22 h. ago No escape for UK as Trump targets ‘foreign cheaters’ in new global trade war

Keir Starmer urges ‘calm’ as Donald Trump reveals that UK companies face a 10 per cent tariff from 0500 GMT

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26 h. ago Hostage families urge Keir Starmer to take ‘bold steps’ in helping to end war

Two British families of Israeli hostages have written to the Prime Minister asking for ‘diplomacy’ and ‘bold steps’ to help end the war in Gaza.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persuade Trump not to slap duties on more key UK industries on what he is calling “liberation day” on Wednesday. The US president has already announced plans for 25% levies on imports of cars, steel and aluminium to the US. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Starmer urged to reveal if he made comparison between benefits and pocket money

Treasury minister Darren Jones faced backlash when he made the comparison in the wake of the Chancellor’s spring statement.

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7 d. ago Putin is 'playing games' on Ukraine peace, says Keir Starmer as PM urges Trump not to lift sanctions

Emmanuel Macron says a Franco-British team will travel to Ukraine to help Kyiv bolster its military

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7 d. ago Rachel Reeves' 'clumsy' Labour deputy makes grovelling apology for comparing disabled benefits cuts to reducing a child's pocket money 

Darren Jones admitted that he had been 'tactless' when he compared the drive to get millions of people back into work to telling a teen to get a weekend job instead of accepting a handout.

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7 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'certain' benefits cuts won't push people into hardship amid growing Labour unrest

The Chancellor was also forced to defend Treasury minister Darren Jones who compared the benefits cuts to taking pocket money away from his children

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7 d. ago Labour minister apologises for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money

A Labour minister has apologised for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money.

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9 d. ago Remainers unite! MPs lash out at 'unmitigated disaster' of Brexit and urge Starmer to get closer with 'reset' in Commons debate over petition to rejoin the EU

They urged Sir Keir Starmer to get Britain back into a much closer relationship with Brussels under his planned 'reset', with some setting their sights on rejoining.

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1 week ago Starmer urged not to appease Trump with tax cut for US tech giants

Prime minister warned not to ‘rob disabled people to appease Musk and Trump’

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1 week ago Unions urgently call for all WASPI women to receive ‘fair compensation’ for State Pension age changes

Labour-backing union bosses have written to Sir Keir Starmer urging him to reconsider the decision not to compensate 1950s-born women.

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1 week ago Ed Sheeran writes urgent open letter to Keir Starmer for music education funding: ‘The time to act is now’

British singer-songwriter is joined by fellow stars Harry Styles, Stormzy, Robert Plant and Eric Clapton in calling on Keir Starmer to provide a £250m music education package

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1 week ago Luxury brands in UK warn copyright plan puts £125billion growth in danger

Britain's £81billion luxury goods industry has attacked Labour's plan to overhaul copyright law to let AI developers use material without paying as a 'damaging proposal'.

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1 week ago Lord Sugar: Starmer should ‘get down on bended knee and beg’ to get back into EU

Lord Alan Sugar has urged Keir Starmer to ‘get down on bended knee and beg’ the EU to let Britain rejoin, in order to save the economy.

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2 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: If the despicable sight of Trump and Putin carving up Ukraine doesn't wake Starmer up to the urgent need to rearm, nothing will

The last time the big powers carved up Eastern Europe was at Yalta in February 1945.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer’s urgent phone call to Donald Trump revealed with seven

Keir Starmer held a phone call with Donald Trump on Monday night in which he told him Ukraine must be put in the 'strongest possible position' to secure a 'just and lasting peace'

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer urges Trump to put Ukraine in 'strongest possible position' for a 'just and lasting peace' ahead of US president's crunch call with Putin

Keir Starmer spoke to Donald Trump ahead of the conversation he is due to have with the Russian leader later.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer urged to protect terrestrial TV for millions amid fears it will be axed

Campaigners are warning that millions of people who rely on conventional TV services risk losing out or being forced to take out high speed fixed broadband connections they can't afford

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer urged to save terrestrial TV for millions amid fears it will be axed

Campaigners are warning that millions of people who rely on conventional TV services risk losing out or being forced to spend more on high speed fixed broadband connections

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2 w. ago UK's Starmer urges Putin to prove he is serious about peace by agreeing to Ukraine ceasefire

UK's Starmer urges Putin to prove he is serious about peace by agreeing to Ukraine ceasefire  PBS NewsHour

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