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UK to purchase nuclear-carrying fighter jets

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 22:43
Downing Street says the move is "the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation".
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PM vows to press on with welfare cuts as rebellion grows

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 18:13
More than 120 Labour MPs are backing plans to block cuts to disability and sickness-related benefits.
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UK must prepare for war scenario, government warns

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 17:55
A strategy document says an "all-of-society effort" is required to make the UK more secure.
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International law 'at heart' of Starmer's foreign policy, says Hermer

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 15:51
Lord Richard Hermer said that the government was determined to "lead on international law issues" globally.
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UK vows to spend 5% of GDP on national security by 2035

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 13:45
The announcement comes ahead of a two-day Nato summit in the Netherlands.
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Welfare rebellion to test Starmer like never before

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 13:00
Labour MPs' challenge over benefits cuts is perhaps the gravest crisis in the PM's time in office so far.
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MP who was raped gets backing over law change

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:04
Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".
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Palestine Action group to be banned, home secretary confirms

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 21:19
It comes after what she called a "disgraceful attack" on an RAF base and as a protest took place in central London.
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UK prepared to defend interests in Middle East, Lammy says

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 17:52
The foreign secretary says UK forces are on high alert in the region, as Israel-Iran attacks continue.
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UK prepared to defend interests in Middle East, Lammy says

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 17:52
The foreign secretary says UK forces are on high alert in the region, as Israel-Iran attacks continue.
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Let non-doms pay £250,000 and avoid some UK tax - Farage

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 16:33
The Reform UK leader says money raised from the policy would go to the lowest-paid 10% of full-time workers.
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National inquiry announced after maternity failings

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 16:19
It will target the worst-performing trusts in England - and report back by the end of the year.
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Cheaper energy part of 10-year plan for industry

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 15:35
Plans to cut energy bills by up to 25% for more than 7,000 UK businesses is announced alongside other plans to boost growth.
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Could this be the most significant Nato summit since the Cold War?

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 15:02
Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies
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Chris Mason: UK backs US's goals but not its methods in Iran

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 00:33
Starmer maintains diplomacy is the answer but Trump has so far chosen a different path, our political editor writes.
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Chris Mason: UK backs US's goals but not its methods in Iran

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 00:33
Starmer maintains diplomacy is the answer but Trump has so far chosen a different path, our political editor writes.
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Chris Mason: UK backs US's goals but not its methods in Iran

Mon, 06/23/2025 - 00:33
Starmer maintains diplomacy is the answer but Trump has so far chosen a different path, our political editor writes.
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No budget for assisted dying service, Streeting says

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 17:46
The MP for Ilford North pledges to work "constructively" on technical aspects of the legislation.
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Give new recruits £10,000 to join army, says Davey

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 11:49
The Lib Dems argue Britain needs to become "war-ready" to deal in an increasingly unpredictable world.
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Kneecap performing at Glastonbury 'not appropriate', PM says

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 23:57
He made the comments after Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appeared in court on Wednesday.
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