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Keir Starmer under fire as Mandelson scandal explodes with bombshell files released -- Follow our live blog for the latest political updates.

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'Beggars belief' - fury mounts over Starmer handing Mandelson £75K

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Keir Starmer wrecks the UK's world standing – yet they think Ed Miliband is the answer

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Zack Polanski doubled down on claim he could increase breast size with hypnotherapy

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Nigel Farage erupts as Winston Churchill to be replaced on banknotes - 'woke!'

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ANALYSIS - Keir Starmer's Peter Mandelson crisis enters a dangerous new stage

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Keir Starmer knew about Peter Mandelson and 'nobody will ever trust PM again'

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Mandelson appointment 'weirdly rushed' despite Epstein links, explosive dossier reveals - Bombshell documents show Downing Street advisers questioning the speed of the process in giving...

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Union slashes Labour's funding by £500k in furious bin strike row

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Peter Mandelson crisis shows Keir Starmer is just playing at being a real Prime Minister

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Green Party councillor liked Facebook posts praising assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei

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Disgraced Peter Mandelson demanded over £500,000 payout from taxpayers

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Bombshell letter confirms Tony Blair met with 'friend close to Andrew' Epstein

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Starmer on the brink as bombshell Mandelson files show he was warned of Epstein links -- Mandelson's links to Epstein were well known by government figures at the time of his...

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With halfwits like Ed Miliband in charge, it's no surprise UK has no serious energy policy -- OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: For years Britain has had some of the highest energy prices in the...

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Keir Starmer slapped down by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle after furious PMQs row -- Prime Minister told to answer questions instead of asking the Conservatives what they would do...

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Labour scraps law saying both parents matter in child's life -- Tories slam ministers for ditching a 'common-sense principle without evidence'

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Fury as Winston Churchill to be removed from £5 notes

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State pension triple lock saves pensioners AGAIN - but Iran war could kill it for good

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Labour expels final hereditary peers to complete Tony Blair's unfinished revolution

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It's a ewe-turn! Labour backs down on migrant visas so sheep can get a haircut

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Labour FINALLY bans pro-Iran Al Quds Day march – 'no place in our society' -- Crackdown comes after Met Police urged Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to act

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Nigel Farage explodes at Keir Starmer as special relationship in tatters -- America and the world are "losing respect" for the UK following our weak response to the war in...

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Nightmare day for Keir Starmer as Peter Mandelson scandal explodes again -- The scandal over Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador continues

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Panicking Rachel Reeves hit with new hammer blow - now she's completely out of excuses - We're in trouble, and the chancellor knows it. War in Iran could wreck the fragile UK economy.

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Starmer times Mandelson file drop to dodge PMQs, say furious MPs

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Pro-Iran 'hate march' banned in London over 'serious public disorder' risk

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Keir Starmer humiliated over fuel duty increase in tax nightmare at PMQs

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Labour MP took £2,400 from husband's firm weeks before his China 'spy' arrest

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves slammed over 'Retirement Tax' pensions bombshell

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Labour votes to scrap jury trials - but backbench MPs rebel against David Lammy -- Jury trials are one step closer to being scrapped in many cases after Labour MPs voted 304-203...

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Zack Polanski mocked for saying he'd 'build a relationship' with Putin -- The Green Party leader says he would seek to build a relationship with Vladimir Putin despite...

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Reform UK issues huge update on plans to fix housebuilding crisis -- Insurgent party names new appointment who will fix chaotic system 'clogged up' with delays

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Keir Starmer conscription blunder - no one will fight after shocking threat to veterans -- Who would risk their life for a country like Britain, led by a man like Keir Starmer?

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Rachel Reeves 'decides to clobber motorists to get Labour out of its own mess'

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Stop Labour's Retirement Tax - Your Express demands Rachel Reeves reverses cruel injustice

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Second-class service as Royal Mail delivers staggering 220m letters late – 'get a grip!'

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Labour warned to 'keep its hands off people's savings' over new pensions plan

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How your MP voted on Labour's plan to cut jury trials -- Check which way your representative chose on controversial changes to court system

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Iran war sparks rural UK meltdown as oil prices surge by staggering 100% -- Hardship a 'daily reality' as 1.5m British homes not on the mains gas grid are hammered by shock...

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Keir Starmer shamed by ex-Navy commander as French humiliate UK -- EXCLUSIVE: A former Navy commander said it's "pretty grim to watch" France send an armada to the...

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Keir Starmer chips away at UK reputation no matter the cost – Labour are pandering

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Hypocritically vile Keir Starmer says misogyny is everywhere – he should start with No10

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Keir Starmer panic as leftie coalition set to cause Labour meltdown -- A hard-Left election coalition could cause carnage for Labour in the May elections, an expert...

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ANALYSIS -- I watched Nigel Farage at a petrol station – he has one amazing talent Keir Starmer lacks

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Keir Starmer's Love Actually moment against Donald Trump fails – PM is no Hugh Grant

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OPINION - Reform Wales will scrap scourge of motorists Labour lumped us with

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See how your MP voted as social media ban for under 16s rejected in Commons

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Keir Starmer faces fight of his life - but he's attacking completely the wrong man

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Corbyn-Galloway-Polanski pact threatens Starmer's Labour with utter catastrophe

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Nigel Farage vows to 'shame' Rachel Reeves as he makes major Reform pledge -- Follow our live blog for the latest political updates.

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Keir Starmer's doe-eyed crush on the EU has left him blind - he just doesn't get it -- OPINION AARON NEWBURY: Prime Minister is so besotted with Brussels he fails to understand the...

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Keir Starmer faces nightmare local election defeat in own backyard -- Polling expert highlighted potential peril for the Prime Minister over his local council

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves is making one choice that will make Britons poorer

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Motorists told to make key change to driving style after £2 a litre petrol price warnings

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Rachel Reeves torn apart in Commons for 'gross mismanagement' after Iran update -- Tories warn that Chancellor's decisions have left Britain 'more vulnerable' to the economic...

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People facing postcode lottery for social care with families 'left in limbo'

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Rachel Reeves makes dire announcement for UK economy - and you will pay

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'Last thing we need!' Diversity campaigner to lead new 'anti-jobs regulator'

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Nigel Farage issues dire one-word verdict on Starmer's relationship with Trump

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Keir Starmer ripped apart by barrister over 'shameful' act – 'simply staggering' -- 'Heartbreaking' changes to jury trials spark furious resignation as Labour faces embarrassing...

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Keir Starmer 'risks inhibiting free speech' with new Islamophobia ruling -- Concerns raised about the new definition of anti-Muslim hate

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OPINION - Starmer's humiliation complete as HMS Dragon STILL not left for Cyprus – three reasons why - In a not-so-shocking development, Sir Keir's weasel words weren't enough.

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I was a senior UK diplomat – why I finally quit 'woke' Foreign Office

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Nigel Farage can't afford to fall into this Donald Trump-shaped trap

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Moment Nick Ferarri explodes at LBC caller in on-air clash over 'grovelling' Starmer - LBC host Nick Ferrari clashed live on air with a caller over the Prime Minister and Donald Trump.

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Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Kemi Badenoch demands U-turn over 5p petrol price rise

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Fury as Greens say they will force every UK dog owner to have 1 thing

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'Severe' punishment facing Brits refusing conscription as ex-NATO boss fears 'WW3 close'

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Lib Dem expenses fury as MP bills taxpayers £123 for ear defenders

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Deluded Rachel Reeves doesn't want to answer one question – she's like a broken record

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Keir Starmer breaks silence on 'special relationship' with US after Trump savages PM

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ANALYSIS - Liberal Democrat Ed Davey has launched a shameful plot to drag the King into politics - Voters may agree with Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey about the Iran war - but he shouldn't...

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Keir Starmer's Brexit 'betrayal' to shackle UK businesses to EU rulebook - 'disaster!' -- Ministers have urged British firms to prepare for the changes, arguing it will make trade with...

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Starmer's Brexit betrayal set to hammer thousands of UK businesses: 'Absolute disaster' -- Sir Keir Starmer's "reset" with the European Union has once again been declared a "Brexit betrayal".

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40,000 demand Khan quits after he stonewalled nine times on grooming gangs

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OPINION - Weak Starmer is out of his depth – every tinpot dictator knows can they walk all over him

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Ministers unveil plans to clamp down on extremists in Britain -- The charity regulator's powers will be strengthened to close down charities that promote extremism.

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Politics LIVE: Starmer issues major warning about UK economy amid Middle East crisis

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Mother of murdered teen Brianna Ghey urges MPs to back under 16 social media ban

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Children are losing their mental health to smartphones

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Rachel Reeves is taxing village pubs to death – even a Soviet commissar would blush

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OPINION - The four-letter word that sums up Labour's Iran war stance – it's not complimentary - Col Richard Kemp, a former British Army commander, on the Government's response to the Middle...

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Keir Starmer 'utterly humiliated' Britain with failings in Middle East conflict -- Prime Minister scrambles to mend relations with Donald Trump in Sunday crisis call about the...

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Keir Starmer speaks with Donald Trump for first time since blistering attacks on PM -- US president holds call with Prime Minister just a day after latest brutal insult over Iran conflict

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UK declared 'hostage' to global events which 'punish' Britons amid Middle East conflict

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Backbench MPs draw up bombshell plan to stop small boats in new headache for Starmer

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Yvette Cooper grilled in Sky News clash over Donald Trump - Sky News' Trevor Phillips grilled the Foreign Secretary on his show on Sunday morning

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Kemi Badenoch plots huge reshuffle as she threatens to chop 'dead wood'

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Mum whose sons were killed by their father wins historic change in the law to save lives

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Keir Starmer's weakness is putting us all at risk from Iran - the threat is here in the UK

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Wheels coming off the Lib Dem bandwagon only means one thing for Ed Davey

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Veteran Brexit warrior Kate Hoey sets her deal breaker for joining Nigel Farage's Reform

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Women's health has stalled under Labour – Wes Streeting is all style and no substance

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Reform storms to double by-election victory as it bounces back from Gorton defeat -- Nigel Farage's party scoops two new seats but is rocked by an uncharacteristic Labour success

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Reform UK's Richard Tice joins his fiancée in a 'strangely normal' Dubai -- Deputy leader didn't cancel his trip when he saw images of destruction and he is looking forward...

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Labour accused of cutting defence spending in wartime -- There is alarm at a forecast fall in day to day defence spending at a time when there is war in...

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Grand plan unveiled to get pot smokers and e-scooters off Britain's pavements

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Rachel Reeves 40 per cent tax will raise half what she hoped - and cost jobs

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Rachel Reeves in flames – just as she thought worst was over it's all blown up in her face -- For a moment, it looked as if the Chancellor might get lucky for once. Fat chance now.

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Boris Johnson told Reform UK defector he 'broke his heart'

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Labour 'failing to ensure basic English standards across key parts of health service'

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Girls are being made to 'hate themselves" while "boys are being fed porn and violence'

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Fury as £18bn welfare hike could pay for 15 Navy frigates or 250,000 soldiers

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Patients and staff endangered by 'truly horrifying' sexual assaults in NHS hospitals -- Hospitals should be the 'very place where people should feel protected and safe' but there is...

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Denmark ignored woke nonsense on immigration - here's why Britain should do the same -- OPINION: Immigration without integration doesn't work and the government needs to understand that.

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Britain could be pothole-free nation if councils unlock billions sitting in bank accounts -- Potholes 'threaten life and limb' but there is enough cash to fix more than 50 millino

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Fury as 'rip off' goods and services cost UK consumers £71bn in just one year

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The one politician who can turn from 'badass to charming' in the blink of an eye

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Donald Trump's words on Starmer cut deep - what has our once great nation become? OPINION - NICK FERRARI: No matter how resolute the Prime Minister attempts to act, we know the...

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Labour tears itself apart in bitter migration row – the anger is palpable

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Britain to get an 'anti-Muslim hostility tsar' under new Labour plans

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Labour blasted for splashing eye-watering £4.5m on advertising campaign for EVs

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Keir Starmer 'getting it wrong' on key issue – 'risks losing public's trust'

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RAF jets could strike Iran missile sites as David Lammy issues huge update

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Fury as Labour wastes £270,000 on 'vegan' diet research while farm closures hit new record

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Gutless Keir Starmer has gravely diminished us – like Dad's Army on steroids -- OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: To do this so publicly has been utterly humiliating for Brits.

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Holiday hotspot loved by Brits named 'one of safest spaces in Spain if WW3 erupts' -- As the Middle East descends into chaos holiday-loving Brits will be pleased to learn that a...

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Keir Starmer's contempt over grooming gang fears show PM's real attitude towards women -- OPINION - SAM LISTER: What a fascinating insight into Starmer's mind he has given us by...

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UK's 'Billionaires' Row' houses linked to hardliner tipped to take over Iran

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Lee Anderson furiously erupts at Labour over new migrant plan – 'this is disgraceful!'

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Huge police update on Peter Mandelson investigation after Epstein revelations -- Metropolitan Police officers reveal latest on probe after peer was arrested over misconduct in...

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Trump's just chosen Britain's next Prime Minister - he's proven Keir Starmer is finished

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Is Shabana Mahmood right to deport asylum seeker children?

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Labour splashes cash on celebrity podcast ads as youth unemployment hits 11-year high

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New car tax change to hit drivers in UK city if your car is too heavy

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CIA spy's chilling one-word verdict on chances of WW3 after Iran conflict -- In a lively discussion three experts analysed the US and Israeli attacks, covering everything...

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OPINION - Labour and Tories have ensured that Britain's humiliation is complete - This week our utter impotence has been confirmed.

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Keir Starmer shows his true colours on Iran - and makes UK a laughing stock -- Britain's Prime Minister has finally decided to get tough on the Ayatollahs. It's a truly...

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Good Morning Britain viewers left reeling over 'painful' David Lammy interview

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David Lammy in brutal Sky News grilling over Iran - 'are you embarrassed?'

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Brits describe terror after bungled evacuation from war-torn Gulf as first UK plane lands - The first government-chartered flight bringing Britons home has landed at Stansted

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Nigel Farage jetting to Florida amid plummeting UK/US relations

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Zack Polanski branded a 'disgrace' for two 'sinister' reasons

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Trump demands right to pick Iran's next leader because Khamenei's son is a 'lightweight'

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Incredible moment even Fiona Bruce is shocked at how left-wing Question Time audience is

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'Starmer has failed!' Badenoch tears apart weak PM for abandoning British allies

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Watch moment Nigel Farage explodes at 'coward' Keir Starmer after latest Iran update

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Labour MP suspended after husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China -- The MP said she has "voluntarily" suspended herself from the Labour whip "until internal...

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POLL - Has Keir Starmer allowed the UK Armed Forces to become a laughing stock? A former military chief says the Navy alone is in a 'parlous' state amid a fierce political row...

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Nigel Farage has just met his match – and nobody saw it coming -- Nigel Farage is a happy man right now. Reform UK is topping the polls and preparing for government.

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Leaked WhatsApp messages show furious Labour civil war erupt over migrant plans

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Trump gives Starmer brutal new nickname as special relationship over

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Zack Polanski 'laughed' at Churchill vandalism fury – then voted AGAINST condemning it -- Green leader voted against London Assembly motion after the iconic monument was shamefully defaced

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Five things you need to know about Keir Starmer's Iran press conference

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Fury as Labour accused of handing illegal migrants £40k 'reward'

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OPINION - Kemi Badenoch to make major announcement on boosting defence budget

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I was in the room when Starmer tried to fight back - now Trump relationship is in chaos

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Labour's risky migration gamble is about to leave UK borders painfully exposed -- ANALYSIS: Radical changes are meant to ward off attacks from Nigel Farage and the Greens, but...

6 days ago

Watch awkward moment Keir Starmer squirms over question on Trump's Churchill blast -- The Prime Minister was asked by journalists about the US President's brutal attacks on him over...

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Keir Starmer deploys Typhoon jets to fight Middle East conflict -- Move will 'strengthen our defensive operations in Qatar and across the region', says PM

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Elk dung Ed Miliband may as well be Kremlin asset for all the good he does Britain

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Emily Thornberry holds Keir Starmer's beer as he drags UK to a new low

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Nigel Farage predicts 'end of Keir Starmer' as Labour hurdles towards monumental loss - Reform UK leader launches insurgent party's manifesto for Wales in elections set to finish...

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Labour claims Nigel Farage plans would send migrants to their deaths in incendiary attack

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Migrant family children to be deported if £40k offer refused

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There are enough threats to democracy already – Labour must not add another

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Nigel Farage has a chance to land a blow that could end Keir Starmer's premiership

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'Starmer is beholden to Islamists!' Top colonel rages at PM for Iran stance

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Ed Miliband strikes again with his loony Left rubbish – he's a danger to Britain

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Small businesses face weekly net zero meetings under Labour's eco-warrior policies -- EXCLUSIVE: Small businesses with just 21 staff could be forced to host weekly union net zero...

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POLL - POLL: Should Keir Starmer apologise to Donald Trump? The dispute centres on Sir Keir's initial refusal to allow the US to use British bases for...

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Kemi Badenoch urges UK to take offensive aciton against Iran -- Kemi Badenoch has slammed Keir Starmer's handling of the Middle East conflict.

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Labour has finally found its war leader – naturally he's fighting for the other side

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OPINION - Nigel Farage was panned for this decision – but it could turn out to be masterstroke

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Keir Starmer caved to Trump on Iran within '48 hours of backing Ed Miliband revolt' -- Starmer stood with Ed Miliband, Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper in blocking US access to British...

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Live-event - 'Dithering' Starmer scrambles as he issues major update on Iran war

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Labour's failure on immigration is maddening – it's drenched in metropolitan snobbery

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Starmer blasted again by Trump in brutal dig as Iran war tensions boil over

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Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Andy Burnham drops new hint after election defeat

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Reform UK council scraps county's net-zero target – 'completely unachievable' -- The council leader said: 'Net zero goals are completely unachievable and unreasonable.'

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Kemi Badenoch skewers Keir Starmer with brutal three-word takedown -- EXCLUSIVE: The Conservative Party leader lashed out at the beleaguered Prime Minister over...

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Sadiq Khan torn apart by Labour defector to Reform in brutal attack -- Leading figure who has jumped ship to Reform UK hit out at the London Mayor

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Criminal migrants face being booted out of hotels and asylum accommodation in radical plan

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Everyone is raging with fury at hapless Keir Starmer – and it's easy to see why

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Labour MP breaks silence after husband David Taylor accused of spying for China - David Taylor, 39, was amongst three men arrested on suspicion of assisting a Chinese...

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'I'm Donald Trump's niece and know his one real motive behind attack on Iran'

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Iran war puts UK on the brink of total economic meltdown – it's bad news for Rachel Reeves

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Nigel Farage declares US-UK special relationship is dead under Starmer after Trump attack

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Keir Starmer humiliated as PM forced to sit down in middle of blazing Badenoch clash

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Keir Starmer defends his actions on Middle East after furious attacks by Donald Trump

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Labour MP's partner 'arrested on suspicion of assisting Chinese spies'

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Kemi Badenoch slams Rachel Reeves in blistering PMQs attack: 'Priorities all wrong!' -- Tory leader takes furious aim at the Chancellor's economic choices during fiery Commons clash

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Keir Starmer warns Middle East conflict 'serious and volatile' after Trump attacks -- Labour leader made the comments in the Commons during Prime Minister's Questions

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ANALYSIS - Keir Starmer faces an impossible choice that could rip Labour in two - Walloped by Donald Trump and beaten at the polls by the Greens, embattled party has to choose...

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OPINION - Weak Keir Starmer is caught in Labour's paralysis for two very worrying reasons

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Nigel Farage unveils bombshell Labour defection to Reform UK

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British supporters of Iran's evil Ayatollah are enemies of the state -- We should be very very cautious of anyone among us who sees the Ayatollah as a holy man and a...

7 days ago

State pensioners given £12,570 warning as 600,000 hit as Rachel Reeves freeze confirmed

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Keir Starmer erupts at Trump as Churchill row between allies explodes

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Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as claim 'we'll all be £1k better off' torn apart

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Rachel Reeves skewered by GMB's Susanna Reid with two-word comparison

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Donald Trump lights a fire under Ed Miliband - now Starmer has a huge decision to make -- As war rages in Iran, Ed Miliband is in the firing line too. And it's his own stupid fault.

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UK to issue bombshell ban on 4 countries - 'migrants exploiting Britain's generosity' -- The Home Office described the suspension as an "unprecedented" step, marking the first time such...

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Keir Starmer has just 'surrendered sovereignty on silver platter' in shameful Brexit reset -- The Prime Minister is facing demands for Parliament to have a vote on future agreements with the...

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