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Evening Standard - Politics

Battle to keep Bromley in London as Farage suggests boroughs may leave

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Starmer 'not aware' Foreign Office overruled Mandelson vetting 'until this week'

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Scottish Parliament 'paying lip service' to oil and gas industry – Kemi Badenoch

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Keir Starmer accused of misleading MPs after Lord Mandelson 'failed vetting'

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Kemi Badenoch voices hope for Tory first minister in Scotland after May election

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Covid inquiry: Jab rollout a 'success' but vaccine harm payouts 'need reform'

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Mandelson 'failed vetting for ambassador role but was still given job'

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SNP manifesto pledge to cap food prices 'undeliverable', says UK Government

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Fact check: No evidence Zack Polanski made border statement

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Summer holiday alert: Flights face axe as jet fuel 'runs out' in weeks

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Britain is 'defenceless' without support of the US, says Farage

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Indyref2 'reasonable' if issue becomes 'relevant' in future – Farage

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Public should be 'reassured' by Iran war food shortage preparation – Peter Kyle

5 hours ago

Swinney pledges no tax hikes and price cap on essential food in SNP manifesto

6 hours ago

Keir Starmer urged to apologise for 'contemptuous behaviour at PMQs'

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Use King's US visit as leverage to 'bring Trump to his senses' – Cole-Hamilton

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Swinney vows 'bold action' on cost of living with plan to cap food prices

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John Swinney pledges national ban on phones in classes if SNP wins in May

10 hours ago

BBC job cuts have had 'strong effect' on staff – Lisa Nandy

8 hours ago

Chancellor cuts bills for thousands more firms as she continues Washington talks

19 hours ago

Swinney to launch SNP manifesto with plan to make 'NHS fit for the future'

19 hours ago

Badenoch: Only Tories will stand up against SNP's 'divisive' referendum plans

19 hours ago

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer: I'm not interested in being First Minister

19 hours ago

MPs reject Lords-backed social media ban for a second time

22 hours ago

Harriet Harman calls on Queen to meet Epstein survivors during US visit

22 hours ago

Gynaecology waiting lists will fall faster than overall waiting list – Streeting

1 day ago

Greens and Reform 'to win London councils' in political earthquake

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John Swinney: My son gives me high-quality advice before FMQs

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Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down

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Starmer says he disagrees with former Nato chief's 'corrosive complacency' claim

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Claims of Labour and Reform deal for Holyrood are 'utter nonsense' says Sarwar

1 day ago

Trump and Starmer spat will not overshadow King's state visit, US leader says

1 day ago

Trump says he's 'reopening' Hormuz Strait as UK slams war as a folly

1 day ago

Sir Keir 'personally committed' to bringing in Hillsborough Law

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Heathrow migrant hotel among 11 closed by Home Office

1 day ago

Inside Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party as Scottish leadership quits

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Reform urged to ditch London candidate who shared Islamophobic posts

1 day ago

'Iron Dome may be needed' to protect London from missile attacks

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Poor relationship with Starmer will not overshadow King's visit, Trump insists

1 day ago

Liverpool manager 'surprised' Hillsborough Law not yet passed

1 day ago

SNP manifesto will be 'bursting with ambition', pledges John Swinney

1 day ago

Health strategy bids to stop women being 'ignored, gaslit and humiliated' in NHS

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Reform claims of deal to 'remove SNP' are a 'lie', Scottish Labour's Sarwar says

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Neo-fascists back Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain

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Rachel Reeves hits out at 'folly' of Trump's Iran war amid IMF growth warnings

2 days ago

Grenfell fire chief describes 'granular horror' and courage at tower disaster

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UK growth forecast cut as economy faces biggest Iran war hit of G7

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Labour slips to fourth in poll as pressure mounts on Starmer

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Ghislaine Maxwell's nephew to stand as councillor at local elections

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Rachel Reeves 'betraying' drivers by not halving VAT on fuel – Robert Jenrick

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Starmer and Macron to co-host Strait of Hormuz talks in Paris on Friday

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Former Nato chief aims broadside at Government over defence funding

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Trump's remarks about the Pope 'utterly deplorable', Swinney says

2 days ago

Claims about UK Government blocking of Ming Yang was 'crankery', says Sarwar

2 days ago

Starmer chairs new committee to respond to Iran crisis

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Donald Trump's Jesus-like AI image sparks 'blasphemy' backlash

2 days ago

JD Vance accuses Iran of 'economic terrorism' as US blockade starts

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Why 'Paddington politics' won't work for the Green Party

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Families bearing cost of instability, says Chancellor amid US Iran blockade

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SNP promise 'Welcome to School Bag' to build on Baby Box

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