11 h. ago Keir Starmer will deploy troops as Putin would 'breach' any ceasefire without them, Prime Minister warns

The Prime Minister was speaking after joining talks to decide the make-up of a UK-led reassurance force that will deploy to Ukraine after a ceasefire.

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13 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer warns there will be 'severe consequences' for Putin if any peace deal is broken

The PM made the punishing remarks during a meeting with officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base.

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14 h. ago Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any peace deal, Starmer warns

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were put in place

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16 h. ago Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any peace deal, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

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16 h. ago Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal

UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plansAnalysis: UK turns to the EU for defensive tiesVladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine, Keir Starmer has warned as western military planners begin drawing up plans to enforce any agreement between the two countries.The British prime minister issued his warning to the Russian president after meeting officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base outside London, where they have started sketching out which western forces might be deployed to protect Ukraine in the future. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

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21 h. ago UK troops in Ukraine 'to be kept away from frontline' to avoid spooking Russia with 20,000

The Prime Minister has been trying to assemble a 'coalition of the willing' pact of nations to help enforce any peace deal that could be reached between Kyiv and Moscow .

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22 h. ago Lammy calls for Putin to accept unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine

Military leaders from Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ were discussing a peacekeeping force to protect any deal to end the war.

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24 h. ago Starmer ramps up Ukraine planning with 'coalition of the willing' military talks

Sir Keir Starmer has been trying to assemble a coalition of nations that would be willing to help enforce any peace deal that could be reached between Kyiv and Moscow.

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39 h. ago Israel sends troops into Gaza as it intensifies pressure over peace deal

Tel Aviv issues ‘final warning’ to Gaza residents to hand over hostages and eliminate Hamas or face devastation

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40 h. ago Putin’s drone attacks make mockery of Trump peace deal for Ukraine

In ‘fantastic’ phone call with Zelensky, Trump confirms a partial ceasefire on energy is part of plan to bring ‘real end to the war’ – despite Putin breaking agreement to stop targeting energy grid in mass drone strike just hours after promising not to

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43 h. ago Trump 'tricked' into 'blank cheque' deal as Putin 'laughs his backside off'

Vladimir Putin is 'laughing his backside off' after securing a 'blank cheque' peace deal with Donald Trump following their peace talks phone call, one expert has claimed

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44 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'laughing his backside off' after tricking Trump into 'blank cheque' deal

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine peace deal during a phone call yesterday, with the Russian tyrant rejecting the 30-day ceasefire proposal and only agreeing to stop pummelling Ukraine's energy infrastructure

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46 h. ago Starmer defends ‘moral’ benefits cuts plan after Diane Abbott says most vulnerable are being used to balance books – UK politics live

Veteran Labour MP says ‘there is nothing moral’ about government plan to cut benefitsLast night, to back up its analysis of the disability cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies published two charts illustrating aspects of the changes.This one shows how the £5bn cuts announced yesterday compare in scale to previous benefit cuts, listed here in order of how big they were, in current prices. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago I could not live on £70 a week in benefits, says 'hypocrite' Labour minister as he defends Starmer cuts

Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, said he had a 'mortgage to pay' as he explained why he thought he could not live on that amount.

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47 h. ago Zelensky condemns Putin for breaking his own ceasefire proposal with deadly strikes as Ukrainian leader prepares to speak to Trump for the first time since White House bust

Zelensky drew clear red lines for peace, insisting that his nation would not accept territorial losses as part of a peace deal, and that the return of 'thousands' of prisoners

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49 h. ago Sickness benefits bill ‘devastating’, Keir Starmer says as he defends £5billion cut to welfare

The Government announced a raft of welfare measures it says will help bring more people back into jobs, and which will save billions of pounds

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49 h. ago Benefits cuts – live: Million to lose PIP as Starmer defends reforms ‘plunging families into crisis’

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall unveiled plans on Tuesday to slash welfare bill by £5bn in benefits overhaul

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50 h. ago Benefits cuts – live: Million to miss out on PIP as Starmer defends reforms ‘plunging families into crisis’

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall unveiled plans on Tuesday to slash welfare bill by £5bn in benefits overhaul

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53 h. ago DWP benefits cuts explained and defended by Sir Keir Starmer

The announcement was met with criticism from Labour backbenchers, unions and charities

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