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Plenty in Westminster who knew her, whether they agreed with her or not, found her immensely likeable.
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Stronger European welfare states expose a Tory myth. Benefits can enable independence, work and growthSir Stephen Timms, Labour’s minister for social security and disability, is widely acknowledged to be a parliamentary expert on welfare. He has seen the system from almost every angle: as a pensions and Treasury minister under New Labour, a shadow welfare spokesperson, a select committee chair, and now as a government minister. After Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’s ham-fisted att
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Mega-donors are coming under scrutiny after a crypto billionaire based in Thailand gave a £5m gift to Nigel FarageThe question of who funds politicians and political parties – and why they want to give money to get people elected – is an extremely heated one. In principle, UK voters can support their chosen politicians through donations or benefits, as long as those candidates and their parties keep within spending limits during an election period, which is designed to stop powerful interests fr
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A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of Ann Widdecombe, police say.
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The politician was found dead on Thursday, after her last public appearance on TalkTV the day before.
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The new PM will need a superb foreign secretary and the ability to get like-minded countries on board. Early signs suggest he may have the right skillsIt’s all starting to feel very real now. Or so Andy Burnham said on the day he in effect became Britain’s official prime minister-in-waiting; a moment both heady and sobering.The papers are signed, the die cast. Keir Starmer has yet to leave the building, but his party is already talking about him as if he somehow couldn’t hear. On Friday, Burnham
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The prime minister and opposition leader spoke after the police announced a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe.
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Police say they are searching for a suspect in connection with the former MP's death at her home on Dartmoor.
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The deputy prime minister tells the BBC Labour's initial response to the conflict was "problematic".
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There was initially no suggestion of suspicious circumstances when her death was announced on Friday morning.
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A minister says the review is looking at whether some claimants could be pointed to other kinds of help.
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Nigel Farage has billed his byelection as a clash with the powers that be. To wit: Laurence Fox, a naked celebrity and a man with a bin on his headQuick look at the Clacton byelection field as it stands: Nigel Farage, Count Binface, Piers Corbyn, Laurence Fox, some bloke who’s been on Married at First Sight and Dating Naked ... anyway, there’s more, but you get the picture. It’s going to be a long hot summer. By the end of this contest Clacton will be begging to be left behind again.To recap, Re
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From welfare and defence spending to cost of living and geopolitics, we the look at issues leftover from Keir StarmerUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is expected to become prime minister in less than two weeks, and has promised to significantly change Labour’s agenda and deliver better for all parts of the UK.But he will arrive with a bulging in-tray of challenges on multiple fronts and issues leftover from Keir Starmer – from geopolitics to the cost of living. Here is what Burnham
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Former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe has died aged 78.
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As the US president swung between threats to take Greenland and promises of help for Ukraine, pledges of a ‘stronger Nato’ were lost in the windNato leaders survived another nerve-racking summit with Donald Trump and the 77-year-old defence alliance lives to fight another day, proving its durability against Atlantic storms. But it will never feel safe as long as the unpredictable, vengeful and ruthlessly transactional US president is in the White House.As usual, Trump stole all the headlines at
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The by-election is triggered after Nigel Farage MP stood down, but he intends to stand again.
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Amid the allegations about dark money and funding, I have a solution: limit all single donations in a year – from any source – to £100,000It is sobering that Count Binface’s potential victory in the Clacton byelection seems be one of the few ways we can restore any confidence in the integrity of British political decision-making. Faced with questions about the millions he has raked in before and since being elected, Nigel Farage chose to face a byelection rather than face the standards procedure
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Lisa Nandy was speaking as 322 Labour MPs voted to back Burnham, meaning he is likely to become leader.
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Former and current whips reject idea their job is about intimidation as they tell likely next PM consensus is keyWhen Hilary Armstrong was dealing with the biggest challenge in her five and a half years as Labour’s chief whip, Tony Blair was on the brink of invading Iraq.How did she handle Labour MPs who could not bring themselves to support such a decision? “We made sure that people were able to express their conscience but that we would get enough support for the government to get our legislat