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Evening Standard - Politics

West End chiefs back fixed London tourist tax as 5% would be £11.50

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Swinney warns Starmer and Reeves of 'risks' if Budget fails to end austerity

6 hours ago

UK's ability to defend itself questioned by MPs as new arms factories promised

6 hours ago

Yvette Cooper: Israeli efforts to tackle West Bank violence 'insufficient'

10 hours ago

Harris takes finance post in Irish Cabinet reshuffle

14 hours ago

New Troubles legislation will address 'unfinished business' – NI Secretary

10 hours ago

Ministers told to block Chinese embassy as spies target Parliament

11 hours ago

We will not tolerate 'covert' interference, says minister amid China spying risk

13 hours ago

Peter Mandelson faces £300 fine after urinating in Notting Hill street

14 hours ago

Net migration fell more sharply than initially estimated, figures show

12 hours ago

BBC chairman and directors to face grilling from MPs over Panorama edit

12 hours ago

Jess Phillips: 'Schools get asked to do too much'

14 hours ago

UK exodus: 257,000 Brits left in 2024 - three times more than expected

19 hours ago

Every Labour MP elected on pledge to secure borders, Reed says amid backlash

15 hours ago

Net migration to the UK: What numbers have changed and why?

15 hours ago

Keir Starmer warns Cabinet against 'distractions' after briefing row

15 hours ago

Starmer warns Cabinet against 'distraction' of Labour coup frenzy

15 hours ago

Oxford Street could be transformed into 'nightlife destination'

17 hours ago

Parliamentarians warned by MI5 over Chinese spying threats

17 hours ago

Nigel Farage says Reform-led councils' woes show bringing change is 'hard'

17 hours ago

Tower Hamlets councillor to quit after Bangladesh election campaign

20 hours ago

77 Troubles deaths in England remain unsolved, Home Office says

17 hours ago

Russian spies blamed for sabotage of key railway line in Poland

19 hours ago

Government encouraged to give order to clean up 'obscene' illegal rubbish dump

19 hours ago

Shabana Mahmood's illegal migration plan is brave, but it won't work

20 hours ago

Reed: Voters not going to give PM benefit of the doubt until they feel change

20 hours ago

UK asylum reforms will harm community cohesion, says Scottish minister

21 hours ago

'People are sleeping rough in freezing cold' in London, says minister

21 hours ago

Home Secretary says Farage can 'sod off' as she defends asylum reforms

21 hours ago

Londoners with expensive homes face Budget hit after Reeves tax U-turn

4 days ago

Tourist tax to be introduced in London with levy for overnight stays

1 day ago

Starmer vows to lead Labour into next election despite terrible polls

23 hours ago

Farage and Badenoch step up Budget pressure on Reeves

1 day ago

Sats 'devastating' for Send pupils, Motherland star and parent campaigners say

1 day ago

Human rights groups criticise Troubles Bill 'lawfare' claims

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Mahmood battles backlash from Labour MPs over asylum reforms

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Growing Labour revolt as Mahmood sets out asylum system reforms

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Asylum seekers will not view Ireland more favourably than UK – minister

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Mahmood sets out plans for tougher asylum system in face of Labour resistance

1 day ago

What are the Government's controversial planned new immigration rules?

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Sight of children wearing ear defenders in school is 'insane', Richard Tice says

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Minister urges Labour MPs to 'look closely' at asylum plan amid backbench outcry

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Healey: Aircraft carrier under Nato command can be ready for UK use in five days

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Starmer 'not available for Budget meeting', says Swinney

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Which countries are illegal migrants coming from?

1 day ago

UK asylum system: Key numbers, trends and definitions

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Row erupts on seizing asylum seekers' jewellery in migration crackdown

1 day ago

Reform council repaints road markings outside school which closed in 2016

1 day ago

UK Government asylum plans are 'chaotic soundbites' says Scottish Tory Findlay

1 day ago

Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa bans on African nations

1 day ago

London Muslim fun run 'reviewing policies' after over-12 girls ban row

1 day ago

Ousted former Bangladesh PM sentenced to death over protests violence

1 day ago

Budget raid will see 260,000 more Londoners paying 40% income tax rate

1 day ago

Human rights law overhaul planned as part of Mahmood's sweeping asylum reforms

2 days ago

British aircraft carrier to be placed under direct Nato command, Healey says

2 days ago

Scottish Government criticises Labour stance on immigration

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Labour MP pledges to continue to challenge party leadership after whip restored

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Mahmood vows 'moral mission' to overhaul asylum system

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Starmer should not consider his position, Home Secretary says

2 days ago

BBC journalist probed by secret services over China spying allegations

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