44 m. ago French demand more money from Britain before they let their police try to stop migrants boarding small boats to cross the English Channel

Britain already has a deal with France to try and prevent refugees and and migrants from crossing the Channel, but until now, authorities have resisted entering the water themselves.

Events

5 h. ago Russia is already at war with Britain and we can no longer rely on Trump, defence adviser warns

‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic defence review has warned

Events

17 h. ago UK could face up to £30bn of tax rises to fund defence spending boost, economist says

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to boost defence spending to 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2027, as Nato allies push for ‘dramatic increase’

Economics

23 h. ago The Guardian view on Scottish politics: Labour wins the seat but not – yet – the argument | Editorial

A Tory collapse, the SNP’s slump and Reform’s rise signal a volatile shift – and the return to deal-making after the next Holyrood electionLabour’s victory in the Holyrood byelection offers the UK government a rare political comfort but not, perhaps, the strategic breakthrough it might like to imagine. A late flurry of welfare signalling, a dogged ground campaign and a carefully staged visit to a Govan shipyard by Sir Keir Starmer helped shore up Labour’s appeal to its traditional voters in Scotland’s industrial belt. Yet as Prof John Curtice has noted, Labour’s share of the vote actually declined compared with the last time voters cast ballots here in 2021 – a year in which the party was placed a distant third and was polling at the same dismal level of public support, 20%, it has today.The prime minister will gladly pocket Davy Russell’s win in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse. But it is a foothold. There is still a steep climb to the summit. More te...

Politics

25 h. ago People left shocked after realising what the voice of Sainsbury's self

Alison, a voice actress from Essex in the UK, tells supermarket customers when to scan, pay, and package their shopping every single day.

Events

27 h. ago Pensioner handed £27k energy bill for a single day – and she only lives in one

Janine Duffel, 69, who is disabled and lives alone, was paying £53.50 a month for her gas and electricity

Economics

28 h. ago Father's Day whisky deal with stylish glasses and a single malt that 'tastes way more expensive than it is'

This fancy bundle could be the perfect gift for whisky-loving dads

Economics

30 h. ago On your marks, get set... you're going the wrong way! Boy single

This is the hilarious moment a young schoolboy single-handedly derails sports day by running the wrong way during a relay race.

Politics

52 h. ago UK tourists to face major passport change at European holiday hotspot airport

The change follows the signing of a 'post-Brexit reset' deal by Sir Keir Starmer last month

Society

58 h. ago ‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly two years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to helpThe silence of the early hours was unbearable, perhaps worse than on any night since 7 October 2023. Bassem Abudagga paced around his flat in Manchester waiting desperately for an answer. He knew from a WhatsApp group of 800 relatives, set up by his extended family in Gaza, that houses near where his wife and two young children were holed up to the west of Khan Younis were being hit by Israeli missiles. His wife, Marim, was not picking up.“Every single minute, I am with them 24 hours a day and night. When there is any risk, I keep in contact all the time with them online,” he says. “It depends on the connections, sometimes they are very bad. Even when I am sleeping I keep the notifications very loud and I keep just waking up when one goes off. When they are at risk they just text me. It is very exhausting because they feel that ...

Events

63 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: By not stopping the boats, Starmer is signing his political death warrant. But there IS one solution, if only he's brave enough

Let's assume Sir Keir Starmer wants to win the next election. Let's also assume he has no desire to be replaced as PM in the next year or so by Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner or anyone else.

Events

66 h. ago Starmer labels Israel's action in Gaza 'appalling' and dubs conduct of Netanyahu's Government 'intolerable'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has blasted Israel for the recent actions of Netanyahu's government in Gaza describing it as 'counterproductive', 'intolerable' and 'appalling'.

Politics

3 d. ago Deal on US steel tariffs to be in force ‘in a very short time’, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer suggested to the House of Commons that the deal struck last month could come into effect ‘in just a couple of weeks’.

Economics

3 d. ago Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after Reeves vows winter fuel U

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 June), days after unveiling the UK's defence strategy for the next decade.

Politics

3 d. ago Police chiefs and Government watchdogs write to PM in warning over funding cuts

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Mark Rowley warned that cuts to police budgets will have ‘far-reaching consequences’, it has been reported.

Events

3 d. ago British industry exempted from Trump’s doubling of steel tariffs

But UK bosses are pressing Sir Keir Starmer for a rapid implementation of the trade deal agreed with the president

Politics

4 d. ago Exclusive: Emily Watson urges Keir Starmer to ‘save’ mother of jailed activist on 245

Emily Watson has appealed to Sir Keir Starmer to intensify efforts to “save” the mother of an imprisoned British-Egyptian activist who has been on hunger strike for more than 245 days.

Events

4 d. ago Starmer’s defence spending plans under pressure as Nato pushes for more

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Nato leaders later this month with the alliance under pressure to increase spending.

Events

4 d. ago Brits threatened with 'painful' deaths in a nuclear apocalypse as Putin hits back at PM

After Sir Keir Starmer yesterday unveiled his defence review, one of Vladimir Putin's leading mouthpieces said he 'can't understand why the British have gone mad'

Events

4 d. ago Do we have a US trade deal or not? Business Secretary meets Trump officials amid fears there is STILL no timetable for terms to be finalised

Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would excise the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

Politics