7 h. ago Keir Starmer is reported to sleaze watchdog over claim he broke election 'purdah'

The Prime Minister has been accused of breaking the ministerial code by making political remarks at a police HQ during the local election campaign.

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10 h. ago So much for a bonfire of the quangos! Figures show at least 350 bosses earn more than the Prime Minister

More than 350 quango bosses received a higher taxpayer-paid salary than the £172,153 Keir Starmer is entitled to.

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17 h. ago Canadian PM says families ‘living a nightmare’ after car kills nine at Vancouver festival

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said families are “living every family's nightmare” after a car ploughed into a street festival in Vancouver on Saturday evening (26 April).

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30 h. ago Angela Rayner 'repeatedly threatened to resign from the Cabinet over the 'impossible' target of building 1.5 million homes in the next five years'

Lord Ashcroft writes in Red Flag it was only a call from Tony Blair that prevented the Deputy Prime Minister from quitting.

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30 h. ago Sarah Vine (and dog Muffin) join a resurgent Kemi Badenoch as the Tory leader hits out at reform

SARAH VINE: After weeks of uncertain performances in the Commons, she skewered the Prime Minister on the question of the Supreme Court ruling on women, accusing him of 'moral cowardice'.

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31 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour leader of 'selling out' British fishing rights to the EU in exchange for a new trade deal

The Prime Minister is close to agreeing a reset with the European Union which will allow British defence companies to bid for a new €150 billion defence fund.

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34 h. ago LORD ASHCROFT: At the height of the freebie scandal, Starmer seemed more concerned about the Arsenal v Spurs match

On Keir Starmer's first day in Downing Street as Prime Minister in July last year, one of his aides put all of next season's fixtures of his beloved Arsenal football club into his diary.

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34 h. ago After the Prime Minister's years of dithering over the true definition of a woman, a new biography reveals that Keir Starmer's ex

A new biography of the Prime Minister reveals that Sir Keir spent 'years' in a relationship with Maya Sikand KC, a high-flying barrister who now works as a part-time Crown Court judge.

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36 h. ago NIGEL FARAGE: If I become the next Prime Minister, I'll be deporter

Britain is broken. These words are uttered with increasing regularity by millions of voters for the simple reason that they happen to be true.

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38 h. ago Voices: The Pope’s funeral is a chance for Keir Starmer to seal the deal with European leaders

The prime minister is prioritising Britain’s EU deal over the US one at the ‘informal summit’ of world leaders in Rome

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38 h. ago Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Exclusive: Former British PM urges police to reopen inquiry – and claims media executive Will Lewis attempted to incriminate himI have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch’s empire. I won’t let this rest | Gordon BrownThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has made a new complaint to British police over allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire obstructed justice, after stating he has spoken to officers involved in the original phone-hacking inquiry.Writing in the Guardian, Brown said one of the detectives had alleged they believed there was “significant evidence” that News Group Newspapers (NGN) deleted millions of emails to pervert the course of justice. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago I have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch’s empire. I won’t let this rest | Gordon Brown

Evidence suggests an elaborate cover-up. The Met must actFormer UK prime minister makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire The groundbreaking apology to Prince Harry from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) has not closed an era of investigation and litigation into media corruption. It has opened it up. Far from ending one of the most sordid chapters in British media history, it is raising fundamental, troubling and as yet unresolved questions – and today I am making a criminal complaint to the Met and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) alleging that I am, along with many others, a victim of the obstruction of the course of justice by NGN.This is not an allegation made lightly. It is informed by recently available evidence, and by the statements of senior officers involved in the original investigations into unlawful newsgathering, who have now stated to me that they were misled.Gordon Brown was UK prime minister 2007 to 2010Do you have an opinion on the ...

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39 h. ago ‘Grazie Francesco’: silence gives way to cheers and applause for ‘pope of the people’

As Pope Francis’s coffin emerged into St Peter’s Square, the crowd paid tribute to a leader who urged the world to build bridgesAs bells tolled and the coffin emerged from the gloom of the basilica, a hush fell across St Peter’s Square, in keeping with traditional solemnity, but the crowd itched to break it. Death had silenced Pope Francis but those who had come to see him off were not going to stifle their love or grief. He had requested a simple burial, not a silent one.The quiet held while 14 pallbearers placed the wooden casket on the edge of the stairs for the start of the mass and continued while cardinals streamed to one side to form a blazing red bloc. On the other side was an array of dark-suited prime ministers, presidents, princes, princesses, kings and queens. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Keir Starmer meets Ukraine president Zelensky at Pope Francis' funeral as they vow to keep working to end war with Russia

The Prime Minister's spokesperson said the pair discussed the 'positive progress made in recent days' to secure peace in Ukraine - after Donald Trump said yesterday a deal was 'pretty close'.

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43 h. ago Pope Francis funeral attended by over 200,000 as powerful 'final image' shared

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope among the people", whose death sparked tributes from across the globe.

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44 h. ago Pope Francis funeral: Watch key moments from historic service

Presidents, prime ministers and royalty were among those bidding a final farewell to Pope Francis at his funeral in St Peter’s Square on Saturday (26 April).

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44 h. ago Quiet reverence and a ripple of applause for ‘the people’s pope’

Presidents, prime ministers and princes alike gathered for the funeral mass of Pope Francis.

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46 h. ago In Pictures: World leaders join faithful as Pope Francis is laid to rest

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals gathered alongside members of the public in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.

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47 h. ago Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals gather for funeral of Pope Francis

The Catholic faithful are bidding a final farewell to a religious leader dubbed the ‘people’s pope’.

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48 h. ago Pope Francis funeral LIVE: Pontiff's coffin sealed as Trump and Zelensky arrive in Rome for historic Vatican service

World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance

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