UK politics

UK politics

Sir Ed Davey has urged Sir Keir Starmer to sue Donald Trump for $100 billion, claiming the former US President has "damaged our country". Speaking at the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference in Edinburgh, the Kingston & Surbiton MP launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump - branding him "the most dangerous, damaging US President of modern times". My advice to Keir Starmer is to sue Donald Trump for $100billion for the damage he's caused to Scotland and our country. It's the only language he understands.

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The Prime Minister has been told he is making Britain look "unreliable and weak" after reportedly denying US forces access to British bases. This move could impact potential strikes on Iran and influence international perceptions. Military leaders' warning about the decision underscores the seriousness of the situation, encouraging the audience to recognise the importance of strong defence policies for national safety.

More than 200,000 people living legally in the UK are on the 10-year route to settled status, which requires legal migrants to renew 30-month visas four times at a cost of 3,908.50 including healthcare costs per renewal before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR). Under proposals by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, if people have used public funds, even in work, the wait would double to 20 years.

Last year, No 10 took an unprecedented step: it invited content creators to cross the threshold of Downing Street. Naturally, the creators all filmed themselves outside the famous door. Once inside, their most treasured possessions, their phones, were taken from them and exchanged for government-approved devices, so they could continue to take photos and record video without breaching security guidelines.

Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, authorities said. In a statement about the arrest, police cited emails allegedly showing that the former prince may have forwarded confidential trade documents to Epstein. The latest batch of Epstein files include photos that show Mountbatten-Windsor kneeling over a woman lying on the floor. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied wrongdoing in connection with his relationship with Epstein.

The party's newly-appointed Shadow Chancellor, Robert Jenrick, delivered a keynote speech in London outlining policies aimed at tackling what he described as the "ballooning benefits bill" and the "managed decline" under Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Jenrick said Reform UK would reinstate in-person assessments and require clinical diagnoses to prevent misuse of disability benefits.

No-one in this borough is more angry with this prime minister than me.

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substantive claim to judicial review alleges procedural unfairness in the processes of ICGS, as well as perversity and illegality

the UK's child poverty rate in recent years will be revised down

a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Campaigners have urged airlines deporting asylum seekers to France as part of the UK's controversial one in, one out scheme to stop facilitating the cruel and forced deportations. Letters have been sent by 28 refugee and human rights NGOs on both sides of the Channel to four airlines believed to be involved with deportation flights Air France, Titan airways, AlbaStar airlines and Corendon airlines urging them to halt what signatories call shameful involvement with the flights.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles III and formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was arrested on February 19 under suspicion of misconduct in public office. Mountbatten-Windsor's ties to Jeffrey Epstein have long been a subject of speculation and scrutiny, and he was stripped of his titles last fall ahead of the release of the posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, who had once sued Mountbatten-Windsor for alleged sexual assault.