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Britain is now a hub of instability – there's one reason why and rot set in with a Tory PM

OPINION - TIM NEWARK: Britain has become the new Italy... without the ice cream!

PM to push ahead with controversial defence plan despite resignation

The government says it is still planning to publish the spending proposals before a Nato Summit on 7 July.

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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

Rob Marston: Looking after our veterans is part of looking after our national security

We cannot ask more of our Armed Forces without doing more for those who have served. If we want future generations to join the Armed Forces, they must be shown that they will be properly supported when their service ends. The post Rob Marston: Looking after our veterans is part of looking after our national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

Reader Q&A: ask Rafael Behr your questions now

It’s 10 years since Brexit – and it’s also another one of those weeks in British politics … Guardian columnist Rafael Behr will be here at 5pm to answer your questions about Burnham, Starmer, Brexit and more. Sign up here to join the discussion and post your questions Welcome to our latest Q&A with a Guardian journalist. Raf will be joining us at 5pm. We have originally asked him to take questions about Brexit as we mark 10 years since the UK’s vote to leave the EU. But … you may well have que

Labour Civil War as Reeves Insists Outgoing Starmer Government Will Force Defence Plan Through

Reeves in the Commons: “I am confident that the new defence investment plan will be published before the Nato Ankara summit. It will involve more money spent more effectively and will meet the scale of challenges facing our country.” That means just before Burnham’s entry to Downing Street. Team Andy is furious… One Burnham MP…

Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched

Adopting an open, market-based approach could offer a refreshing alternative to the status quo. The future can be a great one - only if the Brexit opportunities are embraced. The political party that does could very well win the next General Election. The post Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched appeared first on Conservative Home.

‘I feel entirely vindicated’: three Guardian columnists debate Brexit and its legacy | Aditya Chakrabortty, Polly Toynbee and Simon Jenkins

Ten years on, our writers met to reflect on whether leaving the EU has made the UK richer or more racist – and how the union is doing without us Read more from the Brexit Vote: 10 Years On series Aditya: I have three distinct memories of that entire period: the sense of anger, the sense of the confusion in Westminster and then, afterwards, this quick curdling into a really base form of racism. I remember reporting around south Wales and the north-east of England and then coming back into Londo

From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts

The PM said in May that ‘stories beat spreadsheets’, but what does the data tell us about his time in office? Keir Starmer is to step down as prime minister after just two years in office. Despite promising an end to Conservative sleaze and scandal, much political bandwidth towards the end of his time in No 10 was taken up by the fallout surrounding his appointment as US ambassador of Peter Mandelson, who had a close relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading

The shoddy move that could become Andy Burnham's 'winter fuel moment'

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Andy Burnham supporters divided over who should be his chancellor

Briefing war breaks out between advocates for Wes Streeting and those close to Ed Miliband Andy Burnham’s supporters are divided over who should be his chancellor, with a briefing war breaking out between advocates of the former health secretary Wes Streeting and those close to the energy secretary Ed Miliband. Some of those advising the Makerfield MP are urging him to choose Streeting if he becomes prime minister, in a bid to reassure the business community and fossil fuel industry. Continue r