28 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer facing questions over collapsed Chinese spy trial as it emerges 'top security advisor attended meetings that warned against calling China an enemy'

Sir Keir Starmer is facing hard questions over his government's role in the collapse of the trial involving allegations that a parliamentary assistant was spying for China.  

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50 h. ago Labour 'secretly sabotaged Chinese spy trial' after withdrawing star witness who had been set to label China an 'enemy' of Britain

Christopher Cash, 30, from Whitechapel, east London , and Christopher Berry, 33, of Witney, Oxfordshire, were each charged with the offence of spying under the Official Secrets Act.

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57 h. ago PM urges protesters to ‘respect grief of British Jews’ ahead of weekend events

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said pro-Palestine demonstrations in Manchester and London could ‘stoke tension and cause further pain’.

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57 h. ago 'A proud city of solidarity and unity the face of hate': Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer writes for the Manchester Evening News following another dark day for the city

'This is a time to stand together'

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60 h. ago Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of 'emboldening' hate marchers who 'celebrated Manchester synagogue attack' after recognising Palestine

Farage took to social media on Friday to accuse the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, of 'emboldening' protesters by recognising the state of Palestine last month.

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61 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE reveals Starmer's fatal mistake which 'raised Nigel Farage to the status of a martyr'

Sir Keir Starmer made Nigel Farage the focus of his keynote speech at the Labour Conference in Liverpool, repeatedly taking aim at the Reform UK leader's policies and politics.

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63 h. ago 'Thank you so much for what you did': Sir Keir Starmer praises Greater Manchester's first responders after synagogue terror attack

'I just wanted to come and say to you, thank you so much for what you did yesterday'

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65 h. ago Keir Starmer arrives at scene of Manchester synagogue terror attack

Sir Keir Starmer has arrived at the scene of the Manchester synagogue terror attack.

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65 h. ago Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife visit synagogue terror attack scene 'for private reflection'

Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria Starmer had a private reflection in front of the synagogue where two people were killed

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch ‘staying the course’ to fix Tory party despite ‘tough times’

The Conservative leader said blows traded between Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage were ‘not serious behaviour’.

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3 d. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist who killed two people on Yom Kippur is named by police as Jihad Al

Sir Keir Starmer condemned the ‘vile’ terrorist attack which targeted ‘Jews because they are Jews’ as police name attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie

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3 d. ago Two dead in Manchester terror attack after killer ‘in suicide belt’ attacks synagogue on Yom Kippur

Sir Keir Starmer condemned the ‘vile’ terrorist attack which targeted ‘Jews because they are Jews’

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3 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer's response to Manchester synagogue attack in full as PM says 'hatred is rising once again'

The Prime Minister was speaking from Downing Street on Thursday evening

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3 d. ago Woman onboard Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel slams British government for not intervening to help aid mission

Ewa Jasiewicz, a British-Polish activist and journalist, was on board the 2010 Gaza aid flotilla in which nine activists were killed. After being captured while sailing to Gaza for a second time, she tells Alex Croft that UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer must step in

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer: 'No golden ticket' to UK as automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer: 'No golden ticket' to settling in UK as automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer's plans to tighten asylum laws to end 'golden ticket to settling in the UK' are branded 'another gimmick' and 'tinkering at the edges'

Downing Street said the changes, to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer at the European Political Community summit, will reduce the 'pull factors' drawing migrants across the Channel.

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4 d. ago Automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end in landmark immigration reforms

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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4 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer blames Brexit for migrant crisis and rebrands crossings 'Farage boats'

Sir Keir Starmer said that before Britain left Brussels, returns agreements with the EU would enable illegal migrants to be sent packing as he lays blame for migrant crossings

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer in humiliating climbdown as he insists 'Farage is not racist'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was questioned on if he thought Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was racist after criticising his immigration policy

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