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Evening Standard - Politics

JK Rowling seems to be obsessed with me, says Nicola Sturgeon

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Invest in climate defence rather than heed Trump on military spend – Polanski

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Badenoch demands 'rigorous enforcement' after 'litany of failures' in Levy case

10 hours ago

I'm SNP to my core, says Sturgeon as she rules out joining Greens

2 hours ago

Burnham 'prepared to explore options to block release of Pc Harper's killers'

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Why plan to limit 'vertical drinking' only tip of the iceberg for Soho

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The bizarre reasons Westminster venues have faced restrictions

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Edinburgh festivals 'send clear message Scotland is a welcoming country'

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Cambridge must not mark own homework with review in plagiarism row – academic

1 day ago

Glasgow University to review its past appointment of Jason Arday

22 hours ago

Meta paying price for 'cavalier approach' to online safety, say UK campaigners

22 hours ago

Tory and Reform councillors under fire over 'climate hoax' posts

1 day ago

Burnham: It is 'insane' UK has not hosted World Cup since 1966

1 day ago

Fact check: Small boat deaths and fake image of Andy Burnham running

1 day ago

Unison backs Monica Lennon to become Scottish Labour leader

1 day ago

Pc Harper's mother visits scene of son's death as 675,000 sign petition

1 day ago

Cambridge to continue probe into professor at centre of plagiarism row

1 day ago

Scottish Labour has turned to rubble, claims leadership hopeful

1 day ago

Council slams 'ludicrous' claims of West End standing ban in pubs

1 day ago

Tory plans to end foreign nationals' right to social housing slammed

1 day ago

No10 slams plans to clamp down on drinkers standing at Soho pubs

1 day ago

Teenagers overwhelmingly likely to turn off optional social media curfews – poll

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'It'll kill Soho': Pubs slam proposals to curb standing drinkers

2 days ago

Grooming cases to be 'urgently' identified ahead of early release scheme

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Taoiseach urges 'political maturity' at Stormont amid DUP and Sinn Féin row

2 days ago

Locations of 31 new mental health centres revealed for London

2 days ago

Two arrested over £200k benefits scam during raids on London homes

2 days ago

£3m support for businesses impacted by Cairngorms wildfire announced

2 days ago

SNP writes off value of Peter Murrell motorhome and will not repay him £60k loan

2 days ago

'Deliveroo Law': Reform vows to jail CEOs that hire illegal workers

2 days ago

Badenoch rules out pact with 'woke' Reform UK

2 days ago

Ex-antisemite Tory adviser not Government-certified for anti-extremism training

2 days ago

Restore Britain's Rupert Lowe declines to say whether King is a white Briton

2 days ago

Kemi Badenoch under fire for appointing former antisemite as adviser

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Miliband denies relations with 'closest ally' US harmed by his Trump criticism

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PM urged to ditch mansion tax as huge bill for four boroughs revealed

2 days ago

UK and US 'closest allies', says Miliband as he ducks criticism of Trump in DC

2 days ago

Miliband ignores questions about past views on Trump during Washington trip

2 days ago

Former antisemite Joshua Bonehill-Paine quits as Tory council candidate

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Ex-Neo Nazi withdraws as Conservative council candidate

3 days ago

Zack Polanski calls for fossil fuel firms to cover wildfire costs

3 days ago

Volodymyr Zelensky hosts meeting with new Defence Secretary in Kyiv

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When is the Clacton by-election?

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Green-run councils to resist new trans guidance on single-sex spaces

4 days ago

Council on track to meet 'optimistic' Princes Street deadline as £5m announced

3 days ago

Jewish leaders turn down meeting with former antisemite Tory candidate

3 days ago

Swinney defends election campaign after attack from Sturgeon in memoir foreword

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Burnham 'not considering' public inquiry into Epstein's UK activities

3 days ago

Pc Harper's force considers joining legal challenge to block killers' release

3 days ago

Badenoch defends decision to allow former antisemite to run for council

3 days ago

London vs the North: can both tech sectors win under Andy Burnham?

3 days ago

Single-sex spaces code comes in force more than year after Supreme Court ruling

3 days ago

Police Federation threatens legal action over early release of Pc Harper's killers

3 days ago

Strait reopening 'essential' for UK families, says Ed Miliband ahead of US talks

3 days ago

Badenoch refuses to slam PM for holidaying after fortnight in No 10

3 days ago

'Mega dinghy' that capsized in Channel was largest to attempt crossing

4 days ago

Single-sex spaces code comes in force more than year after Supreme Court ruling

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Norris: Victims' families 'carrying the can' for failure to build enough prisons

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Nicola Sturgeon's attacks on SNP's election campaign are wrong: Constance

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