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Sir Keir Starmer says the “hugely talented” Angela Rayner will return to his Cabinet.



Ms Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy Labour leader in September after an independent ethics probe...

Nigel Farage has urged the Bank of England to welcome cryptocurrency and change its approach to quantitative easing during his first formal meeting with its governor.



The Reform UK leader, who has previously described Bank...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and deputy leader Richard Tice speak to the media following a meeting with Governor Bailey at the Bank of England in the City of London.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey delivers his speech during the autumn conference, at the Bournemouth Conference Centre in Dorset.



Sir Ed Davey has accused Nigel Farage of wanting to roll back gun laws and spark “mass...

Sir Ed Davey has accused Nigel Farage of wanting to roll back gun laws and spark “mass shooting” drills in British schools, as he set the Liberal Democrats a target of outperforming the Tories at the next election.



“Trump’s...

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy makes prison security announcements during his first visit to HMP Belmarsh in his new role as Lord Chancellor.

Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure after his handling of Lord Mandelson’s sacking over ties to Jeffrey Epstein laid bare tensions with Labour MPs.



The Prime Minister withdrew Lord Mandelson as his ambassador to the...

The Defence Secretary John Healey has tasked the military with looking at how the UK can help bolster Nato’s air defence over Poland, after Russia sent drones into Polish territory that were shot down.



John Healey said...

Seema Malhotra MP interviews at the Joint Maritime Security Centre in Portsmouth, and meets the crew of the Border Force Cutter 'Seeker' and takes a ride on a RHIB to learn about the work Border Force does first hand.

Immigration minister Seema Malhotra has dismissed Reform’s plans to tackle immigration numbers as “gimmicks” that have “unravelled on basic facts and figures”.



The MP for Feltham and Heston said that she would not comment on...

Immigration minister Seema Malhotra has dismissed Reform’s plans to tackle immigration numbers as “gimmicks” that have “unravelled on basic facts and figures”.



The MP for Feltham and Heston said that she would not comment on...

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned from the Government following reports she hiked rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds just weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended.



In a letter to Sir Keir...

Rachel Reeves left the door open to a rise in gambling taxes after Gordon Brown urged her to raise levies to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap.



The Chancellor said she was “deeply concerned” about child...

Footage of the east London house at the centre of a rent controversy involving Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali, who is under pressure after reportedly raising rent by £700 shortly after ending the previous tenants’ lease.

Vox pops with people in Crawley on their opinions of Starmer's new one in, one out policy.



Interv
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Tim Hurst, 62, East G

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Simon (surname not given),

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Conservative party chairman Kevin Hollinrake has called for the homelessness minister Rushanara Ali to stand down after reports claimed she hiked rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds just weeks after the previous...

Sir Grant Shapps has defended his decision to keep an unprecedented legal gagging order in place over the Afghan data leak under the previous government, saying he would “walk over hot coals to save those lives”.



The former...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to 10 Downing Street on his first official visit to the UK.



Mr Merz is in London to sign the new UK-Germany treaty. The treaty will aim to cover the...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (front right) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (front left), watched by Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul and Foreign Secretary David Lammy as they sign the new UK-Germany treaty...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a press conference during a visit to the Airbus factory in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The 98 MPs set to leave Parliament after the next election now have an end date after Rishi Sunak called a general election for July 4.

Of the 104 standing down, 98 will retire from the House of Commons while six cannot...

‘The situation in Sudan has rapidly deteriorated, making it impossible to safeguard the safety and security of our staff in Khartoum,’ Global Affairs Canada said in a statement. Canadian diplomats will work from a safe location outside...

A CBC News analysis reveals the federal civil service grew by more than 35,000 people over the two-year COVID-19 pandemic — a 12 per cent increase, with four government departments accounting for the lion's share of the new jobs.