway following reports that a number of people were travelling in the back of a HGV

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7 h. ago Ministers told to install roadside AI cameras nationwide to tackle 'persistent' driving offences

Minsters are being urged to take a 'modernised approach' to tackling two of the most persistent driving offences on the road: mobile phone misuse and seat belt non compliance.

Politics

42 h. ago Keir Starmer insists Europe is 'strong' despite Donald Trump's astonishing attack on continent's 'weak' leaders and 'decaying' nations

The Prime Minister told MPs: 'What I see is a strong Europe united behind Ukraine and united behind our long-standing values of freedom and democracy.'

Politics

62 h. ago Police 'must investigate' allegations of NHS corruption in Wales

In the Senedd on Tuesday the leader of the Conservatives in Wales, Darren Millar, told the First Minister Eluned Morgan: "It absolutely stinks."

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3 d. ago Angela Rayner warns Sir Keir Starmer 'now is not the time to blink or buckle' on her flagship workers' rights bill

In a pointed intervention, the former deputy prime minister told the Commons it was 'not the time to blink or buckle' on legislation boosting the right to strike, which employers warn will cost the economy billions.

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3 d. ago UK military figures urge Starmer to commit to higher defence spending

Prime minister told the country needs to ‘step up’ or its advantage in the Atlantic is at risk

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3 d. ago Protests against hotels being used to house asylum seekers are 'appalling', says John Swinney

The First Minister told an audience in Glasgow "we need people to come to Scotland to boost our working age population".

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5 d. ago Bedbound pensioner, 84, convicted of not insuring car she'll never use again

An 84-year-old woman who is bedbound and reliant on daily care has been convicted of a driving offence after failing to insure a car she will never drive again

Economics

7 d. ago DWP warns claimants on 3 benefits they may get a phone call with some bad news

A DWP minister said claimants will be told what action that will be taken

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7 d. ago Government will look at ‘full details’ in case of paedophile nursery worker

Minister Josh MacAlister told BBC Breakfast that children are safe at nursery after the conviction of Vincent Chan.

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer slams Reform and Tories' 'unholy alliance' in savage double attack at PMQs

Prime Minister Keir Starmer savaged Nigel Farage after he allegedly told donors he expects a deal or merger between his party and the Conservatives before the next election

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1 week ago OBR chief Richard Hughes resigns amid growing chaos over Budget as PM defends Chancellor

Treasury minister James Murray told the Commons that the Government backs a ‘deeper forensic investigation’ into previous Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) disclosures

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1 week ago OBR chief on the brink as minister suggests buck for Budget leak stops with him

Treasury minister James Murray told the Commons that the government would be considering the 'serious' findings of a report into the episode.

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1 week ago 'Things have to change, Britain is a mess. Trump is throwing his full weight behind Nigel': Inside the MAGA plot to make Farage Prime Minister... and why it could happen sooner than anyone thinks

Donald Trump has vowed to 'throw his whole weight' behind Nigel Farage to help him to become Prime Minister by 2027, sources on both sides of the Atlantic have told The Mail on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer’s awkward apology for leading pupils in banned 6

The prime minister told headteacher Jo Anderson: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer refuses to rule out Putin's Russia rejoining the G7 if the war in Ukraine ends

The Prime Minister told MPs there is 'a tough road ahead' to end the war started by Russia, but that the UK is 'more committed than ever to this cause'.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer voices horror over Ukrainian girl his daughter's age pulled from rubble

The Prime Minister told MPs he was celebrating his daughter's 15th birthday when he saw images of a Ukrainian girl of around the same age being pulled from rubble

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer insists there will be no 'vexatious prosecutions' of British veterans over killings in Northern Ireland after SAS group announced legal action against Labour's Troubles Bill

The Prime Minister told reporters travelling with him to the G20 summit in South Africa that the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill strikes the right balance.

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3 w. ago Hidden cameras are monitoring drivers nationwide for ‘suspicious’ travel patterns. They’re extremely hard to spot

Drivers have been aggressively questioned and searched, with no inkling that the roads they drove put them on law enforcement’s radar

Transport

3 w. ago Russian spy ship that targeted RAF pilots with lasers ‘threatens our way of life’

Labour defence minister Al Carns told Moscow it faced ‘the firmest of responses’ if there was any attempt to damage UK infrastructure

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