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UK to enter talks to join £78bn EU loan scheme for Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer will meet leaders at the European Political Community summit in Armenia on Monday.

Helplines swamped as new rental laws with £40k fines spark alarm among ‘fearful’ landlords

EXCLUSIVE: The National Residential Landlords Association received record call numbers ahead of the start of the new law.

Reform UK vows to prioritise Green Party areas for migrant detention centres

Nigel Farage's Party has unveiled fresh policy ahead of the May 7 local elections.

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

Deputy leader plays down leadership talk and says party must focus on long-term challenges rather than personnel Labour’s deputy leader has warned there will be “no magic bullet” to solve Labour’s problems – or major challenges facing the country – as its MPs grapple with how to navigate the fallout out from the local elections. Lucy Powell told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency” from Labour MPs in the aftermath of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the

Investment or waste? How the M4 relief road plan for Newport sums up Wales’s economic quandary

As potentially seismic Senedd elections loom, competing parties have differing visions of how to reinvigorate the economy It is afternoon rush hour on the M4 and drivers are yet again making slow progress around the city of Newport, often seen as the gateway to south Wales given its location between Cardiff and Bristol. Cars and lorries are stuck in gridlocked traffic in both directions on the approach to the Brynglas tunnels, where the road narrows to two lanes in each direction, while flashing

Scotland to be hit by massive political earthquake - who will be the biggest winners?

Labour is tumbling in the polls as anger over Sir Keir Starmer boils over north of the border

More farming co-operatives could ‘unleash growth’ in UK, finds report

Greater agricultural collaboration can improve food security and resilience to global crises, says policy paper Agricultural co-operatives could “unleash growth” in the UK and improve national food security in the face of crises such as the Middle East conflict by “improving the resilience of UK farms”, according to a report. The policy paper produced by the Co-operative party, which backs influential Labour MPs including Steve Reed and Jonathan Reynolds, calls for “a shift in perspective, not a

Zack Polanski warns against banning London pro-Palestine protest

Green leader also says he would discourage ‘globalise the intifada’ chant but outlawing it would restrict free speech UK politics live – latest updates Zack Polanski has said he would discourage pro-Palestine protesters from using the chant “globalise the intifada”, but the Green party leader warned against specifically outlawing the phrase or banning a protest planned in London later this month. Speaking earlier in the weekend, Keir Starmer called for “tougher action” against marchers using t

Heidi Alexander: People Who Think We Should Have a Leadership Election Should Give Their Heads a Wobble

Angela Rayner is spitting blood - she's just blown her one shot at power

The Labour leadership election is hotting up. And ‘Red Ange' is ready to explode.

Polanski ‘not fit to lead a party’ after Golders Green tweet, says minister – UK politics live

Heidi Alexander criticises Green leader over retweet of post suggesting police used excessive force when arresting suspect Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, has said Zack Polanski’s retweeting of a post suggesting the police used excessive force when they arrested the suspect in the Golders Green attack last week was “disgusting” and “absolutely abhorrent” as she claimed he was not “fit to lead a political party”. Polanski ret

Labour minister blasts MPs over plot to oust Keir Starmer: 'Give heads a wobble!'

The Transport Secretary said that Labour mutineers plotting to oust Keir Starmer need to "give their heads a gentle wobble".