5 h. ago UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% in January in blow to Rachel Reeves

The slowdown in January piles further pressure on Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer ahead off this month’s spring statement

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42 h. ago UK financial regulators in retreat after pressure from Starmer

City cheers crackdown on red tape but there are questions over how much it can boost growth

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8 d. ago Poll shows Britons’ fury with Trump’s state visit as petition demands invitation be axed

Pressure builds on Keir Starmer to axe Donald Trump’s state visit after White House clash with Voldymyr Zelensky

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer told to press Donald Trump to extradite Andrew Tate and brother to UK

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for Keir Starmer to put pressure on Donald Trump to extradite Andrew and Tristan Tate to the UK, where a warrant has been issued over rape and human trafficking allegations

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9 d. ago Almost half of Britons want Trump’s state visit cancelled, poll shows

Pressure builds on Sir Keir Starmer to axe Donald Trump’s state visit after White House clash with Voldymyr Zelensky

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9 d. ago Starmer faces growing concerns from MPs over ‘brutal’ cuts to foreign aid budget

Sir Keir Starmer is facing increasing pressure from MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending

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1 week ago Keir Starmer faces growing pressure from senior Labour MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund increase in defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP

Labour MPs lined up to criticise the move in the Commons on Monday, with Barry Gardiner warning it would lead to more 'more people being slain by famine, drought, disaster and war'.

Economics

1 week ago Starmer faces pressure from senior Labour MPs over cuts to overseas aid budget

Labour former minister Barry Gardiner argued the cuts will lead to more deaths.

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2 w. ago Starmer urged to challenge Trump on ‘US pressure’ over Andrew Tate travel ban

Tate and his brother Tristan have left Romania via private jet headed for Florida

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer bows to Trump pressure and increases UK defence spending by slashing foreign aid

PM brands Russia a ‘menace in our waters’ and says UK must stand by Ukraine to achieve lasting peace to avoid threats to economic instability

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2 w. ago Starmer hopes sanctions will force Putin to make concessions over Ukraine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Ukraine’s allies must ‘keep dialling up the economic pressure’ on Vladimir Putin.

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3 w. ago UK ‘massively vulnerable’ to threat of Russia after decades of military cuts, ex

With Sir Keir Starmer under mounting pressure to boost the UK’s defence budget, General Sir Nick Carter said the UK’s ‘remarkably hollow’ Army would be unable to fend off Russia if it needed

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3 w. ago Starmer facing pressure to be bold with Trump in Washington visit

The Prime Minister will meet US President Donald Trump next week amid a deepening feud between Kyiv and Washington.

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3 w. ago Pressure grows for Starmer to boost defence spending ahead of Trump showdown

PM travels to Washington next week as the only major UK party leader who has not backed calls to hike the defence budget to 2.5 per cent of Britain’s GDP by 2030

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3 w. ago Labour MP calls for talks on 'CONSCRIPTION' for 'unengaged' young people because 'our borders are being threatened' amid Ukraine tensions

Paulette Hamilton, MP for Birmingham Erdington, warned the UK's 'borders are being threatened', adding: 'Young people have not engaged but they're going to have to.'

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3 w. ago Pressure on Starmer to criticise Trump for calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’

UK prime minister keen to avoid upsetting relationship ahead of next week’s White House visit

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3 w. ago Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds' CV – what is supposedly false?

The scandal has piled more pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s top team

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer faces growing pressure to boost defence budget now to prepare British troops for Ukraine

The PM was warned that without hiking spending to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP within days, he risked failing to meet his promise that the UK will play a 'leading' role in keeping the peace in Ukraine.

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