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Burnham to get briefings from officials on taking over as prime minister

Sir Keir Starmer is offering "access talks" with the civil service to Labour leadership candidates.

Donaldson's first night in prison as downfall shakes NI politics

Donaldson has been told to expect a "lengthy sentence" for a string of child sex crimes, including rape.

Keir Starmer repeatedly failed one test – I know first-hand consequences of his judgment

OPINION - HARVEY PROCTOR: Principled politicians are guided by a set of beliefs, no such luck with our outgoing PM.

Government Spends £1.6 Million Advertising Digital ID Consultation

The Cabinet Office has spent £1.58 million of taxpayer cash advertising Labour’s Digital ID consultation. Labour spent a total of £1,578,482 on paid advertising and promotional activity to promote its public consultation on Digital ID, according to documents uncovered by Guido’s FOI Unit. The main consultation is for over-18s despite Labour lowering the voting age…

Burnham adviser calls for billions of pounds in borrowing for infrastructure

Exclusive: Jim O’Neill, a former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, says government should spend more on major projects The man tapped by Andy Burnham to be his chief economic adviser has called for billions of pounds more borrowing to pay for investment in infrastructure, in a sign of how Burnham may seek to break from the policies pursued by Keir Starmer. Jim O’Neill, an economist and former minister, said he wanted the government to create an independent body for infrastructure spending along

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UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told

Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee The British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia in Sudan’s civil war as far back as 2024 but did not go public with the news for fear of upsetting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a parliamentary committee will hear. In May 2024, officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel

Farage says £5m gift spending details 'not public's business'

Rival parties have raised concerns over the gift received by the Reform UK leader before he became an MP.

Nationalist group leaders agree to stop hoisting St George’s flags in Oxfordshire

Representatives of Raise the Colours appeared in court after local council accused them of intimidating staff Leaders of the nationalist group Raise the Colours have agreed to stop hoisting England flags from lamp-posts in Oxfordshire after the local authority sought a high court injunction against the campaign. Ryan Bridge, Ben Cullen and Trudy Wells told the high court on Tuesday they would not raise St George’s flags from Oxfordshire county council property, encourage others to do so or imped

What does Burnham's appointment of ex-Blair minister mean?

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Montblanc pens to Le Creuset ramekins: police photos show Peter Murrell’s spending habit

Haul found is only a fraction of what the former SNP chief executive bought using embezzled party money The white police evidence tags on the unused Montblanc pens, picnic sets, Le Creuset ramekins and the chrome Alessi teapot tell a story of a compulsive, often secretive shopaholic. The £2,400 Smythson two-person tea set, complete in a beige picnic box, was found in a cupboard, unused, as were jewellery boxes and leather-bound writing folders. There were 11 Montblanc pens, with a white gold ver

Reeves Selects Economist Jonathan Haskel as New OBR Chairman

Reeves announced Professor Jonathan Haskel as her nominated candidate for the Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility: “Professor Haskel is a Professor of Economics at Imperial College London. His research focuses on productivity and growth, and he has held senior roles across academia, public policy and independent oversight. He served as an External Member…