8 h. ago Pussyfoot Trump could bend to Putin as UK and France have kittens, says expert

EXCLUSIVE: A world-renowned war expert has said the plan for a phased ceasefire agreed between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is 'entirely dishonourable and utterly disgraceful'

Politics

10 h. ago Ukraine war: Trump and Putin agree limited ceasefire on energy and infrastructure after phone call

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

Politics

11 h. ago Trump and Putin agree to seek limited ceasefire on energy infrastructure after leaders hold call on Ukraine – Europe live

Vladimir Putin issues long list of conditions and demands that require ‘further consideration’Speaking for the Greens, who are expected to back the CDU/CSU and the SPD today after a political deal struck late last week, Britta Haßelmann offered her support for the proposal – even as she sharply criticised Merz’s change of heart on this issue in recent weeks.Rejecting Merz’s comments about the new, challenging global circumstances, he said “the conditions are no different than they were on 1 January or in October last year,” after Trump was elected. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump and Putin agree to limited ceasefire on energy and infrastructure in first step to ending Ukraine war

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

Politics

12 h. ago Civilian deaths from strikes on Gaza ‘appalling’, says Foreign Office minister

Lord Collins of Highbury said the UK Government is focused on trying to return to the ceasefire agreement.

Politics

12 h. ago Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to 'limited ceasefire' in Ukraine

Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone about proposals for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine after the US president said the two countries could 'divide up certain assets'

Politics

15 h. ago Starmer’s Government faces backlash over ‘cruel’ £5bn cut to welfare

Sir Keir Starmer said failure to reform the system would be ‘morally bankrupt’ but his own backbenchers, unions and campaigners hit back

Economics

15 h. ago Labour unveils disability benefits reforms that aim to save over £5bn

Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Economics

17 h. ago Labour unveils disability benefits reforms that aim to save more than £5bn

Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Economics

21 h. ago PIP disability benefits cuts live: Liz Kendall set to slash DWP spending risking Labour fury

A package of reforms to sickness and disability benefits is set to be signed off today by Sir Keir Starmer's Government which could cut billions but has led to Labour backbench anger

Events

28 h. ago Tony Blair's son tells Sir Keir Starmer's children how to survive life at Downing Street

Tony Blair's eldest son has offered advice to Keir Starmer's children on how to survive life when growing up in the most well-known house in the country.

Society

36 h. ago David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – UK politics live

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last weekThe Reform UK press conference is about to start. There is a live feed here.Nigel Farage is going to announce that 29 councillors have defected to his party, according to the Guido Fawkes website. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago BBC Ten Pound Poms viewers distracted as 'famous politician makes cameo appearance'

BBC viewers were distracted after they were certain they'd spotted Sir Keir Starmer on popular drama BBC Ten Pound Poms but it was in fact a "lookalike" actor

Politics

44 h. ago Kremlin warns of WW3 with NATO if 'dumb' Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Russian security council deputy Dmitry Medvedev says Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron's proposed 'coalition of the willing' is unacceptable to Vladimir Putin.

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44 h. ago Starmer willing to keep British peacekeeping troops in Ukraine 'for years' amid fears of Trump concessions in looming call with Putin

Officials said that UK troops' mission in the country's under any ceasefire agreement would be open-ended because of the need to deter Vladimir Putin from resuming fighting.

Politics

45 h. ago New Canadian leader Mark Carney expected to meet Sir Keir Starmer and King

The former Bank of England governor will arrive in the UK from Paris later on Monday.

Politics

52 h. ago The Southport killings might not have happened if there'd been an inquiry, and now Keir Starmer won't give us the answers we need

Lady Julia Amess met Sir Keir Starmer Yvette Cooper in Downing Street last week to plead for a public inquiry into the brutal killing of her dearly-loved husband Sir David.

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53 h. ago Russia and Ukraine are 'much closer' to agreeing a ceasefire as their differences have 'narrowed', US says

Former UK national security adviser Lord Ricketts has warned UK peacekeeping troops will be at 'considerable risk' in Ukraine unless Donald Trump agrees to back them.

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2 d. ago It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley

Proving that government can be a force for good is essential if Sir Keir Starmer is to see off the populist rightListening to Sir Keir Starmer’s recent lament that the “flabby” state is failing Britain was to experience deja vu all over again. More than a quarter of a century has passed since another Labour prime minister, one Tony Blair, vented his frustration with the public sector by complaining that trying to reform government had left him with “scars on my back”. In similar vein, David Cameron’s lot used to excuse their struggles to get stuff done by blaming resistance from the amorphous administrative “Blob”. Dominic Cummings told Boris Johnson that the solution was to pack Number 10 with “weirdos”, “misfits” and “wild cards” – a self-description if ever there was one – while purging the senior civil service. He was still working his way through his “shit list” of mandarins when he got the boot himself. You will not recall the Johnson administration as an able and stable outfi...

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3 d. ago Military chiefs to meet in London as ‘coalition of the willing’ talks continue

Sir Keir Starmer announced that plans for a peacekeeping operation would move into an ‘operational phase’.

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