6 h. ago Starmer calls for more pressure on Russia as Trump mulls tougher sanctions

The Prime Minister and Nato chief Mark Rutte said Moscow should be slapped with stronger sanctions.

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10 h. ago Israeli president Herzog to meet Starmer as calls grow for tougher UK action

British government concludes Gaza offensive has not met criteria for genocide

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11 h. ago Starmer backs Mandelson after US ambassador calls Jeffrey Epstein his ‘best pal’

Sir Keir Starmer has given Peter Mandelson his full backing after it emerged the British ambassador to the US had described notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as his “best pal”.

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20 h. ago Call for Sir Keir Starmer to cancel Donald Trump's state visit to the UK

The firefighter's union is calling on the Prime Minister to cancel Donald Trump's state visit

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51 h. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Keir Starmer needs unions after Angela Rayner departure'

The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues Sir Keir Starmer should listen to the unions calls on workers' rights after the departure of Angela Rayner triggered a reshuffle

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5 d. ago Starmer urges Ukraine allies to ‘go even further’ in pressure on Russia

The Prime Minister joined a virtual call of the coalition of the willing with around 25 world leaders on Thursday morning.

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6 d. ago Odds on Eric Adams dropping out of NYC mayoral race spike as Trump advisers reportedly mull offering him place in administration

There has been speculation Trump may intervene in the mayor’s race to thwart Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani

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6 d. ago Now even Labour MPs turn on their 'Red Queen' Angela Rayner as she faces HMRC probe and calls grow for Keir Starmer to sack her for tax 'hypocrisy'

The Deputy Prime Minister is under pressure to resign - if she's not sacked by Sir Keir Starmer - over the mishandling of her purchase of a £800,000 apartment in Hove, East Sussex.

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6 d. ago How can tax 'hypocrite' Angela Rayner possibly keep her job? Calls for her to quit grow as Starmer fails to guarantee her job after she admitted not paying enough stamp duty on £800k flat

The Deputy Prime Minister, dubbed 'Three Pads' Rayner in a row over her trio of homes, said she 'deeply regrets' the error made when purchasing her £800,000 apartment in Hove, East Sussex.

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6 d. ago Starmer defends Rayner over stamp duty controversy as Badenoch calls for her to go

The Prime Minister said he was ‘proud’ to be sat next to Angela Rayner

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7 d. ago It’s another Labour reboot challenge: how many adults do they need ‘in the room’ before they start telling the truth? | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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7 d. ago Now showing: it’s Keir Starmer’s march of the ‘grownups’ – the disaster movie we’re all being forced to watch | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer accidentally calls Angela Rayner an ‘incredible prime minister’

Keir Starmer accidentally called Angela Rayner an “incredible prime minister” as he defended his deputy.

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9 d. ago Vladimir Putin arrives in China for security summit – Ukraine war live

Russian president and Indian prime minister among more than 20 world leaders attending Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in TianjinThe Guardian’s Russian affairs reporter, Pjotr Sauer, has written a piece about Putin’s trip and what it may mean for the war in Ukraine. Here is an extract of his story:Key on the agenda, analysts say, will be for Putin and Xi to align their positions on the war in Ukraine amid US efforts to end the fighting. “It is an important time for them to talk about where the war is headed and how likely it is to be stopped in the near future,” said Alexander Gabuev, the director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre.Gabuev said Moscow wanted to know whether it could expect any further assistance from China and how Beijing would respond if the US were to ask it to put pressure on Russia to end the fighting Continue reading...

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1 week ago Now Labour MP joins the calls for Starmer to sack Lord Hermer

Graham Stringer is the first MP within the party to publicly come out against Attorney General Lord Hermer, accusing him of putting international treaties above democracy.

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2 w. ago Trump again mulls Russia sanctions as Ukraine peace remains elusive one week after Alaska summit

Russia’s foreign minister says no meeting planned between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr ZelenskyyDonald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there was no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, as Moscow said there remained “no meeting planned” between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“I’m going to make a decision as to what we do and it’s going to be a very important decision, and that’s whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both, or we do nothing and say it’s your fight,” Trump said, showing apparent frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Putin in Alaska. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police remove sign calling for motorists to 'beep if you think Starmer's a w****r'

Locals have said the sign created the 'loudest dual carriageway in Britain' before it was brought to the attention of police.

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2 w. ago Fed governor urged by Trump to resign will not be ‘bullied’ into stepping down

Lisa Cook, first Black woman to sit on Fed board, responds after allegation by ally of president of mortgage fraudUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called on a Federal Reserve governor to immediately resign, renewing his extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence as officials mull next steps on interest rates.A close Trump ally accused Lisa Cook, an appointee of Joe Biden, of “potentially committing mortgage fraud” and urged the US Department of Justice to investigate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign, renewing attack on central bank

Ally of the president has accused the first Black woman to sit on the central bank’s board of mortgage fraudUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called on a Federal Reserve governor to immediately resign, renewing his extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence as officials mull next steps on interest rates.A close Trump ally accused Lisa Cook, an appointee of Joe Biden, of “potentially committing mortgage fraud” and urged the US Department of Justice to investigate. The claims have not been confirmed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sanction Putin if he won't see Zelensky, says Sir Keir Starmer after Washington DC visit

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday led calls to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table after Europe's unprecedented White House diplomacy put the ball back in the Russian dictator's court.

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