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Starmer says some pro-Palestine marches could be stopped

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested some pro-Palestine marches could be stopped because of their impact on the UK's Jewish community.

Call to scrap 'outdated and unaffordable' triple lock

The pensions triple lock should be scrapped, Sir Tony Blair's thinktank has said.

How the UK's terror threat levels work

Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.

PM in 'precarious position' amid 'unwise' reshuffle rumours

It's "unwise" for Downing Street not to shut down talk of a cabinet reshuffle if the local elections go badly for Labour, the party's former deputy leader has said.

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Leasehold ban 'unlikely to come into force' before next general election, housing minister says

It's "highly likely" the ban on new leasehold properties won't come into force until the next parliament, Matthew Pennycook has said.

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Starmer's top team split over whether PM should carry out reshuffle next month

Keir Starmer's inner team is split over whether the prime minister should carry out a reshuffle after the May elections in the wake of the Mandelson crisis engulfing this government.

'My prime minister' - the King's charm helps steady US-UK relations

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Ajax armoured vehicle trials will be 'proceeding cautiously', minister says

Trials of the Army's Ajax armoured vehicle will be "proceeding cautiously" after they were halted last year, a defence minister has said.

'Profiting from crisis morally wrong', says Millband as BP announces huge rise in earnings

The oil and gas producing giant BP has recorded a more than doubling of profits as it benefits from high prices from the Iran war.

We will restrict social media for under-16s, government confirms

"Some form of age or functionality restriction" on social media for under-16s will be imposed, the education minister has said.