1 hour ago King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer lead tributes to 'People's Pope' who died aged 88

Tributes to Pope Francis quickly flooded in from faith leaders and politicians across the world after the Vatican announced the pontiff had died on Monday morning

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer faces 8 major headaches straight after Easter break

Prime Minister Keir Starmer went on holiday to recharge for a 'few days' over Easter recess - but he'll come back to find plenty of thorny problems waiting for him as Parliament returns

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4 h. ago Prime Minister and King’s tributes to Francis, a pope ‘for the downtrodden’

The King said Francis profoundly touched the lives of so many.

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5 h. ago Starmer pays tribute to ‘pope for the poor’ who ‘never lost hope’

The Prime Minister said Pope Francis had shown ‘courageous’ leadership ‘in a complex and challenging time’.

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6 h. ago 'A voice for peace': The tributes to Pope Francis after his death

John Swinney and Keir Starmer have led tributes to Pope Francis after the pontiff’s death at the age of 88.

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6 h. ago Pope Francis was 'a pope for the poor', says Keir Starmer after pontiff's death

The Prime Minister said he was "grieving" the death of the head of the Catholic Church alongside millions around the world.

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8 h. ago JK Rowling praises Kemi Badenoch as the 'only political leader offering solidarity to women' with Keir Starmer STILL silent on Supreme Court ruling

JK Rowling said it was 'astounding' that Kemi Badenoch was the only UK political leader offering vocal backing to women 'defending their rights'.

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8 h. ago MPs and peers call for Trump to be blocked from addressing Parliament

The US president has suggested Buckingham Palace is ‘setting a date for September’ for him to visit the UK.

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18 h. ago ESTHER KRAKUE: Starmer's silence on gender ruling is an appalling betrayal of all women

As two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the Supreme Court's gender ruling, intervention by the the Prime Minister is more necessary than ever. But his silence shows he is as weak as water.

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19 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer under mounting pressure to publicly back Supreme Court gender ruling on what a woman is after five days of silence

Five days on, the Prime Minister was last night urged to back the judgement publicly and to promise it will not be unpicked after it emerged that two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the ruling.

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23 h. ago The Guardian view on a new deal for travel in Europe: bring back student exchanges | Editorial

The EU is expected to push for special youth visas at next month’s summit. Sir Keir Starmer should say yesStrong hints that a rebranded “youth opportunity scheme” will top the EU’s wishlist at next month’s EU-UK summit are good news for anyone who regrets the diminished travel opportunities that were one result of Brexit. Rising expectations of new European train routes – possibly including direct trains from London to Italy – can only add to the appeal of a potential rule change.There were more consequential impacts of Brexit than restrictions on travel. The disruption of trade, which is predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility to cause a 4% reduction in long-run productivity, is far more significant economically. Drug shortages continue to create risks to people’s health, and cause problems for doctors and pharmacists. Cancer research and trials have also been badly affected, according to a new report, because of the increased difficulty of attracting scientists and fundi...

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30 h. ago Parents should stop being ‘child’s friend’ over phones – children’s commissioner

Nearly a quarter of children spend more than four hours a day on an internet-enabled device, a survey suggested earlier this month.

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39 h. ago Voters tip Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to succeed Keir Starmer

Mr Burnham, who has opposed the Government's welfare cuts, has nearly three times the support of his nearest rival, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

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40 h. ago Nigel Farage just as likely to be next PM as Keir Starmer, poll finds

The survey, by More in Common, reveals that the Reform UK leader is in joint poll position with Sir Keir Starmer to make it to Downing Street in four years time.

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40 h. ago Hypocrisy row over plans to send failed asylum seekers to 'return hubs' overseas after Starmer scrapped Tory Rwanda scheme

Conservatives responded with fury to reports that ministers could pay countries in the Balkans to take Britain's failed asylum seekers - comparing it to the Rwanda scheme which Sir Keir Starmer scrapped.

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40 h. ago Labour's WhatsApp plot to defy trans ruling: Ministers' leaked messages reveal their fury at calls to ban transgender women from female

The Government claimed to welcome the Supreme Court judgment - but the exchanges reveal the private fury on Sir Keir Starmer 's frontbench, with ministers planning to hold a meeting this week.

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41 h. ago Macron ‘to make state visit before Trump’ as UK seeks closer ties with Europe

The French President is said to have received an invitation from the King to travel to the UK at the end of May, eight years after taking office.

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42 h. ago Miliband hits back at Farage over ‘nonsense and lies’ about net zero

The Energy Secretary said both Reform UK and the Tories were prepared to concoct falsehoods to ‘pursue their ideological agenda.’

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46 h. ago Police investigate after statues daubed with graffiti during trans rights rally

Activists demanded ‘trans liberation’ and ‘trans rights now’ during the rally in Parliament Square.

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49 h. ago Thousands march in protest at Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman

Activists demanded ‘trans liberation’ and ‘trans rights now’ during the rally in Parliament Square.

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