30 h. ago Live in the South? You could pay more than Northerners for energy! Ed Miliband says 'zonal' power pricing is on the table

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband said he was 'studying the detail' amid claims officials have recommended implementing the idea.

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth's bizarre 'hit job' response after 'sharing war plans in NEW Signal messaging scandal'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the "entire Pentagon" is working against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, over reports he shared classified war plans in a second Signal chat group

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3 d. ago Leaked memo reveals plan for huge State Department overhaul: Africa, climate and women’s issues all primed for the chop

Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims the document is a ‘hoax’

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1 week ago Andrew Bridgen’s libel claim against Matt Hancock can go to trial, judge rules

Mr Bridgen, former North West Leicestershire MP, is bringing a libel claim against the former health secretary who was once his Tory Party colleague.

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2 w. ago Is beef tallow really safe for your health and skin? We asked the experts

Robert F Kennedy Jr and social media influencers are proponents of the ingredient – but is it worth the hype?In March, the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr claimed that beef tallow, an animal fat, is healthier than its plant-based alternative, seed oils. Kennedy said the US wants food companies to “switch traditional ingredients for beef tallow”. Some, like Steak ’n Shake and Sweetgreen, have already done so.Beef tallow, also known as “beef drippings”, is made by removing, simmering, then cooling the fatty tissue that surrounds cows’ organs. American fast-food restaurants used it to deep fry foods like potatoes until the 1990s, when they switched to seed oils. Today, it can be found in soaps, candles and skin care. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SNP Government plan to abolish two child benefit cap 'needs Westminster legislation'

EXCLUSIVE: Letters between an SNP Cabinet Secretary and a Labour Cabinet Minister reveal claims Westminster must legislate to help ScotGov's anti-poverty policy.

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3 w. ago UK could retaliate to Trump’s tariffs if no US trade deal is secured, business secretary says

The government has drawn up a 417-page list of products that could be slapped with import taxes in retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs on British goods

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3 w. ago US commerce secretary slams EU beef ban: ‘their beef is weak, ours is beautiful’

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has labeled European beef ‘weak’, claiming the EU ban imports on American meat ‘because it’s beautiful’.

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3 w. ago Britain could retaliate to Trump’s tariffs if no US trade deal is secured, business secretary says

Jonathan Reynolds said ministers were drawing up a list of US products they could target in any fight back

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3 w. ago ‘Devastating’: Business groups warn Trump tariffs will deal major blow to UK firms

Experts also warned of more turbulence in the financial markets as investors react to the sweeping measures affecting global trade

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3 w. ago No country better placed than UK to strike tariff deal with Trump, business secretary claims

The business secretary said nowhere is better placed to negotiate a carve-out from Donald Trump’s tariffs than Britain

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3 w. ago UK best placed country in world to strike deal to dodge Trump tariffs, business secretary claims: Live

Donald Trump to unveil sweeping tariffs on any country that ‘treats the US unfairly’ on Wednesday

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3 w. ago Culture secretary Lisa Nandy faces being axed from the Cabinet as insiders claim she is not working hard enough

Ms Nandy's exit is expected as part of a pre-summer Government 'reboot' by Sir Keir Starmer, with embattled education secretary Bridget Phillipson also thought likely to move.

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4 w. ago Starmer seeks deal with US to avoid trade war after Trump’s car tariff blow

The Prime Minister said he did not want a ‘trade war’ with the US but that all options remained on the table.

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4 w. ago Trump news today: Press secretary claims Signal texts were not war plans and calls journalist ‘anti

President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault as White House attacks Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake as ‘Trump-hater’

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