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Let's be clear, he told his audience: We're not here to act as Labour's conscience. We are not here to repair Labour. We are here to replace them. For most of the 100 years in which the Labour party has been the overwhelmingly dominant force in Wales, such talk would have been for the birds.
An Interpol Red Notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition or similar legal proceedings. Recognising this helps the UK public understand the notice's significance and potential influence on international cooperation.
Bangladesh's anti-corruption commission has alleged Siddiq used her relationship with her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to influence the allocation of a plot of state-owned land in Dhaka's Gulshan district to a private company. Siddiq has rejected the claim as baseless and politically motivated.
With these confirmed arrivals on Wednesday, the 2026 total for crossings will exceed 2,000, surpassing numbers recorded at the same point in 2024 and 2025. This surge in crossings is likely to intensify political pressure on the Government to take decisive action regarding border control and asylum processing.
I am sceptical about whether a ban will work, but I am sure we will end up backing a ban, not least because that is the way the politics is heading. In a way it doesn't necessarily matter whether it is universally adhered to or not – a ban is the clearest signal to the industry that we want them to do more to protect young people online.
The emails published by the US government last month suggest the 72-year-old peer gave Epstein advance notice of an imminent 500bn (438bn) bailout to save the ailing euro in 2010. The European Commission spokeswoman told the BBC that, as a member of the Commission, Lord Mandelson had been subject to obligations under a code of conduct.
for the first time in 18 months, Star Sports has staked Labour as most likely to win the general election. Keir Starmer's party have been in the ascendency in the market, said their head of betting, William Kedjanyi, shortening into 13/8 from 15/8 in the past week to supplant Reform at the head of the betting.
I am amazed that while we are trying to talk about student loans, the prime minister has the cheek to talk about my party. Perhaps before he gets on his high horse, perhaps he should ask his backbenchers why they are being called the 'paedo defenders' party.
There was revulsion, she said. There was such an outpouring from people from all backgrounds who came and stood by us. [National Union of Mineworkers'] representatives came to demos. An elderly miner from Newcastle gave me a badge and said: Wear it with pride.
The former prime minister had written that he found it hard to find words to express my revulsion at what has been uncovered about Epstein and his impact on our politics and the time is overdue to let in the light. On Peter Mandelson's alleged leaking of market-sensitive documents to the disgraced financier and sex offender during the financial crisis, Brown was particularly vexed.
The system is now at breaking point for graduates. I believe student loans have become a debt trap. Student loans have become a debt trap, and the system requires urgent reform to address unsustainable interest rates and unfair repayment conditions that burden graduates with excessive debt obligations.
Rob Ford, professor of political science at the University of Manchester, said there was a clear case in principle that what we've seen in the past couple of years is a historically unprecedented dual negative shift in sentiment on immigration.
I am proud to be joining Reform UK as I believe it is the only party serious about fixing the problems facing our country. It is a party that recognises Britain is broken and is offering the bold, common sense plan needed to put it right.
We have a process going through parliament in relation to the treaty. We will bring that back to parliament at the appropriate time. We are pausing for discussions with our American counterparts. With the government scrambling to contain the confusion created by Falconer's comments, sources in the Foreign Office said he had misspoke.
The palace, rebuilt after a fire destroyed it in 1834, is falling apart. There have been 36 fire incidents since 2016. Water leaks, heating failures and sewerage problems plague the heart of this Unesco world heritage site. Fixing Westminster would save money in the long run. An upgrade is also a matter of safety and legacy.
These people are exactly who can help us create change across the public sector giving us the hard truths on our approach to AI and advising where we need to prioritise our investment to support real efficiencies, said Murray, who added that their advice will feed into efficiency processes ahead of the next spending review.
Keir Starmer has opened a formal investigation into a Cabinet Office minister involved in falsely accusing journalists of having links to pro-Russian propaganda. The prime minister's decision follows revelations in the Guardian that Josh Simons, who was running the thinktank Labour Together at the time, was also involved in telling British intelligence officials that another journalist was living with the daughter of a former adviser to Jeremy Corbyn.
