16 m. ago Starmer will not be able to have his cake and eat it with a Trump trade deal and a Brexit reset

As two hard deadlines come up in the next three months over a Trump trade deal and a Brexit reset, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox looks at why Keir Starmer may be forced to make a choice he does not want to acknowledge

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7 h. ago JK Rowling clashes with trans activist doctor as she leads calls for Keir Starmer to break silence on court ruling

Taking to social media, the Harry Potter writer said women are 'waiting to hear the Prime Minister's views' on the ruling and made a dig at his previous assertions that 'trans women are women'.

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7 h. ago Blow for Keir Starmer as Donald Trump says 'baseline' 10 per cent tariffs are set to stay

The US President has imposed sweeping 10 per cent tariffs on all goods imported to America, while he has also slapped 25 per cent charges on aluminium, steel and cars.

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9 h. ago Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he’s a lefty politician who gets things done | Andy Beckett

Not since Tony Benn has a Labour minister been so assailed – and not just by the Tory press, but also by his own colleaguesWhy exactly does Ed Miliband make so many people so angry? At 55, 20 years into his parliamentary career, with rare ministerial experience under both New Labour and Keir Starmer, and a reputation around Westminster and Whitehall as one of politics’ nicer, more knowledgeable characters, he could be a respected figure in a generally inexperienced government. Instead, he’s this unpopular administration’s most controversial member.“An eco-zealot”, “a net-zero fanatic”, a “nauseating” hypocrite, “a cackling madman”, an “eco-Marxist”, “out of control”, “trashing Britain”, “a recruiting sergeant for the opposition”, the “most dangerous man in Britain” – Miliband provokes rightwing journalists and voters like no other minister. Possibly not since the onslaught in the 1970s on the socialist disruptor Tony Benn, whom Miliband later worked for as a teenager, has a Labour m...

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10 h. ago Trump expected to make UK state visit and visit King Charles in September

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brought Trump a letter from the King in February in which he was offered an unprecedented second state visit to the UK

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17 h. ago Healey pledges to ‘stop the rot’ in military housing with new consumer charter

A defence housing strategy, to be published later this year, will set out further plans aimed at improving the standard of service family housing.

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19 h. ago Lammy says Russia must accept ‘unconditional ceasefire’ after US

The Foreign Secretary travelled to Paris for the first high-level discussions between British, French and White House officials since February.

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25 h. ago Fact check: Pension spending, ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge and viral Gaza claim

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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26 h. ago Prime Minister pays tribute to persecuted Christians in Easter message

Sir Keir Starmer called for the ‘flourishing and renewal’ of the country.

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer faces plea to stop wasting money on asylum hotels using aid cash

More than 100 organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to cancel asylum accommodation contracts and stop diverting cash from the UK's aid budget, which is being slashed

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31 h. ago Britain could sign a trade deal with Donald Trump 'within three weeks'

Sir Keir Starmer has been pushing for an agreement with America in a bid to lower the 10 per cent tariffs on British goods imposed by the US President.

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41 h. ago How Starmer transitioned from saying 99.9% of women don't have a penis to wanting to protect women

Sir Keir Starmer has been on somewhat of a journey to define what a woman is in the five years since he became Labour leader.

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49 h. ago British biologist joins Trump, PM and Hollywood stars on Time influence list

The list was introduced to spotlight the most influential people in the world to help readers understand ‘the forces shaping our lives’.

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50 h. ago ‘How dare the US attack the UK’s free speech’ Independent readers call out trade deal demands

Our community share their views on the US trade deal ultimatum, from outrage at ‘JD Vance’s demand to scrap LGBT+ protections’ to calls for Keir Starmer to ‘defend British laws, not bow to US pressure’

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50 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer’s route to ‘common sense position’ on transgender policy

The Prime Minister has faced repeated questions over his definition of a woman in the five years since he became Labour leader.

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52 h. ago Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single

The UK’s highest court has ruled in favour of campaigners For Women Scotland.

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52 h. ago Protecting rights of all will inform response to Supreme Court ruling – Swinney

The court ruled the definition of a woman in the 2010 Equality Act is based on biological sex.

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53 h. ago Campaigners say Supreme Court ruling on biological sex ‘a watershed for women’

Former MP Joanna Cherry said there must be ‘a sea-change’ across the public sector to recognise the law has been clarified.

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67 h. ago Russia sends terrifying WW3 threat to UK warning 'we will kill all British people'

A Russian propagandist has taken to state TV to issue a direct threat of nuclear war against the UK, as well as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's coalition of the willing

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2 d. ago Keir Starmer urged to 'do the right thing' over Hillsborough Law over fears it could be watered down

Sir Keir Starmer had previously promised to pass the Hillsborough bill by April 15; the 36th anniversary of the disaster in which 97 Liverpool fans lost their lives - but Downing Street this week said “more time” was needed

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