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Evening Standard - Politics

Trump pauses Iran energy strikes raising hope of end to war

1 hour ago

PM reassures Londoners: Iran missiles fired at city would be shot down

38 minutes ago

Swinney warns Starmer against 'slide into offensive war' in Iran

28 minutes ago

Starmer holds emergency cost-of-living meeting amid soaring prices

2 hours ago

Government to fund replacement of four Jewish community ambulances

1 hour ago

Donald Trump shares Saturday Night Live UK skit mocking Prime Minister

15 hours ago

British man jailed in Iran criticises Government for abandonment in war zone

3 hours ago

Keir Starmer to chair Cobra meeting after Donald Trump call on Iran crisis

6 hours ago

British expats risk drones in Dubai rather than tax bills in London

7 hours ago

Keir Starmer to hold Cobra meeting as Iran war economic fears grow

13 hours ago

Mother with cancer calls for reform of 'unfair' school places policy

13 hours ago

Do not hammer families with massive passport price hike, SNP tells Starmer

13 hours ago

Scotland becomes first part of UK to screen babies for rare muscle disease

13 hours ago

Two new London towns revealed as part of government building blitz

14 hours ago

Warnings about Iran's missile range exaggerated and UK is safe, says minister

15 hours ago

Father of Chinook crash victim died 'fighting for answers' – campaigners

23 hours ago

Volodymyr Zelensky tells of 'very bad feeling' about Iran war impact on Ukraine

1 day ago

Offord stands by Reform candidates, saying one will be 'first-class MSP'

1 day ago

Iran's long-range missiles can reach European cities, Israel warns

1 day ago

Scottish Government appoints group to create memorial for Queen Elizabeth II

1 day ago

Reform treasurer 'met sanctioned individuals on ­Nicaragua trip'

1 day ago

Yvette Cooper condemns 'reckless' Iranian strikes on Diego Garcia

1 day ago

Hundreds march through London to protest against US and Israeli attacks on Iran

1 day ago

Irish border will feature in EU–UK 'reset' if Reform wins power, MP says

1 day ago

Meningitis cases rise to 34 from 29 as students queue for third day for vaccines

2 days ago

French authorities rescue 78 migrants attempting Channel crossing in small boat

2 days ago

Iran targets Diego Garcia with missiles and warns British lives 'in danger'

1 day ago

Fresh turmoil for Liz Truss as Mayfair private members' club delayed

2 days ago

British lives 'in danger' after UK backs US strikes on Iran from its bases

2 days ago

Donald Trump says UK 'should have acted a lot faster' in letting US use bases

2 days ago

Religious diversity is welcome and mass observances are permitted, says minister

2 days ago

Trump slams Nato allies as 'cowards' as UK dragged into his Iran war

2 days ago

UK lets US use British bases to strike Iranian sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

2 days ago

Meningitis: Parts of UK could see 'sporadic' but 'containable' clusters

2 days ago

Trump calls Nato 'cowards' over lack of action to reopen Strait of Hormuz

2 days ago

Fact check: Meningitis B vaccine and false 'lockdown' claim

2 days ago

Flights alert: UK issues global travel disruption warning on Iran war

2 days ago

UK border security chief quits after failing to stop small boats

2 days ago

Meningitis: 'Sporadic' household clusters could appear elsewhere in UK

2 days ago

UK deaths at Dignitas at second-highest level in two decades

2 days ago

Cooper warns Tehran against targeting UK interests

2 days ago

UK supported French operation to board 'shadow fleet' tanker

2 days ago

Iranian man arrested for trying to get into nuclear submarine base

2 days ago

London opens drug testing site amid concerns over synthetic opioids

2 days ago

'Carry on as normal,' Starmer tells UK as Trump Iran war hits economy

2 days ago

Swinney rejects assertion he cancelled briefing on US military use of airport

3 days ago

Iran tells Cooper UK letting US use bases is 'participation in aggression'

3 days ago

Westminster may need to reconsider energy cost support, DUP leader warns

3 days ago

Reform suspends Holyrood candidate less than 24 hours after being announced

3 days ago

Vulnerable child at heart of chicken nugget deportation case, says regulator

3 days ago

Labour 'have to make our case' to voters ahead of May contests, Steve Reed says

3 days ago

Meningitis: Family describe 'immeasurable loss' as cases rise to 29

3 days ago

Farage calls for ban on mass religious observances after Iftar row

3 days ago

Reform's Scottish leader defends candidates after 'fruity' comments emerge

3 days ago

UK should rejoin EU, says Sadiq Khan sparking new 'Brexit wars' row

3 days ago

Zack Polanski: 40 Green MPs target would be 'under ambitious'

3 days ago

New military childcare scheme to close 'big gap' between Scotland and England

3 days ago

Michelle O'Neill backs 'urgent meeting' with Prime Minister on energy costs

3 days ago

Scotland at a crossroads ahead of 'critical' election, says Reform's Offord

3 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon says leaving Holyrood is a 'wrench' as she makes final speech

3 days ago