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Labour minister resigns as he issues bombshell exit statement

A Labour minister has announced his resignation.

Minister Josh Simons Resigns Over Labour Smear Scandal

Starmer issued major warning over EU net-zero surrender - ‘blank cheque to Brussels’

Labour MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer to delay negotiations on re-joining the EU scheme as the PM continues to seek closer relations with the bloc.

Plaid Cymru leader pledges to open route to independence for Wales

A Plaid Cymru Welsh government would aim to establish a national commission to explore Wales's constitutional future, including a potential path toward independence, within its first 100 days in office.

Burnham would probably have won by-election, Labour deputy leader says

Lucy Powell tells the BBC that Labour needs to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor.

Burnham would probably have won by-election, Labour deputy leader says

Lucy Powell tells the BBC that Labour needs to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor.

Burnham would ‘probably’ have won byelection, says Labour deputy leader

Lucy Powell calls for party to make more use of Greater Manchester mayor after Gorton and Denton defeat Andy Burnham would have won the Gorton and Denton byelection, Labour’s deputy leader said as she called for the party to make more use of the Greater Manchester mayor. Labour fell to third in the previously rock-solid seat on Thursday, with the Greens winning a fifth seat in parliament and Reform UK coming second. Continue reading...

Rhun ap Iorwerth: Plaid Cymru is ready to ‘lead the charge’ in Wales

Leader launches ‘roadmap’ of first 100 days in power to show party is ready to govern if it wins Senedd elections The leader of Plaid Cymru has described the prospect of leading the next government in Wales as “a heck of a task” but that he senses voters are increasingly driven by their Welsh identity and may be ready for Britain to be “redesigned”. Speaking to the Guardian as he published a glossy 60-page “roadmap” for his party’s first 100 days in government, if it takes power in May, Rhun ap

Fury as Rachel Reeves accused of 'misleading' over mansion tax - 'don't pretend!'

In a message to the Treasury, one council chief said: 'Don't pretend this is about solving council tax problems.'

Labour issued stern warning as tourism and trade costs set to skyrocket

Pub owners fear fewer foreign travellers will spend cash at their bars if it becomes even more expensive to set foot in this country

Iran attack: Keir Starmer's statement in full as he announces 'British planes in the sky'

Sir Keir Starmer called on the Tehran regime to 'cease the appalling violence and repression against the Iranian people'

It’s been decreed: something must be done about student loans in England

The education secretary wants a fairer system and the Tories have leapt in with their own plan – but why now? For anyone who attended university in England in the last 15 or so years, the idea of student loans feeling like some sort of debt trap is hardly news. But three weeks ago, when the journalist Oli Dugmore discussed this on the BBC’s Question Time, it felt like a moment. It was less the size of the initial debt, he explained, than the way above-inflation interest rates meant the interest