86 m. ago Number of police forces in England and Wales could be slashed from 43 to 12 in 'generational' reforms

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to favour the creation of a dozen regional mega-forces as part of an endeavour to cut costs and increase efficiency.

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3 h. ago NHS nurse tribunal ruling 'hugely problematic for women,' putting emphasis on complainants as govt still dallies over Supreme Court guidance

Sandie Peggie sued her NHS trust when she was suspended after complaining about having to share a female changing room with a transgender doctor.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer's plan to save Britain's children from three major dangers

PM Keir Starmer has vowed to tackle a crisis of young people struggling with 'unprecedented levels of isolation' with the launch of a landmark youth strategy on Wednesday

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4 h. ago Get out of my pub! Landlords ban Labour MPs after business rates bombshell

Businesses were left seething after discovering their property tax bills will increase steeply next year - making a mockery of the Chancellor's claim to have helped the hospitality industry.

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4 h. ago 'People underestimate what a wrench it would be to leave this job': Andy Burnham responds to latest Labour leadership rumours

'If the call came, I'm not going to just turn away from it'

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4 h. ago Taxpayer left with hefty bill from high UK borrowing costs – report

The IPPR said the ‘premium’ added to UK borrowing is finally easing back as financial markets have backed the Chancellor’s plans.

Economics

5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urges Europeans to curb the ECHR to stop asylum seekers using it to stay in Britain

Ahead of a European summit on Wednesday the Prime Minister has urged fellow members to 'go further' in modernising human rights laws to protect their borders.

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5 h. ago Broken defence promises: Labour's dithering is putting Britain's national security at risk, says MAGGIE PAGANO

Only a few months ago, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves boasted about how extra defence spending was going to turbo-charge economic growth.

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5 h. ago Rise in US job openings offers hope of labour market stabilisation

October ‘Jolts’ figures unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates on Wednesday

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6 h. ago Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering

European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.

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6 h. ago Larry the Cat from No10 used as a 'pawn' in Russia's propaganda war with Ukraine

Russian media sites are spreading fake news that Larry the Cat, who lives at Number 10, ‘snubbed’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to see Sir Keir Starmer

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7 h. ago Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect bordersWe must protect our borders to defend our democracies – here’s howKeir Starmer has called on European leaders to urgently curb joint human rights laws so that member states can take tougher action to protect their borders and see off the rise of the populist right across the continent.Before a crucial European summit on Wednesday, the prime minister urged fellow members to “go further” in modernising the interpretation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) to prevent asylum seekers using it to avoid deportation. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Starmer came into power promising action — but change is taking longer than his MPs expected

Some targets are long-term overhauls, others have been dogged by delays. But ministers failed to focus on delivery early on

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7 h. ago Starmer came to power promising action — but change is taking longer than his MPs expected

Some targets are long-term overhauls, others have been dogged by delays. But ministers failed to focus on delivery early on

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7 h. ago More than a dozen Labour MPs rebel against Starmer to back call for EU

Labour prime minister is pursuing a post-Brexit ‘reset’ with the bloc

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7 h. ago Labour calls for Electoral Commission probe into Reform UK overspend claim

Labour’s Anna Turley called on Nigel Farage to explain whether his party spent more than the £20,660 limit while campaigning.

Events

8 h. ago Keir Starmer pays tribute to member of UK armed forces killed in ‘tragic accident’ in Ukraine

MoD says Ukrainians were testing new defence equipment

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8 h. ago West London Labour councillor suspended for employing illegal worker in her home

Councillor Hina Mir was handed a £40,000 fine for employing the illegal worker

Economics

8 h. ago MPs back EU customs union demand in surprise vote as Brexit campaign dubbed 'dishonest'

A Bill put forward by the Lib Dems demanding the UK forms a customs union with the EU passed a Commons hurdle in a surprise vote - but No10 has ruled out backing it

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8 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial

The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street on Monday was so hastily arranged that Mr Macron needed to be back in Paris by late afternoon to meet Croatia’s prime minister, while Mr Merz was due on television for an end-of-year Q&A with the German public.But diplomatic improvisation alone cannot fully answer Donald Trump’s structural threat to European security. The US president and his emissaries are trying to bully Mr Zelenskyy into an unjust peace deal that suits American and Russian interests. In response, the summit helped ramp up support for the use of up to £100bn in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. European counter-proposals for a ceasefire will ...

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