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Sir Keir Starmer ‘must quickly’ raise defence spending or face ‘swingeing’ military cuts this year | UK News

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP quickly or risk further military cuts this year – especially...

What we’ve learned about her expenses and Labour response

Billy Kenber Politics investigations correspondent Reuters Since BBC News reported on Thursday that Rachel Reeves had exaggerated her online CV and had been investigated over her use...

‘No one raised concerns with me’: Chancellor Rachel Reeves responds to expenses allegations | Politics News

Rachel Reeves states that she never faced any concerns regarding her expenses during her time at HBOS, in response to allegations of an “expenses...

Killer of MP Sir David Amess was ‘exited’ from Prevent ‘too quickly’, review finds | Politics News

The Prevent anti-terror programme review found that the individual who killed MP Sir David Amess was released too quickly. Sir David was fatally stabbed by...

Plan to scrap need for High Court approval

The MP behind the assisted dying bill believes that having experts sign off on cases would strengthen the law rather than relying solely on...

What is Mandelson’s strategy for charming Trumpworld?

Joe Pike Political correspondent PA Media When Labour lost the 2010 election, rising star Ed Miliband was asked whether Peter Mandelson, who had just published a headline-grabbing...

Keir Starmer goes nuclear in the hunt for long-term growth

PA There is a constant beeping sound as we are led through the building. A sign on the wall marks the “Toxic Release Assembly Point,” another...

Is Starmer’s voice coach his Carole Caplin? | Politics News

Is history repeating itself in the row over Sir Keir Starmer’s voice coach Leonie Mellinger? After all, she is not the first person who has...

Tories on Trump trip miss vote

Daniel Davies Political correspondent, BBC Wales News David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Getty Images The leader of the Senedd’s Conservatives and one of his colleagues has missed...

Will school report cards help inform parents? | Politics News

The government has introduced a new grading system for schools, sparking criticism from teaching unions. The traditional one or two-word assessments used in England –...

Fears council shake-up in England could spell end of independent-run areas

Becky Morton Political reporter LGA A major shake-up of local councils in England could spell the end of areas where independents – with no allegiance to major...