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Able Labour politician, often at odds with his party, who became a successful author and columnist.
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Paying tribute, Sir Keir Starmer said Lord Hattersley "was a giant of the Labour movement".
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Lauren Edwards says she will bring the exact same bill which was narrowly passed by the Commons but ran out of time in the Lords.
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The new target hasn't yet been decided, with different numbers under consideration, the BBC understands.
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The Reform UK leader says tenants would have three months to find a new home or face potential deportation.
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White wants endometriosis diagnosis and treatment waiting times to be prioritised by the NHS.
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Touring this bitterly divided constituency, what strikes you most is people want something better. But what exactly? Keir Starmer teeters. The defence secretary exits, and thereby seems to confirm the prime minister’s demise. Andy Burnham scents a final, belated breakthrough, while most of the national talk is of violence, a country in crisis and malaise. And in Platt Bridge, a neighbourhood at the heart of the constituency where the fates of the Labour party, the current government and the coun
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The prime minister is expected to announce measures on protecting teenagers online on Monday.
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Prime minister says British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morningGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, has said.Royal Marine commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a s
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Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EUAs the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, the verdict on Britain’s economic performance is clear: voting to leave has resulted in severe costs for households and businesses.The immediate recession predicted in the Treasury forecasts ordered by George Osborne – dubbed “project fear” by the Leave campaign – did not happen. The impact from the Covid pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Iran,
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The new defence secretary tells the Sunday Telegraph he is determined to ensure the military gets "what they need".
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The walkout had been due to start at 07:00 BST on Monday and last all week.
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Father of a teenager who took her own life after viewing harmful content says plans appear to have been brought forward for a "political reason".
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Allies of the former defence secretary claim the Treasury tried to shut down the idea.
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A 2% levy on fortunes above £100m – with no exemptions – could begin to reverse decades of rising inequalityAndy Burnham and Wes Streeting have sought to blunt the Green leader Zack Polanski’s popularity with a hint that a government run by either of them, should they win a Labour leadership race, would favour a tax of some kind on the wealthy.With SpaceX’s stock market launch on Friday sending Elon Musk’s fortune to the stars, it is clear to most people that the world’s super-rich are running a
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John Healey's resignation as defence secretary is a disaster for the prime minister, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will workOwnership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political talking point around the world, as countries seek to assert some control of a technology dominated by the US and China.London Tech Week, the showcase event for the UK tech industry, focused heavily on that theme this week. A government keen to show it has a growth story, and an assertive narrative
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The prime minister was keen in a BBC interview to erect the highest bar he could to any wannabe successors triggering a leadership contest.
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After a week of violence and discord, this is clear: some politicians know images supersede inconvenient facts. And Labour has no good responseWhen voters in Makerfield head to the polls next week, their decision, as is increasingly the case across the nation, may come down to this: whether to be more swayed by a hopeful vision of the UK or by a narrative that defines the country as little more than the most shocking thing they have seen on their phone that day.That quandary has been sharpened b