7 h. ago Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey join hundreds of creatives and leaders urging Prime Minister to enforce copyright law

They are calling on the UK Government to support proposals to protect copyright in the age of AI

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer's EU 'surrender summit' could wreck hopes of UK US trade deal, Tories warn

The Prime Minister - who attended a Joint Expeditionary Force meeting in Oslo yesterday - will discuss a deal at the first UK-EU summit, which will be held in London on May 19.

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9 h. ago Elton John and Dua Lipa urge Starmer to back UK artists in AI copyright row

Four hundred creatives and media executives seek PM’s support in battle to limit Big Tech’s use of their work

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9 h. ago Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work away” at the behest of big tech.In an open letter to Keir Starmer, a host of major artists claim creatives’ livelihoods are under threat as wrangling continues over a government plan to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Starmer says he is ‘ambitious’ on what can be achieved with EU

It comes less than a fortnight before the Prime Minister will host EU chiefs at a major summit as he works on relations with Brussels.

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13 h. ago Dutch leader says NATO's chief insists allies should spend at least 3.5% of GDP on defense budgets

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof says NATO’s chief wants the allies to agree to start spending at least 3.5% of GDP on their defense budgets at their summit next month

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15 h. ago Starmer declines to rule out tech tax changes as part of future trade deal

The Prime Minister said discussions are ‘ongoing’, but that the agreement announced on Thursday ‘doesn’t cover’ the digital services tax.

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17 h. ago Davey urges Lib Dem councils to ‘speak with one voice’ on social care

The party leader addressed councillors following last week’s local elections.

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17 h. ago Ukraine ‘absolute focus’ for UK and northern European allies – Sir Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister was in Norway on Friday for a series of meetings.

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18 h. ago Starmer’s war on newts risks breaching Brexit deal, EU warns

The prime minister and chancellor have been accused of ‘scapegoating’ bats and newts

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19 h. ago Labour MPs must realise welfare system ‘needs reform’, says Reeves – UK politics live

Chancellor responds to growing rebellion from more than 40 MPs who have written to the prime ministerMore than 40 Labour MPs have warned the prime minister that planned disability cuts are “impossible to support” and have called for a pause and change in direction.The letter from parliamentarians spanning the new intake and veterans, and from the left and right of the party, sets Keir Starmer up for the biggest rebellion of his premiership when the House of Commons votes on the measures next month.Andrew Bailey has today added his voice to what Liberal Democrats have been saying for years: that we urgently need to rebuild our trading relationship with our closest and most significant economic partners in Europe.This isn’t about revisiting the past, it’s about boosting our economy and deepening cooperation for the future. Despite the government’s US deal, Trump’s trade tariffs are still hitting key British industries and threatening the livelihoods of people across the UK. Continue r...

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19 h. ago Sweden’s national security adviser quits over dating site images one day into job

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the information should have come to light a long time ago

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19 h. ago How Singalong Starmer got his deal and a bit part in Trump, the Musical | Marina Hyde

Finally, a British prime minister has landed a trade agreement with the US. It’s just a shame it’s not a very good oneA huge day in import-export yesterday, as even Rome’s billion-per-cent tariff on American popes was lifted. The much bigger news, though, concerned the partial easing of recently imposed import taxes on British goods in the form of a starter UK-US trade deal, leaving the biggest little country in the world basking in the glow of an achievement our own prime minister seemed to hint had something of VE Day to it. In Britain, we have an old saying about dejection – “you look like you’ve lost a pound and found a sixpence” – but this was an entirely new spin on that scenario, given we were mostly celebrating being back to paying 10% more tariffs than we were subject to a few weeks ago. Yessss! A sixpence! Good times.Before we get to the specifics of the deal, the theatre. I do find myself increasingly mesmerised by Trump’s Oval Office tableaux, which typically feature him...

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20 h. ago Rachel Reeves insists welfare system needs reform amid disquiet on benefit cuts

Some 42 backbenchers said the planned cuts were ‘impossible to support’ in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer.

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20 h. ago Rachel Reeves takes on Labour welfare cut rebels saying system that has left people who want to work 'trapped on benefits' MUST be 'reformed'

The Chancellor and Prime Minister Keir Starmer are facing potentially the largest rebellion of their time in office over plans to make it harder to claim disability payments and go on the long-term sick.

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24 h. ago Australian prime minister says reducing student debt is his re

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told his government colleagues that reducing student debt will be the first legislative priority for his administration that was returned to power in the nation’s first election in which the Baby Boomer generation was outnumbered by younger voters

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24 h. ago Putin hosts Xi Jinping and other world leaders as Russia marks Victory Day – Europe live

Russia staging a lavish, ‘biggest ever’ parade in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world warMeanwhile in Warsaw, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is currently briefing the media before his trip to France to sign a new Polish-French “enhanced cooperation and friendship treaty.”Tusk will meet French president Emmanuel Macron in Nancy, France in early afternoon, with the signing ceremony scheduled for 4pm, to be followed by a joint press conference. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Ratify ocean treaty and ban destructive fishing in protected areas, PM urged

The call from heads of UK environmental charities follows Sir David Attenborough’s new film on the oceans, released to mark his 99th birthday.

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33 h. ago UK announces fresh wave of Russia sanctions ahead of military coalition meeting

Officials have said the Government will take action against up to 100 oil tankers that have been carrying cargo in defiance of sanctions.

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35 h. ago Boris Johnson says Tories in a ‘tough spot’ but will ‘recover’

The former prime minister said party leader Kemi Badenoch ‘just needs time to get going’.

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