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Natalie Elphicke speaks at Labour event on small boats
Labour Party MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats.
Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the...
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Mike Tapp speaks at Labour event on small boats
Mike Tapp, Labour candidate for Dover, Deal and the villages, speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats.
Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing...
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Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Labour event on small boats
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats.
Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in...
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Sir Keir Starmer Q&A following Labour speech on small boats
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats.
Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in...
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Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Labour event on small boats - high res
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats.
Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in...
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Swinney sworn in as Scotland’s First Minister in ‘overwhelming’ ceremony
Being sworn in as Scotland’s new First Minister was an “overwhelming moment”, John Swinney has said, as he vowed to stick to his pledge to give Kate Forbes a “significant role” in his team as he appoints his Cabinet.
Scotland’s most...
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Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour - archive GVs
Archive footage of Tory MP Natalie Elphicke, who has defected to Labour, hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic Government”.
The Dover MP crossed the floor in the Commons just moments before Prime...
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Sadiq Khan celebrates 'successive victories over Count Binface'
London Mayor Sadiq Khan gives a speech in London stating "it would be nice to be able to take a moment to celebrate becoming the first person in British political history to win successive victories over Count Binface".
The Mayor of...
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Sadiq Khan gives speech marking third term as London Mayor
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gives a speech after signing the Declaration of Acceptance of Office marking his third term as Mayor at the Tate Modern.
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Politics Daily Briefing: May 7
Daily politics briefing for May 7, as John Swinney is set to be appointed Scotland's First Minister this week after succeeding Humza Yousaf as leader of the SNP.
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Daily Politics Briefing: May 7
All the latest political news in the UK, as John Swinney is set to be appointed Scotland's First Minister this week after succeeding Humza Yousaf as leader of the SNP.
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Starmer and Rayner hail Blackpool by-election victory
Newly elected Labour MP Chris Webb, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner, celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. The by-election was triggered...
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Starmer and Rayner hail Blackpool South by-election victory - High res
Newly elected Labour MP Chris Webb, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner, celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. The by-election was triggered...
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Lord David Cameron visits Ukraine after the Government announced a commitment to spend £3 billion a year on military support
Lord David Cameron has visited Ukraine following the Government’s announcement that it will commit to at least £3 billion a year in military support to the country.
The Foreign Secretary met with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky,...
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Cameron backs Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory
Lord David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons.
The Foreign Secretary said it was a decision for Ukraine how to use the supplied equipment and Kyiv “absolutely has the right”...
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Taoiseach says it would be 'foolish' to discard trends of a rise in asylum seekers in Ireland
Irish premier Simon Harris has said it would be “foolish” to discard the trends observed by workers at Ireland’s International Protection Office that indicates there has been a rise in asylum seekers from the UK.
Tanaiste Micheal Martin...
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British-Iranians protest against the death sentence given to Iranian rapper Toomaj Saleh
British-Iranians protest against the Iranian regime and the death sentence that was given to Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi. Two protests took place, one at Marble Arch and one across the road from Downing Street.
Interview with event...
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Roisin McAleer: 'It's an impossible situation'
Activists at a makeshift camp in Dublin city have criticised the government for its approach to housing asylum seekers.
At a protest organised at Mount Street, a street located next to the International Protection Office (IPO) where...
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Rishi Sunak and Donald Tusk statements in Warsaw - in full
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak give statements after Sunak promised an extra £75 billion in defence spending over the next six years to put the UK arms industry on a “war footing” in the face of threats...
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Local elections 2024: When and where and who can vote?
Voters in England will go to the polls on 2 May to elect more than 2,600 councillors and 10 metro mayors, including the Mayor of London, in the last set of local elections before the general one.
Here's what you need to know.
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Simon Harris address British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly - full speech
Taoiseach Simon Harris addresses the 66th plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly being held in Co Wicklow.
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I feel more hopeful and optimistic about British-Irish relations for the future, says Taoiseach
Irish Premier Simon Harris says he feels more "hopeful and optimistic" about British-Irish relations for the future, as he gave a speech at the 66th plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, being held in Co Wicklow.
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Daily politics briefing - April 13
All the latest political updates as the UK and the US have announced new aluminium, copper and nickel produced by Russia will no longer be traded on the world’s two largest metal exchanges.
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Gatwick ranked worst airport for flight delays
Gatwick was the worst airport in the UK for flight delays last year, an investigation has found.
Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of nearly 27 minutes behind schedule in 2023, according to analysis of Civil...