81 m. ago Keir Starmer vows 'I will act' in Angela Rayner statement amid stamp duty admission

The Prime Minister has declined to say if he would sack his deputy following an investigation

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1 hour ago The Labour ministers ousted in scandals as pressure builds on PM to sack Angela Rayner

If Angela Rayner resigns over her stamp duty scandal, she will become the fifth Labour minister to lose their job over allegations of wrongdoing in just over a year

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1 hour ago Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens

Sir Keir condemns 'appalling' graffiti attack outside Ms Rayner’s Hove flat – as the Commons watchdog prepares to give its verdict on whether she broke ministerial code

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2 h. ago 'Sex noises' prank spotted just before Keir Starmer took stage at PMQs

The phone was planted near the front bench and was supposed to go off as Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch on Wednesday, only to be discovered beforehand by parliament security

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2 h. ago Angela Rayner latest LIVE: Starmer expects result 'quickly' in tax probe as he condemns grafitti outside Hove flat

Labour colleagues rally to Angela Rayner’s defence as sources suggest her fate could be sealed within days

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2 h. ago Spineless Starmer repeatedly REFUSES to say he'll sack Rayner even if ministerial tax probe rules she broke rules when buying seaside flat

Cabinet colleagues of the Deputy Prime Minister suggested she was being unfairly treated for being a successful, working-class Northerner after she admitted underpaying stamp duty by £40,000.

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2 h. ago Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – UK politics live

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner after stamp duty errorKitty Donaldson from the i says Keir Starmer may get the report from his ethics adviser about Angela Rayner tomorrow.NEW: Senior Government sources are playing down reports ministerial watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus could send Sir Keir Starmer his report into Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s tax affairs as soon as today. One Whitehall source said tomorrow is more likely. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Mobile phone ‘hidden in Commons’ as part of prank to play ‘sex noises’ during PMQs

A phone was reportedly planted near the front bench in what is being investigated as a “major breach” of parliamentary security

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3 h. ago Starmer refuses to say he’ll sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

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3 h. ago Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row

Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty.

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3 h. ago Angela Rayner graffiti: Will she be sacked by Sir Keir Starmer? What did the graffiti at her Hove flat say?

The graffiti has been daubed across parts of Angela Rayner’s flat in Hove, which is the subject of her tax affairs.

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3 h. ago The Voice of Hind Rajab review – docufiction is fierce, vehement and heart

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli armyThere can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is this one, from Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania. The Voice of Hind Rajab is about the horrifying ordeal of the five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed in 2024 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza in her uncle’s car along with six family members, and two paramedics who tried to come to her rescue. Rajab herself, who survived the original assault by the IDF which killed those around her, stayed on the phone for hours to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), desperately begging for help. With startling audacity, Ben Hania has used the real audio recording of Rajab’s heart-wrenching voice, while fictionally reconstructing the drama of the emergency responders in their call-centre office, with real people ...

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3 h. ago This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10 | Owen Jones

A simple, terrible and obvious mistake is being made. The more Labour echoes Reform’s talking points, the more it strengthens themBritain isn’t sleepwalking into catastrophe; it’s charging towards it. Last year, a violent rightwing uprising tore through our streets – an attempted pogrom in which racists tried to burn asylum seekers alive, attacked homes and businesses thought to belong to migrants, petrol-bombed mosques and assaulted people of colour in broad daylight. That disgrace should hang permanently around the necks of the anti-migrant right, a warning of where scapegoating and toxic lies lead.Instead, the revolt succeeded. Anti-migrant rhetoric in politics and the press has grown more venomous. Reform UK now tops polls by a decisive margin. Its leader, Nigel Farage, raises the spectre of “major civil disorder” unless anti-migrant demands are met. Lucy Connolly – who was jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and is married to a former Conser...

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3 h. ago Six deny terror charges over alleged plan to defeat Palestine Action ban

The accused are alleged to have tried to organise mass gatherings with the aim of rendering the ban on Palestine Action unenforceable.

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3 h. ago Voices: ‘The judge in this case will be HMRC’: Readers react as Angela Rayner admits tax mistake

Our community is divided over the deputy prime minister’s tax error. While some have insisted she knew what she was doing and should resign, others have defended her for relying on professional advice and correcting the mistake

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3 h. ago Drivers with dogs in their car could face £5,000 fine for making big mistake

Drivers have been warned by experts to be vigilant when travelling with dogs and other pets in their cars - as one mistake could cost them up to £5,000

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3 h. 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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3 h. ago Rachel Reeves house tax 'attack' warning as experts beg her to drop plan

The Chancellor is reportedly considering a number of new property taxes

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4 h. ago Lawyer reveals the communication mistake that makes you sound like a liar

Lawyer Jefferson Fisher, from Texas , who is also a communication expert, has revealed how using fewer words can make you a better communicator - and also make you come across as more credible.

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4 h. ago Mystery of the 'world's ugliest animal' is SOLVED: Scientists reveal why male proboscis monkeys have such large noses

As far as animals go, the proboscis monkey is one of the most unique-looking species on the planet. They are instantly recognisable for their long, fleshy, nose - but why do they have it?

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