19 h. ago Labour minister vows ‘every community’ in England and Wales to have contactable police officer

Labour minister Diana Johnston has vowed that “every community” in England and Wales will now have a named and contactable police officer.

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32 h. ago JD Vance will meet Nigel Farage for breakfast in the Cotswolds

The US politician and reality TV star's unlikely friendship began on X and resulted in Skinner receiving an invite to join Mr Vance at his holiday residence in the Cotswolds.

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33 h. ago JD Vance to meet Reform’s Nigel Farage after talks with Tory MP Robert Jenrick

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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40 h. ago JD Vance to meet Tory MP Robert Jenrick and Reform’s Nigel Farage on UK visit

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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65 h. ago Trump comes across as a chauvinist but does respect women, says Reform MP

Sarah Pochin also said her party leader Nigel Farage was ‘quite right’ to have backed former Reform MP James McMurdock.

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66 h. ago Alex Salmond did not read independence white paper, Nicola Sturgeon claims

The former first minister accused her predecessor of an ‘abdication of responsibility’ over the document, produced ahead of the 2014 referendum.

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68 h. ago Small boats migrants from Muslim countries pose sexual assault risk – Reform UK

The party’s only female MP claims a quarter of sexual assault convictions last year were committed by foreign nationals.

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2 d. ago Reform UK's DOGE efforts 'save more than £100m in council spending in 100 days' since local elections as Nigel Farage's party 'rolls back Net Zero'

Nigel Farage 's party won more than 650 council seats and took control of 10 local authorities in contests across England in May.

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3 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon brands Nigel Farage 'odious' and claims Reform leader 'not particularly comfortable around women'

The former first minister made the comments on a high-profile ITV News interview set to be broadcast tonight.

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4 d. ago Hundreds of protesters march over alleged rape of girl in Nuneaton

A protest and counter-protest took place after an alleged cover-up of details about suspects charged over rape in Nuneaton.

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4 d. ago Voices: Britain isn’t broken, but people believe it is, and that is a big problem for Keir Starmer

We are safer, richer and healthier than ever before, so why does Britain feel as if it is falling apart?

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5 d. ago Council leader concerned protests could be ‘hijacked by agitators’

The leader of Warwickshire County Council has urged people to act in a peaceful manner at protests in Nuneaton on Saturday.

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5 d. ago We want to ‘give as much information as possible’ on suspects – chief constable

West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford said police ‘have to operate within the bounds of the rules of the law’.

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6 d. ago Georgia Harrison slams Nigel Farage's pledge as 'most ridiculous' thing society could imagine

Georgia Harrison has said Nigel Farage's pledge to scrap the UK’s online safety laws would be 'the most ridiculous, damaging thing that society could ever imagine'

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7 d. ago PM rebukes Andrew Tate and warns boys at risk from ‘toxic masculinity’ online

Sir Keir Starmer said he felt a duty ‘as a Prime Minister’ and ‘as a dad’ to call out the likes of Andrew Tate.

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7 d. ago Labour accused of using Jimmy Savile’s name to ‘bait’ Nigel Farage

Lawyer for abuse survivors criticises ministers for using late TV presenter’s ‘toxic’ name for political point scoringUK politics live – latest updatesLabour’s use of Jimmy Savile’s “toxic” name appeared to be an attempt to “deliberately bait” Nigel Farage and would distress survivors of child sexual abuse, lawyers for victims of the late TV presenter has said.Alan Collins, the head of the abuse team at Hugh James solicitors, said it was “concerning” to see Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, and others use Savile’s name to try to “score points over political opponents”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Furious locals say they will move away as council votes to turn green open space into multi

Residents living in the Lancashire town of Nelson are uproar after Pendle Council approved the controversial scheme.

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7 d. ago Quarter of Britons say summer rioters were treated unfairly as Labour vows fresh crackdown

Dozens of protesters are still wanted by police for offences such as throwing bricks

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7 d. ago Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, our voices are being eroded | Al Sharpton

The 1965 law, a rare and profound act of consensus, has been hollowed out. We cannot forget the power Dr King saw in the right to voteIn a moment when we should be celebrating one of the most important pieces of legislation in American history, we are in fact at a worse place as a nation than when it was passed. Those of us fighting to protect the right to vote find ourselves against a movement that doesn’t want to take us back to 1965. They want to create an America that more closely resembles the one of 1865.Sixty years ago, in a rare and profound act of consensus, Congress passed a law to end the centuries-old rigging of American democracy. Yet today the system is as rigged as ever, with the battered Voting Rights Act on life support.Rev Al Sharpton is an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and radio talkshow host Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police chief hits back at Nigel Farage's claims of a 'cover up' over alleged rape of 12

Alex Franklin-Smith, Warwickshire Police's chief constable, said the force 'did not and will not' cover up alleged criminality as he rejected the accusation by Reform UK.

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