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Evening Standard - Politics

Reform gains first House of Lords member after Tory defection

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Lib Dems call for probe into claims test touts are paying driving instructors

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Starmer to meet Zelensky in Downing Street as Ukraine peace talks continue

2 hours ago

Farage due in Falkirk as Reform UK gears up for Holyrood campaign

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DUP seeks to block Sinn Fein bid for European Parliament 'observer status'

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Rayner and Streeting deny claims of Labour leadership pact

4 hours ago

Labour loses further London councillors amid wave of defections

22 hours ago

Builders downed tools amid Reeves Budget fears in blow to London homes

1 day ago

Putin's Russia 'waging conflict' on streets of London

6 hours ago

Putin spies went through London Waterloo station with deadly Novichok

1 day ago

Starmer sets out plans to cut child poverty by 550,000

19 hours ago

Liz Truss Show: The key points from first episode

16 hours ago

Northern Irish leaders use Council Summit to push Starmer on budget

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Starmer clarifies position on EU after Lammy talks up customs union

21 hours ago

Younger people wanting an assisted death could face stronger assessments

22 hours ago

Scotland's energy industry facing 'existential threat', Swinney warns PM

1 day ago

Reeves will not face ministerial standards probe over Budget briefings

1 day ago

Delivery drivers arrested in London for illegal working

1 day ago

Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK 'living heritage' list

1 day ago

Holocaust survivors demand apology from Farage for 'racist abuse'

1 day ago

Sarwar's fingerprints 'all over the Budget', says Starmer

1 day ago

Child poverty strategy 'will give every child a good start in life'

1 day ago

Cycle lanes have slowed London bus journeys, says transport minister

1 day ago

Number 10 rejects 'dictator' claims amid row over mayoral election delay

1 day ago

UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

1 day ago

SNP has damaged rather than improved Scotland, says Starmer

1 day ago

Swinney 'waiting with expectation' for UK ministers to secure whisky tariff deal

1 day ago

Nigel Farage's comments on Glasgow schoolchildren 'simply racist' – John Swinney

1 day ago

Military families to benefit from funding for Christmas return leave – Starmer

1 day ago

Putin directed Novichok poisoning as 'show of Russian power' - inquiry

2 days ago

Minister: I'll strengthen child safety after 'sickening' nursery case

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Prison population set to hit 100,000 a year later than projected – figures

1 day ago

Phillipson asked to consider mandating CCTV in nurseries after paedophile case

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Who is Christopher Harborne? The businessman who donated £9m to Reform

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UK sanctions GRU after Putin found 'morally responsible' for Novichok death

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UK and Norway sign defence pact to hunt Russian submarines

2 days ago

Mayoral elections delay confirmed by minister amid 'affront to democracy' claims

2 days ago

Nigel Farage's Reform UK gifted record £9million donation

2 days ago

Government will look at 'full details' in case of paedophile nursery worker

2 days ago

Wes Streeting launches review into ADHD, autism and mental health services

2 days ago

MI5 left Sergei Skripal 'alarmingly accessible' to Putin's assassins

2 days ago

Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

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Starmer to visit RAF base with Norwegian PM as he heads to Scotland

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Business minister to announce Scotland's space strategy will be refreshed

2 days ago

Officials lost opportunities to influence US on Dunn suspect's immunity – review

2 days ago

Treasury minister: inquiry into pre-Budget leaks under way

2 days ago

Labour's neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

2 days ago

Labour MP has whip suspended after rebelling on farming inheritance tax vote

2 days ago

Labour MPs rebel against Reeves increasing taxes on family farms

2 days ago

Parents queue for water for children in historic London commuter town

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Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, No 10 claims

2 days ago

Planning for any future pandemic must include impact on economy – Diane Dodds

2 days ago

Government has spent more than £100m so far responding to Covid inquiry

2 days ago

Badenoch: Reeves could be prosecuted for market abuse over claims before Budget

3 days ago

Father of man accused of spying for Russia says arrest 'hard to take in'

2 days ago

Security concerns over new Chinese embassy addressed amid Starmer trip rumours

3 days ago

'Aggressor' Putin does not want to reach a deal, Sir Keir Starmer says

3 days ago

UK says Putin 'sabre-rattling' by saying Russia is ready for war with Europe

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused of overstating chess championship win

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