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Evening Standard - Politics

Fundraiser for Jason Arday's family passes £30,000

3 hours ago

Scottish Labour must rediscover its soul, says leadership hopeful Michael Marra

5 hours ago

PM urged to stick to spirit of Labour manifesto and reject Jackdaw and Rosebank

5 hours ago

Crowdfunder raises more than £20,000 for Jason Arday's family

6 hours ago

Swinney urges commentators to 'consider impact of words' after Jason Arday death

11 hours ago

Government needs to win back trust of farmers, says Andy Burnham

15 hours ago

Flynn reveals he resigned as Westminster leader weeks before Holyrood election

14 hours ago

Sturgeon's SNP book comments were a 'mistake', says Flynn

15 hours ago

Essex Police full statement amid Farage no-show at Clacton poll count

1 day ago

Bridge outrage: London council spends £2.3m on doomed dock crossing

23 hours ago

Don't light fires in 'tinderbox' Britain, says Andy Burnham before farms meeting

1 day ago

Parliamentary probe into Nigel Farage's £5m gift resumes after Clacton victory

1 day ago

Burnham bans disposable barbecues in response to devastating wildfires

1 day ago

Farage wins Clacton by-election but Binface gets nearly 10,000 votes

1 day ago

Farage's Clacton election gamble backfires as sleaze storm reignites

1 day ago

Nine sets of twins ready to start school in 'Twinverclyde'

1 day ago

Who is Count Binface? The 'space warrior' who lit up the Clacton poll

1 day ago

Scottish Labour must be bold in wake of election defeat, says leadership hopeful

1 day ago

One million sign petition to block Pc Harper's killers from early release

1 day ago

Essex Police 'did not tell Farage not to attend Clacton count'

1 day ago

Clacton by-election results in full

1 day ago

Nigel Farage claims by-election win but shuns count after 'advice from police'

2 days ago

When will Clacton vote result be announced - and could Binface win?

2 days ago

Rivals say Clacton result will not make Farage donation questions stop

2 days ago

Pupils should be able to make A-level choices not based on stereotypes: minister

2 days ago

Second World War veterans with combined age of 300 take off in Spitfires

2 days ago

Stormont ministers call on Andy Burnham to deliver 'fair funding' for NI

2 days ago

A-level top grades rise for third year in a row, likely driven by maths scores

2 days ago

Rishi Sunak and family 'truly at home' in Yorkshire, former PM's wife says

2 days ago

'Loser' threat to Nigel Farage even if he wins Clacton by-election

2 days ago

A-level results: Key numbers and trends

2 days ago

King's nephew gets the grades to study at Royal Agricultural University

2 days ago

Binface to Loonies: Who's fighting Farage in Clacton by-election?

28 days ago

Ten key pledges by Count Binface as he fights Nigel Farage in Clacton

17 days ago

Relief and excitement as Northern Ireland's A-level students plan next chapter

2 days ago

Voters go to polls in Clacton by-election triggered by Farage

2 days ago

Swinney 'absolutely right' to challenge Burnham on vetoed Chinese factory plan

2 days ago

Minister defends zero hour contracts ban after warnings of costs to employers

2 days ago

London council slams Khan over demand to build homes on green belt

2 days ago

Rise in number of top grades awarded in A-levels in Northern Ireland

2 days ago

World Cup nets a boost for Burnham as GDP grows by 0.4%

2 days ago

Students to receive eagerly anticipated A-level results

2 days ago

Farage hopes to return to Parliament as Clacton votes on his future

3 days ago

Candidates warn against division in pitches to lead Scottish Labour

3 days ago

PM urges shops to withdraw disposable barbecues from sale over wildfire risk

3 days ago

Wildfire total for 2026 in England and Wales reaches same as whole of last year

3 days ago

Both spending and revenue hit record highs in Scotland last year – figures

3 days ago

Gilruth: 'Hostile times' for women in politics as online abuse 'normalised'

3 days ago

Fact check: Government sought injunction over Afghan data breach

3 days ago

Swinney 'irresponsible' to ask PM to reconsider block on Chinese factory plan

3 days ago

Shoplifters set to be tagged and banned from London town centre

3 days ago

Scottish Labour facing leadership fight 'it could have done without', MP says

3 days ago

Affluent areas housing more migrants is matter of fairness - minister

3 days ago

PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid 'extreme heat' warning and wildfires

3 days ago

Burnham 'pushing the system' to try to stop early release of Pc Harper's killers

3 days ago

Farage fight to avoid Clacton poll blow by Count Binface goes global

3 days ago

Police leaders urge PM to prevent early release of Pc Harper killers

4 days ago

Burnham plans to free up prison spaces to keep Pc Harper's killers behind bars

4 days ago

'More affluent areas' will have to house migrants, PM says

4 days ago

PM vows new powers to rid London highstreets of betting and vape shops

5 days ago