7 d. ago Huge blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Chagos Islands deal hammered by Lords

Controversial deal suffers series of defeats at the hands of peers

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8 d. ago Cost of living squeeze tightens and business confidence falls in blow to Starmer's economic 'reset'

The Prime Minister said that 'what matters more than anything else is the cost of living' and declared that this year Britain would be 'turning a corner'.

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8 d. ago Peers inflict new blow to Starmer on government’s Chagos handover deal

Peers have backed an amendment, which was led by former military chiefs, which has left Starmer’s controversial Chagos deal in crisis

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1 week ago European investors must brace for a year of geopolitical instability

Menaced by Russia and bullied by America, a potential Ukraine peace deal is not guaranteed to usher in prosperity

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3 w. ago Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson

The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this presidentLove Actually may be a terrible movie, but it provides one speech that’s hard not to wish into reality this Christmas. Keir Starmer, the actual, nonfictional UK prime minister, needs to channel the one played by Hugh Grant – and stand up to an absurd US president now bullying the BBC with a $10bn lawsuit.Just imagine for one moment that Starmer decided to make Donald Trump’s claim against the BBC the final straw for a special relationship that is increasingly special only in a bad way. That would not be outlandish, for not only has Trump taken aim against a British broadcaster, but earlier this week it seemed that his promise of an AI “prosperity deal” (bought, let’s not forget, with gurning invites to Windsor Castle) is set to evaporate. As the fictional Love Actually PM once said: “A friend who bullies us is no longer a friend Since bul...

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4 w. ago UK insists US tech deal not dead as Trump threatens penalties against European firms

Keir Starmer’s office claims UK still in ‘active conversations’ about deal for tech industries in both countries to cooperateDowning Street insists the $40bn Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and UK that is on hold is not permanently stalled. The BBC reported on Tuesday evening that the prime minister’s office claimed that the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about the wide-ranging deal for the technology industries in both countries to cooperate.The agreement, previously billed as historic, was paused after the US accused the UK of failing to lower trade barriers, including a digital services tax on US tech companies and food safety rules that limit the export of some agricultural products. The New York Times first reported British confirmation that negotiations had stalled. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Starmer blow as Trump 'puts vaunted £31bn tech prosperity deal with UK on ice' amid trade wrangling

Donald Trumpis said to have frozen talks on the pact, which was unveiled with great fanfare during his state visit earlier this year.

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4 w. ago Labour 'could lose millions in donations' in new hammer blow for Keir Starmer as loyalist union chief 'at risk of being ousted' TOMORROW

Christina McAnea is at risk of losing her bid for re-election as general secretary of Unison to Andrea Egan, a hard-Left critic of the Prime Minister.

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