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Ed Miliband is living in his own world - but it's working people who will be clobbered

Claire Coutinho asks in what world does it make sense to shut down the North Sea?

Labour urged to ban 'unbearably cruel' foie gras imports in Brexit reset deal

New polling shows the majority of the British public backs a new prohibition

UK will not be drawn into wider war in Middle East, says Keir Starmer

PM’s comments come as he announces support for households reliant on heating oil amid surging costs UK politics live – latest updates The UK will not be drawn into the wider war in the Middle East, Keir Starmer has said, as he announced that households reliant on heating oil to warm their homes would receive £53m of government support to help with their bills. After costs surged following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, lower-income households will get targeted support, while heating oil su

Starmer: Britain Will Not Be Drawn Into the Wider War With Iran

No commitment to send warships to the Strait…

LIVE: Tice Hosts Reform DOGE and Local Government Press Conference

Lewis Norton: Why the Welsh Conservatives are containing ‘devo-scepticism’ and is it sustainable?

Increasingly, there is a sense that the party needs to make a decision on this constitutional question which has been an ever-present issue for nearly three decades. Ultimately, the sustainability of this approach will depend largely on the result the party achieves in May. The post Lewis Norton: Why the Welsh Conservatives are containing ‘devo-scepticism’ and is it sustainable? appeared first on Conservative Home.

£53m for 'vulnerable' households using heating oil after Iran war price spike

"Vulnerable" households using heating oil will get £53m in immediate support funding from the government, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

Scottish parliament to vote on assisted dying bill

MSPs will vote later today on whether to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland.

LIVE: Starmer Hosts Downing Street Press Conference

Expect ‘targeted’ support to the tune of £50 million for households relying on heating oil. And plenty of waffle about supposedly decisive leadership on the Middle East…

Gulf Allies Blast Starmer’s ‘Wholly Inadequate’ Response to Iran War

Gulf allies are unimpressed with Starmer’s plodding response to the Iran war, particularly with the failure to send necessary defensive resources to the region in the opening days of the conflict. The quotes from diplomatic and military sources speaking to Politico: “No. 10 was determined to downplay any risk or perception of us getting involved…

What's worth more: Churchill or a woke badger? Welcome to Britain's banknote culture war | Jonn Elledge

Self-appointed patriots are up in arms about a plan to replace historical figures with cute wildlife. The Bank of England shouldn’t duck this debate One day soon we may finally have an answer to a question that has stumped philosophers through the ages: which is worth more, a beaver or a robin? We might be able to place actual monetary values on barn owls or stags, too. Any one of them could even be considered worth more than Winston Churchill. That’s because the Bank of England has announced th

Rachel Reeves on brink as experts issue horror UK employment warning – '100,000 jobs lost'

Employers are grabbling with spiralling costs linked to tax rises and the conflict in the Middle East.