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Evening Standard - Politics

Starmer to chair Cabinet after Trump attack on UK's response to Iran war

4 hours ago

Last ditch pleas made to MSPs before Holyrood votes on Assisted Dying Bill

5 hours ago

Trump hits out at UK as Starmer seeks 'viable' plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz

7 hours ago

Trump slams Starmer over UK warships as his Hormuz Strait plan sinks

11 hours ago

Richard Tice defends tax record as he questions Labour's contributions

15 hours ago

Fact check: Accounts of Labour-linked firm show corporation tax charges in 2020s

11 hours ago

Michelle O'Neill: UK heating oil support 'slap in the face' for Northern Ireland

13 hours ago

PM denies misleading MPs over Mandelson appointment

11 hours ago

Rachel Reeves to participate in Dublin Ecofin meeting, Simon Harris says

11 hours ago

Young people are not snowflakes and shirkers, minister insists

12 hours ago

Zelensky to visit UK on Tuesday as Starmer warns of oil 'windfall' for Russia

13 hours ago

Starmer says UK working with allies on 'viable plan' to open Strait of Hormuz

14 hours ago

Starmer plans Zelensky talks amid fear of Russian oil 'windfall'

17 hours ago

NI Finance Minister says £17m UK heating‑oil support 'extremely disappointing'

15 hours ago

Starmer vows energy bill support for some households

16 hours ago

Qatar Airlines to resume flights to Dublin – Helen McEntee

16 hours ago

Dozens of MPs call on Starmer to prevent Lords from blocking assisted dying Bill

16 hours ago

All options should be on table to keep Strait of Hormuz open, says Sarwar

16 hours ago

Financial help for households reliant on heating oil – who is eligible?

16 hours ago

Thousands support pie and mash shop facing closure over rent hikes

18 hours ago

Government home heating oil subsidy must be meaningful, John O'Dowd says

18 hours ago

PM pledges cost of living help after resisting Trump's call for warships

23 hours ago

'End Iran war swiftly,' Starmer tells Trump to stop bills soaring

1 day ago

Keir Starmer to pledge cost-of-living support amid Middle East crisis

1 day ago

Trump and Starmer in Iran war crisis talks on opening Strait of Hormuz

1 day ago

Starmer and Trump discuss 'importance' of reopening Strait of Hormuz

1 day ago

It took 'too long' for Celtic and Rangers to condemn fan disorder – Swinney

1 day ago

Ed Davey calls for 'new Magna Carta' to protect British rights and commitments

1 day ago

Britons who fled Gulf desperate to avoid tax bills after London return

3 days ago

Government 'standing by British people' Miliband says amid fuel duty questions

1 day ago

Keir Starmer must decouple nuclear deterrent from US, says Ed Davey

1 day ago

Military chiefs mulling use of minehunter drones amid Iran oil blockade

2 days ago

Ministers accused of using 'hugely inflated' jobs figures for data centres

2 days ago

Donald Trump urges UK to send warships to help secure Strait of Hormuz

2 days ago

John Swinney promises 'transformational' help with childcare if SNP re-elected

2 days ago

Militaries involved in illegal wars 'would be banned from independent Scotland'

2 days ago

Swinney announces £11m support for Glasgow fire impact

2 days ago

New Labour era minister Phil Woolas dies aged 66, family announce

2 days ago

SNP 'within touching distance' of winning Holyrood majority in May, Flynn says

2 days ago

Reeves drawing up plans to help with energy costs as Iran war continues

2 days ago

Iranian regime 'in its death throes', says bishop who left after revolution

2 days ago

Better future possible for Scotland away from Westminster, John Swinney to say

3 days ago

I would not take my son to an Old Firm game, says Swinney after latest disorder

3 days ago

Cheapest petrol station in London sells unleaded for LESS than £1.30

3 days ago

'Illegal delivery riders' arrested in dawn raid in London

3 days ago

Swinney to pledge end to 'rent trap' with £10,000 first time deposit support

3 days ago

Iran war increases need for good relations between UK and Ireland, says Starmer

3 days ago

Fact check: No reliable data exist to compare incomes of homes with heat pumps

3 days ago

Fuel row explodes as Reeves 'incites abuse of petrol station staff'

3 days ago

Fact check: Fake 'captured US forces' images – and is Cyprus in Nato?

3 days ago

Fears of 'Tehran plot' for London violence led to ban on Al Quds march

3 days ago

Alexander vows to honour memory of Dunblane victims by upholding gun controls

4 days ago

Ireland and UK enhance defence co-operation

3 days ago

Schools strikes suspended after 'landmark investment' from Scottish Government

3 days ago

Assisted dying Bill contains 'Trojan horse' for upending NHS, says former chief

3 days ago

UK calls for allies to keep pressure on Russia after US eases oil sanctions

3 days ago

Russia and Iran trying to 'hijack global economy', says Cooper

3 days ago

UK-Ireland summit held in Cork

3 days ago

Brits face arrest if caught smoking in public on Caribbean holidays

3 days ago

Crackdown on 'rip-off' fuel prices launched amid wartime profiteering

3 days ago