Situation in Channel ‘deteriorating’, Starmer and Macron agree ahead of UK-France summit
The UK prime minister and French president have agreed that tackling the “deteriorating situation” of illegal migration across the Channel should be a key focus of an upcoming summit. Meeting at the G7 Summit in Canada, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron affirmed that their respective teams should pursue “high-ambition outcomes” to ensure progress on the […]
Phillips: Conservatives would not be ‘interested’ in grooming gangs ‘without Elon Musk’
Jess Phillips has accused senior Conservative politicians of only recently taking an interest in the grooming gangs scandal due to the influence of tech billionaire Elon Musk. Speaking after the government announced a national inquiry into grooming gangs, Phillips, who serves as safeguarding minister, claimed that Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and shadow home secretary Chris […]
Starmer urged to ‘change course’ as disability cuts could see 1.3m claimants lose out
More than 1.3 million people claiming Personal Independence Payments (Pip) are at risk of losing support under new government rules, according to an analysis by the Liberal Democrats. Research conducted by the Lib Dems, based on government data issued in response to a written parliamentary question, reveals that 1.1 million standard-rate Pip claimants and 200,000 […]
Rachel Reeves: Reform UK ‘tough on workers, tough on patients but soft on Putin’
The chancellor has claimed Reform UK is “tough on workers, tough on patients but soft on Putin”. Delivering a speech to the GMB union conference in Brighton on Tuesday, Rachel Reeves said that Nigel Farage is “not on the side of the heroic people of Ukraine”. The attack came as the chancellor unveiled a £14.2 […]
Winter fuel payment cut was not a mistake, insists Ed Miliband
Cutting the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners last July was not a “mistake”, Ed Miliband has insisted, despite the government now having set out the details of its U-turn on the policy. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning, Miliband was asked repeatedly about chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to change […]
Keir Starmer unveils AI tool to ‘transform’ planning system and speed up housebuilding
The prime minister has unveiled a new AI-powered tool designed to slash planning delays by digitising England’s “outdated”, paper-reliant system and help accelerate the building of 1.5 million new homes. Speaking at the start of London Tech Week on Monday, Keir Starmer announced the launch of “Extract”, an AI assistant developed by the government with […]
Green Party cannot ‘outshout Reform UK’, say leadership candidates Chowns and Ramsay
The Green Party will never be able to “outshout” Reform UK, joint leadership candidates Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have said. The MPs, both elected to the commons at the 2024 general election, said the Greens could shape the next government in the event of a hung parliament, which would see no party possess an […]
Ministers to address ‘deliberately addictive’ social media algorithms
The government is considering new measures, including a potential “app cap” or “digital curfew” for children, to combat what a minister has described as the “deliberately addictive” nature of social media algorithms. Sir Chris Bryant, the minister of state for data protection and telecoms, confirmed the government is looking at a further package of regulations […]
Scottish Labour by-election win hailed as ‘message to Farage and his mob’
Scottish Labour’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election has been described as a “message to Farage and his mob” by the triumphant candidate. In a result that confounded predictions, Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won the seat from the SNP, formally held by minister Christina McKelvie before she died in March, by a majority […]
Kemi Badenoch ‘increasingly’ supports leaving ECHR as she issues ultimatum
Kemi Badenoch will declare she is “increasingly of the view” that the UK needs to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a significant speech setting out the Conservative Party’s path to a “clear plan”. In an address Friday, the Tory leader will stop short of a firm commitment to withdraw, but will […]
