12 h. ago ‘Trump has a list’: Charlamagne tha God says Letitia James investigation is ‘retaliation’

Attorney General Letitia James said that the Trump administration’s claims that she falsified records in August 2023 to secure home loans on a property are ‘baseless’

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55 h. ago Gordon Brown urges Keir Starmer to fix 'child poverty emergency' with major plan

Labour former PM Gordon Brown said Keir Starmer must act to help 'austerity's children' as rising levels of child poverty could see 4.8 million kids living in hardship by 2029

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55 h. ago Former NI Secretary rejects reports he ‘turned a blind eye’ to IRA crimes

Lord Reid said the transition from war to peace is ‘not always easy’.

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59 h. ago Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinementFormer prisoners and hostages wrongly held abroad have urged the UK prime minister to urgently secure the release of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai before he dies in a Hong Kong jail.The 77-year-old media mogul, who is a British citizen, has been held in solitary confinement for 1,602 days and his family fears he might not survive another summer in Hong Kong, where temperatures can reach 40C (104F). Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Donald Trump's Golden Dome will spark dangerous retaliation from Russia

Donald Trump unveiled concepts for his £400 billion Golden Dome missile defence program at the White House, which he hopes will be "fully operational" before the end of his term in 2029

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64 h. ago Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist

MPs and peers have pressed for the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days.

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65 h. ago North Sea leaders and energy workers urge Keir Starmer to scrap oil and gas windfall tax

Open letter with more than 2,500 signatories warns there is a ‘grave risk’ of world-leading skills being lost

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68 h. ago North Sea leaders and energy workers urge Starmer to scrap oil and gas windfall tax

Open letter with more than 2,500 signatories warns there is a ‘grave risk’ of world-leading skills being lost

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3 d. ago Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women | Judith Levine

The administration’s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalitiesLast week, a federal judge blocked the justice department from canceling $3.2m in federal grants to the American Bar Association (ABA). The court agreed with the ABA’s claim that the administration was retaliating against it for taking public stances against Donald Trump.But how had the US president retaliated? Which grants had he clawed back? Those supporting programs that train lawyers to defend victims of domestic and sexual violence. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Weight loss jabs sent through the post ‘could help 15 million people and boost economic growth’

Obesity costs society about £98 billion a year, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) says

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4 d. ago Half of British adults should be able to get their hands on fat jabs through the post, says Tony Blair

Researchers at the Tony Blair Institute have called for the eligibility criteria for the drugs to 'drastically lowered', making them available to people who are overweight but not yet obese.

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6 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer urged to be ‘bold’ in Brexit reset talks ahead of crunch meeting

Starmer has insisted he wishes to avoid ‘megaphone diplomacy’ by eschewing a running commentary on negotiations

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7 d. ago Senior faith leaders urge Starmer to tone down migration rhetoric

Exclusive: Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives write to prime minister after ‘island of strangers’ speechUK politics live – latest updatesMore than a dozen bishops and other senior Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders have written to the prime minister after his “island of strangers” speech, urging him to use a more “compassionate narrative” about migrants.The letter was sent to Keir Starmer after his speech on Monday, which preceded the publication of the government’s immigration white paper that has been widely criticised by migrant rights organisations and civil society groups. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tony Blair urges Starmer not to retaliate against Trump tariffs

Exclusive: In a rare intervention, the former prime minister says it’s not in UK best interests to hit back with own tariffs

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8 d. ago Former President George W. Bush draws inspiration close to his Dallas home in his latest paintings

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8 d. ago EU leaders urge Starmer to improve mobility deal in last ditch ‘reset’ talks

Prime minister will meet Macron and von der Leyen on Friday to iron out details

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9 d. ago Motherwell and Wishaw MSP hits out at UK Government's immigration proposals

The SNP’s Clare Adamson joined calls from the care sector and other industries for Sir Keir Starmer to urgently abandon his proposed restrictions on international recruitment

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1 week ago Hamas releases final living American hostage to Red Cross as crowds celebrate in Tel Aviv

Hamas has released the last living American hostage held in Gaza after talks with the US on a ceasefire and allowing humanitarian aid to enter the besieged territory as Tony Blair joins aid effort

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1 week ago Police launch urgent probe into fire at Keir Starmer’s north London home

Nobody was hurt in the fire, but Sir Keir Starmer’s door was damaged

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1 week ago Keir Starmer to give urgent immigration press conference over 'failed open borders'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party

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