2 d. ago Keir Starmer warned at least 80 Labour MPs could lose their seats as their majorities are smaller than the number of constituents who are set to have their disability benefits cut

Those opposed to the squeeze on benefits are using an analysis of data to highlight the 'real electoral risk' of the Prime Minister's actions.

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4 d. ago Rebel MPs tell Starmer to abandon his plan to exempt AI firms from copyright law

The Prime Minister wants to give Big Tech free rein to train AI systems on copyright material, forcing writers, musicians, artists and filmmakers to 'opt out' if they want to protect their work.

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4 d. ago British Steel latest: Parliament approves bill to save plant after workers block Chinese executives from site

MPs and Lords vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

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4 d. ago British Steel latest: Chinese executives who ‘tried to access’ plant blocked by workers as MPs back government plan

MPs vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

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5 d. ago British Steel latest: MPs sit for emergency session as Starmer says ‘national security’ on the line

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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5 d. ago MPs and Lords head to parliament as PM aims to pass emergency law today to save British Steel – live

MPs to debate emergency law that will give the business secretary the power to direct the companyBlast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the Industrial Revolution. This weekend, parliament will sit for the first Saturday in decades as it tries to keep the last two furnaces running for a bit longer.Keir Starmer has recalled MPs to discuss emergency powers to direct steel companies, including British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks, to “preserve capability and ensure public safety”. The move would be short of nationalisation, but it would give the government more influence on the steel industry than at any point since Margaret Thatcher. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago British Steel faces being nationalised as MPs are recalled to Parliament for rare weekend summit

British Steel could be taken under Government control in a move that paves the way for nationalisation, as MPs were recalled to Parliament to debate emergency legislation.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer aims to pass emergency law in one day to prevent closure of the British Steel plant

Sir Keir Starmer has recalled MPs from Easter recess to Westminster for an emergency Saturday session, April 12, to discuss the future of British Steel.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer gives emergency statement as he recalls MPs back to work from Easter recess

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said 'the future of British Steel hangs in the balance' as he ordered MPs back to the Commons to vote through emergency measures on Saturday

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence as MPs urgently recalled to London over crisis

Keir Starmer breaks silence as MPs urgently recalled to London over crisis  Daily Express

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8 d. ago MPs could vote on benefit cuts before knowing full details, Starmer says

Labour says its welfare reforms are designed to help people into work – but MPs might have to take that on faith

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8 d. ago Starmer: MPs could vote on benefit cuts before knowing how they could help

Labour says its welfare reforms are designed to help people into work – but MPs might have to take that on faith

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8 d. ago 10 key points as Keir Starmer faces tense grilling over Trump, welfare and Gaza

Keir Starmer faced awkward moments as he was pressed by senior MPs at a wide-ranging Liaison Committee session on subjects including tariffs, benefits and votes for 16 year olds

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8 d. ago PM: UK to 'turbocharge' trade with other nations after Trump tariffs as retaliation measures remain on table

The UK is keeping its options on the table for retaliating to US tariffs "if necessary", Sir Keir Starmer told a senior group of MPs

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8 d. ago Starmer ‘frustrated’ by regulators as he seeks to cut red tape to boost growth

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said in some cases regulators’ priorities ‘aren’t necessarily aligned with what the Government’s trying to achieve’.

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8 d. ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

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9 d. ago Starmer to face grilling from senior MPs amid ongoing tariff turmoil

Sir Keir Starmer will face questions from the Commons Liaison Committee, as UK businesses begin to feel the impact of US tariffs.

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1 week ago Home Bargains shoppers share fear of cutout copper as everyone says the same thing

Fans of the discount store have come clean on Reddit about being scared of the well-known cardboard cut out copper installed to stop let shoplifters know they are being watched

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1 week ago We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown review – you’ll read nothing else like it this year

This exhilarating debut about working-class girls growing up in the hope-starved atmosphere of a small northern English city feels essentialSometimes you need to leave a place before you can write about it, and Colwill Brown’s Doncaster from the late 90s to 2015 is that place. This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel, written almost entirely in South Yorkshire dialect, spans nearly 20 years in the lives of its protagonists Kel, Shaz and Rach, from the Spice Girls to the drug spice. It manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will probably read nothing else like it this year.“Remember when we thought Donny wut whole world? Before we knew we wa Northern, when we seemed to be central, when we carved countries out ut farmers’ fields, biking through neck-high rapeseed, cutting tracks ask anyone non-Northern, they’ll only know Donny as punchline of a joke, or place they changed trains once ont way ...

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2 w. ago UK aid cuts to vaccines could lead to half a million child deaths, MPs warned

Conservative former minister Sir David Davis asked Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty how he “lives with himself”.

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