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Four key excerpts from Streeting's resignation letter

challenge, saying instead that the prime minister should take steps to ensure there is a "broad" contest to replace him with "the best possible field of candidates". Here are four key excerpts from the near

Will King's US visit make a political difference?

leaders in a way that perhaps only an outsider could venture. His gift for the president of an "HMS Trump" ship's bell was a masterstroke of deft diplomacy. And before an audience that

I've never seen anything like the abuse during this election

leader of Walsall Council until last Friday, when Reform UK romped to victory. Before losing his seat by just seven votes, he said it had been the "worst election he'd ever fought" and even

Keir Starmer to face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live

face vote on Mandelson vetting scandal as key figures give evidence to MPs - UK politics live From Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote

challenge politically as it would reopen the divisions of the past. “It requires a deep conversation about sovereignty, because [rejoining the customs union and single market] requires outsourcing of large parts

How Neville and Lineker became rival podcast moguls

leaders in the podcast space, whereas we're a 'video-first' business. They were 'eyes optional', and now pivoting into some video. We've always said we're 'ears optional'." Lineker's Goalhanger co-founder

Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

UK, and the Greens also eating into Labour's support in London and other urban areas. The party was also kicked out of power in Wales, where it had enjoyed political dominance for a century

King's visit to 'revitalise' relationship with US, says UK ambassador

challenge with political tensions between the US and the UK. But the shooting incident in Washington DC at the weekend, at an event attended by President Trump, added another layer of security concerns. The UK

The Iran war has exposed the limits of neutrality

UK, a reminder that the global economy, energy security and supply chains are now directly tied to the stability of this region. ## When allies disagree Engagement with difficult or intransigent regimes has remained a persistent

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

leader, Zack Polanski. The last time there were local elections in Hackney, Labour won 50 of the borough's 57 seats, and the Greens just two. But now the Greens are hoping to take this

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

leader continued to face questions over the £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire shortly before the last general election. 4. ***Business*** | The full nationalisation of British Steel is [expected to be announced

Leading California governor candidates spar in first debate as topsy-turvy race heats up

UK prime minister David Cameron, and Chad Bianco, the sheriff of Riverside County – and the four leading Democrats: billionaire Tom Steyer, former health secretary Xavier Becerra, former congresswoman Katie Porter and San Jose Mayor Matt

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

leaders say the practice replaces fixed rates or transparent tariffs with opaque, constantly shifting pricing mechanisms, where the data used to determine the rewards and decision-making process are largely obscured. Having initially taken

In the UK, Muslim votes are treated as a problem to be managed

facing demands from more than ninety of his own MPs to resign and a likely challenge from within his own cabinet. All of this was triggered by Labour’s hammering in the local and devolved

Chris Mason: Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness

leaders in town halls, in Holyrood, in the Senedd and in Westminster. Depending on where you are reading this, your doormat may have been carpeted with colourful leaflets for weeks and your TV and social

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

UK’s Nigel Farage. He described the Clacton MP as “not just a grifter, he is a chancer”, and said Farage had “fled the scene” after Brexit had made Britain poorer. “It sounded

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

face the full force of the law, including removal from the UK." 5 hours ago [Home Office](/news/topics/c4e71xw4dkzt) [Refugees and asylum seekers](/news/topics/cg41ylwvxmdt) --- [

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

UK. Starmer struck a defiant note on Friday morning in the face of calls from some of his MPs to quit, insisting he remained as determined as ever to deliver the promises on which

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

faced with a scandal, for example, it was often McSweeney who would lead the strategy over how to respond and, if required, make the first phone call to a minister whom the prime minister wanted

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

leader. On Thursday night, Starmer’s party suffered a similarly damaging blow, losing every single council seat it was contesting in the town to [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party). The result has once more