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Evening Standard - Politics

Trump threatens 'big tariff' on UK over digital tax on US tech firms

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Martin Compston urges voters to back SNP to 'keep Farage out of Scotland'

3 hours ago

Morgan McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Peter Mandelson

3 hours ago

I want Reform to get 'absolutely pumped' in next month's election – Anas Sarwar

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Trump says US state visit could 'absolutely' fix transatlantic relations

4 hours ago

Assisted dying Bill to fall but issue not going away, say campaigners

5 hours ago

Zack Polanski would back independence as Scotland 'screwed over' by Westminster

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Iran terror threat to London: PM slams 'malign actors' after arsons

7 hours ago

Fact check: Free NHS prescriptions and AI small boats videos

9 hours ago

Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal

10 hours ago

Tory politician sacked as magistrate after 'two-tier justice' claims

11 hours ago

No major boost for Scottish Labour since Sarwar urged PM to quit – pollster

11 hours ago

Half a million Biobank members had data listed for sale, minister says

13 hours ago

London council issues warning to influencers seeking wisteria photos

12 hours ago

Trump issues 'shoot to kill' order for boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz

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HMS Queen Elizabeth sails under Forth Bridge for post-maintenance sea trials

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Starmer says opponents making 'any allegation they can' over Mandelson vetting

13 hours ago

Starmer faces increasing backlash from Labour ministers over Mandelson

17 hours ago

Farage puts 'London mums' at heart of May elections battle

13 hours ago

Rantzen: Some peers condemning generations of terminally ill to die in agony

14 hours ago

Sarwar continues to 'stand by' his call for Starmer to resign as PM

14 hours ago

Senior civil servant says due process followed in Peter Mandelson vetting

16 hours ago

Tehran in 'weak position', says White House as Iran tightens grip on strait

1 day ago

Senior civil servant faces Mandelson questions from MPs amid 'Cabinet divisions'

18 hours ago

PM hails English values of 'service, generosity, respect' on St George's Day

1 day ago

Corbyn: Why I'm supporting independents to defeat Labour in London

18 hours ago

Just six small boats slashed by French police to stop crossings to UK

18 hours ago

UK Government 'don't get it' over NI funding, Michelle O'Neill says

1 day ago

British man detained in India enduring 'psychological torture', say UN experts

1 day ago

Green candidate apologises for sharing 'harmful' posts about Jews

1 day ago

Swinney skipping TV debate to avoid it being 'group of blokes talking politics'

1 day ago

Greens signal free buses and childcare as price for SNP deal at Holyrood

1 day ago

Starmer's agreement to meet is 'significant' step, say Chinook crash bereaved

1 day ago

Labour's ex general secretary lays into Starmer as she joins Greens

1 day ago

Morgan McSweeney to take questions from MPs amid Lord Mandelson vetting scandal

1 day ago

More than a quarter of Scots trust no parties to fix housing crisis – poll

1 day ago

Swinney opens door to 'voluntary' food price cap scheme

1 day ago

UK welcomes ceasefire extension after ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz

1 day ago

Keir Starmer does not deny No 10 considered giving Lord Doyle diplomatic job

1 day ago

Starmer says Robbins evidence 'puts to bed' claims that he misled MPs

1 day ago

PM fails to deny Lord linked to paedophile considered for diplomat job

1 day ago

Swinney criticises Starmer's 'vacuum of leadership' amid Mandelson row

1 day ago

Labour and Tories face 'seismic' London defeat to Greens and Reform

1 day ago

We would back Labour to oust SNP, says Lib Dem leader

1 day ago

'Substantial shift' among EU states on Israel, says Irish Foreign Affairs Minister

1 day ago

Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure over Mandelson vetting scandal

1 day ago

Lady Mayor swaps horse and carriage pomp for mass motorbike run

1 day ago

London arsons: Iran IRGC hardliners 'heading to UK', says Reform UK

1 day ago

'Don't ditch Keir,' ally urges Labour MPs as Starmer fights to stay PM

1 day ago

UK inflation jumps to 3.3% as Trump's Iran war hits cost of living

1 day ago

Trump extends Iran ceasefire with Tehran regime 'seriously fractured'

1 day ago

McDonald's finding it 'hard to do business' but will invest in workers

1 day ago

Half of Londoners considering voting Green at May elections - new poll

1 day ago

UK inflation set to rise after Middle East conflict pushed up fuel prices

2 days ago

Just 36% of young people believe life will be better than parents', poll finds

2 days ago

Starmer 'fighting for his career' amid 'chaos' at Westminster, John Swinney says

2 days ago

London Labour figures charged after investigation into 'vote rigging'

2 days ago

Iran regime able to 'absorb pain', says British ambassador to US

2 days ago

Inquiry under way into Lord Mandelson vetting leak, MPs told

2 days ago

US military 'raring to go' if Iran talks fail, says Donald Trump

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