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Evening Standard - Politics

Starmer, Farage and Badenoch all head to Scotland four months before election

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Liz Kendall welcomes new Grok restrictions after outcry over deepfakes

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Streeting piles pressure on West Midlands Police chief to stand down

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Russia expels British diplomat over 'spying' allegations

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Full list of councils set to postpone May 2026 elections amid huge row

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Furious backlash grows against cancelling dozens of local elections

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Grok deepfake restrictions a 'vindication' for Starmer – sources

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Police chief clings to his job after losing confidence of Home Secretary

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'Resign today,' minister tells police chief in Maccabi fans ban storm

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Starmer 'blowing around like plastic bag in the wind' after 13 U-turns

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X to stop Grok undressing images of real people following backlash

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UK sends officer to Greenland for joint military operation

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Nigel Farage set to announce Reform's leader in Scotland

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Rachel Reeves wants North to 'feel the benefits' of rail scheme by 'early 2030s'

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UK temporarily closes embassy in Tehran

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Family of 21-year-old paramedic who died in ambulance crash honoured by the King

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Sheku Bayoh family say 'time to restart stopwatch' as new chair of inquiry named

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Laila Cunningham: 'London isn't a Muslim city'

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Swinney backs UK sanctions against 'barbaric' Iran regime

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France bans 10 UK 'far-right activists' over destruction of small boats

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X is acting to comply with UK law, Keir Starmer tells MPs amid Grok row

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'Vilest antisemitism' outside London restaurant slammed in Parliament

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West Midlands Police admits 'mistakes made' over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

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Reform 'recycling machine for Tory party' – Swinney ahead of leader announcement

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West Midlands police boss declines to sack chief constable amid 'damning' review

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What are the UK's family and work visa rules?

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Home Secretary says she has no confidence in police boss after Maccabi fan ban

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Budget plans aim to help families when they need it most, insists John Swinney

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Keir Starmer defends digital ID work check plans amid accusations of new U-turn

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Energy minister rebuked by stats authority over Scottish NHS claims

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'Don't talk down London', says Starmer as he slams Reform at PMQs

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Record amounts of offshore wind secured in latest Government auction

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All of Starmer's screeching U-turns as mandatory digital ID plan axed

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Fact check: International data on 'online comments' arrests not comparable

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Keir Starmer expected to accept place on Trump's board to run Gaza

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London council secrecy row erupts with Reform over redacted contracts

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£100,000-a-bed Heathrow immigration centre is 'great value' - minister

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Police chief admits misleading MPs in Maccabi Tel Aviv hearing

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Digital IDs will not be only way to prove right to work in UK, says Chancellor

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John Swinney welcomes U-turn on 'foolhardy' digital ID proposals

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Swinney 'deeply concerned' he was not informed about tanker in Scottish waters

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Sir Keir Starmer to face MPs after digital ID U-turn

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Districts warn of 'catastrophic flooding' without urgent funding boost

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Plans dropped for mandatory digital ID in latest Starmer U-turn

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Cooper summons Iranian ambassador and announces new sanctions amid protests

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'Brighter future' ahead for Scots under Budget plans, claims Shona Robison

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Tax cut for lower earners in Scotland as richest set to pay more for homes

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Robison cannot say if five more national treatment centres will be delivered

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Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Moray Firth for provisions after seizure by US

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'Opportunity of a lifetime' as Red Arrows appoints first female leader

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'Resign!' Council leader urges water boss to quit after supply crisis

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US invasion would be an attack on all Nato allies, says Greenland minister

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Iran protester, 26, 'to be executed tomorrow' amid brutal crackdown

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Drivers ordered to pay £6,000 in London council's Blue Badge crackdown

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Heathrow 3rd runway: Ministers say planes eco-fuel goal may be missed

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Scottish child payment increase 'falls short', says poverty action group

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Still 'glaring gap' in childcare support despite Budget help, says young mother

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Budget funding for 'essential' colleges and universities hailed by lecturer

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Everything Nadhim Zahawi said about Nigel Farage before his defection

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Child payment rise 'step in right direction' but more help required, says mother

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