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Kendall 'firm in convictions' ahead of welfare vote

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 19:40
The work and pensions secretary defends cuts that have angered more than 100 Labour backbenchers.
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Reform councillors reported to police by colleague

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 19:38
Councillors Neil Stevens and his brother Tony were reported by fellow Reform councillor and Ed Hill.
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Cats ruled out as Parliamentary pest controllers

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 17:40
Parliament has been advised cats would face risks, including from construction and self-closing doors.
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HS2 line to be delayed again with no new date given

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 17:08
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the HS2 project was an "appalling mess".
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Analysis: Two issues dominating Parliament and MPs are making up their own minds

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 16:36
Votes on assisted dying and abortion mean that MPs are making their own decisions.
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Analysis: Two issues dominating Parliament and MPs are making up their own minds

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 16:36
Votes on assisted dying and abortion mean that MPs are making their own decisions.
Categories: Politics

First Windrush commissioner announced

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 16:21
Reverend Clive Foster, a senior pastor in Nottingham, will take up the role on a three-year term.
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Foreign criminals should expect to be deported, minister says

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 16:20
Human rights law too often "protects those who break the rules", the justice secretary says.
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Improve military homes by creating new body, say Tories

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 14:43
Last year the government brought military homes back under Ministry of Defence control.
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Chocolate prices soar as UK inflation stays at highest in over a year

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 11:42
Food prices grew for a third month in May, as the overall rate of inflation remained at 3.4%.
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Is the government meeting its pledges on illegal immigration and asylum?

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 09:30
BBC Verify examines key areas which the government has promised to make improvements
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MP once on benefits calls cuts 'brutal' - but colleague says 'moral' case for reform

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 02:23
A bill to enact cuts – part of a package aimed at saving £5bn by 2030 – arrives in Parliament on Wednesday.
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MP once on benefits calls cuts 'brutal' - but colleague says 'moral' case for reform

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 02:23
A bill to enact cuts – part of a package aimed at saving £5bn by 2030 – arrives in Parliament on Wednesday.
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Starmer says he favours more 'transactional' approach to granting visas

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 00:29
The UK leader is considering whether visas could be issued based on how well countries co-operate with the UK on illegal immigration.
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Starmer picked up papers to avoid security stepping in

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 22:22
President Donald Trump brandished a folder containing the UK-US trade deal, but the papers fell on the floor.
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MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 21:32
The vote to decriminalise the procedure is the biggest change to abortion laws in England and Wales for nearly 60 years.
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Starmer defends U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 17:28
The prime minister tells the BBC his decision to hold an inquiry was "practical, common sense politics".
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Trump signs order confirming parts of UK-US tariff deal

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 10:31
The pact between the US and UK means tariffs will be reduced on certain goods such as cars entering the US.
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Chris Mason: Tariffs deal a triumph for Starmer - up to a point

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 05:20
The agreement signed at the G7 summit is limited but an achievement nonetheless, writes the BBC's political editor.
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Ethnicity of grooming gangs 'shied away from', Casey report says

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:54
"We as a society owe these women a debt," the report also says.
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