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Evening Standard - Politics

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

6 hours ago

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

6 hours ago

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

6 hours ago

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

6 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down

17 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

17 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

Sir Keir 'personally committed' to bringing in Hillsborough Law

16 hours ago

Heathrow migrant hotel among 11 closed by Home Office

18 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

Reform urged to ditch London candidate who shared Islamophobic posts

19 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

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

22 hours ago

Liverpool manager 'surprised' Hillsborough Law not yet passed

22 hours 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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Neo-fascists back Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Labour slips to fourth in poll as pressure mounts on Starmer

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Former Nato chief aims broadside at Government over defence funding

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Starmer chairs new committee to respond to Iran crisis

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Hormuz blockade comes into effect as Starmer rejects Trump's plan

2 days ago

Founder of Starmer's chambers denounces plans for jury trial cuts

2 days ago

Farage eyes 2031 as he claims Reform could take 'outright power' at Holyrood

2 days ago

UK and France seek Strait of Hormuz solution as Trump's blockade begins

2 days ago

Pope Leo says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump criticism

2 days ago

Sack London councillor who called Lammy a 'coconut,' Polanski is urged

2 days ago

Tory defectors to Reform could be hauled in front of 'Boriswave' migration probe

2 days ago

What are the Green Party's policies?

2 days ago

The country would be 'breaking' under striking doctors' demands – Streeting

2 days ago

Waist and leg restraints used on asylum seekers deported from UK, report finds

2 days ago

SNP has ignored pothole problem while wasting billions elsewhere – Findlay

2 days ago

UK Labour PM will always work with Scottish Government, says Sarwar

2 days ago

US military begins blockade of Iranian ports on Trump's orders

2 days ago

Reform gains first councillor in London borough after Labour defection

2 days ago

Boris Johnson visits Ukraine 'kill zone' for new documentary

2 days ago

'Tell the truth' Keir Starmer urges, as Hillsborough Law spy veto to be scrapped

2 days ago

Starmer displays united front with Rayner and Burnham ahead of local elections

2 days ago

PM refuses to join Trump's Iran blockade and vows not to get dragged into war

2 days ago

Starmer turns UK away from Trump's US as row erupts on closer EU ties

2 days ago