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Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog

Rebels put forward amendments to courts bill in attempt to stop government plans to cut back on jury trials Labour MPs are hoping to hijack plans to cut back on jury trials in England and Wales by proposing specialist courts for sexual offences with fixed dates for trial. While those behind the amendment want to block the wider plan to stop thousands of cases being potentially eligible for jury trials, a measure ministers insist is needed to cut court backlogs, they say the specialist courts alo

Three UK pubs saved from liquidation - but owner gives 1 big warning

EXCLUSIVE: The group's director says 'the cost of everything keeps rising whilst no support is ever given to hospitality'.

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Starmer risks Trump's fury over NATO remark as he says alliance is 'in America's interest'

Donald Trump has suggested the US may leave NATO after accusing allies of lack of support in Iran.

Not just about Gaza: the Muslim voters turning from Labour to the Greens

Campaigning in Newcastle before next month’s local elections shows the rise of the far right, the climate and cost of living are concerning voters as much as the Middle East Mohammed Suleman, a self-described “straight-talking Geordie”, doesn’t love politics. The taxi driver and businessman prefers to focus on community initiatives. But when the time came, he voted Labour as the lesser of two evils. Then came the war in Gaza. Continue reading...

Healey: Starmer Went to the Gulf ‘To Scope Discussions’ on Iran

John Healey has summarised Starmer’s trip to the Middle East as ‘scoping work’ during a televised interview this morning. Meetings, meetings… The Defence Secretary talked up Starmer’s role in changing Britain’s posture at the London Defence Conference: “I thought that was a really important speech um and a very important sort of declaration of first…

Starmer says he’s ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s actions pushing up energy bills for Britons – UK politics live

Prime minister explicitly blames US president for British consumers’ higher bills as he concludes tour of Gulf states Good morning. Keir Starmer is wrapping up his three-day tour of Gulf states today, and we are starting some conclusions. What we have not got is any sort of plan for a resolution of the Iran war; Starmer is not one of the main protagonists in this conflict, what he has said publicly about his talks with Gulf leaders has consisted largely of platitudes, we still have no idea about

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right

Do we look like if attacked, we would fight back and win? The bully only ever picks on the weak looking kid in the playground. Now is the time to listen to the US President. The post Anne-Marie Trevelyan: On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right appeared first on Conservative Home.

Why a push to transform UK military is a 'fiasco'

A multimillion-pound push by the defence secretary to transform how the UK rearms and fights is a "fiasco", with too much focus on changing structures instead of preparing for war, according to interviews and conversations with a dozen defence sources.

Farage 'leading culture war' with Kanye comments, Harriet Harman says

Former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has accused Nigel Farage of "leading a culture war" after his response to the government's decision to bar Kanye West from the UK.

Nigel Farage brands Zack Polanski 'utterly absurd' over infuriating war on UK tradition

Zack Polanski has called for horse racing to be banned - just as millions prepare to watch the Grand National - Nigel Farage brands his views "cranky nonsense."

Three Russian submarines targeted UK cables, defence secretary says

Three Russian submarines were detected by the UK in the North Atlantic loitering over critical undersea cables, the defence secretary said.