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Evening Standard - Politics

Met Police joins residents fighting plans to expand Hyde Park concerts

8 minutes ago

Government commits to 87% cut in UK's climate emissions by 2040

8 minutes ago

Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed, Yvette Cooper says

22 minutes ago

Murrell scandal 'embarrassing internationally', McConnell says

49 minutes ago

Starmer to chair Cabinet after Mandelson files lay bare splits

11 hours ago

London Mayor Sadiq Khan backs social media ban for under-16s

2 hours ago

Rules-based order is 'in our shared interest', Cooper says during China visit

4 hours ago

Confidence in universities falling amid concern over loans and jobs – research

11 hours ago

Trump says talks with Iran are continuing at 'a rapid pace', amid fresh strikes

11 hours ago

Peter Mandelson said No 10 needs 'revamp' and 'infusion of purpose', files show

17 hours ago

'Keystone cops': How Lord Mandelson mocked No10 staff

20 hours ago

Chaos over Trump's red box 'like something out of The Thick Of It' – Mandelson

17 hours ago

Member of British Army dies in training accident in Iraq

19 hours ago

UK wins court clash with Rwanda over failed migrant deportation deal

22 hours ago

Mandelson said Government would never regret ambassador appointment, files show

18 hours ago

Serious questions remain over Mandelson appointment despite files release – SNP

18 hours ago

Peter Mandelson files released by the Government after demand from MPs

21 hours ago

London council seizes 2,500 e-bikes as Lime slapped with £143k fines

1 day ago

Foreign Secretary arrives in Beijing for talks on global security

22 hours ago

Mandelson files to be published on Monday afternoon, Downing Street says

23 hours ago

Britain helped to seize Russian tanker in international waters, Macron says

1 day ago

Former first minister calls for joint Murrell inquiry between both Parliaments

23 hours ago

Government urged to crack down on cheap vapes circumventing single-use ban

1 day ago

Mandelson file release 'unprecedented' display of transparency, minister says

1 day ago

'It's a given Starmer will go,' says London MP Rosena Allin-Khan

1 day ago

Second tranche of Mandelson papers expected to be published

1 day ago

Nicola Sturgeon says Murrell has never explained his embezzlement crimes to her

2 days ago

Defence investment plan expected within weeks not months, says minister

2 days ago

John Swinney: 'Fundamental flaw' in Sturgeon and Murrell having top SNP roles

1 day ago

Mapped: How London's political landscape has been transformed

3 days ago

Minister rejects Streeting call to consider national insurance cut

2 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon: 'I feel I am serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit'

2 days ago

Sturgeon moves to London - as she defends record over husband's crimes

2 days ago

Streeting backs North Sea licences and national insurance cut

2 days ago

Former M&S boss Marc Bolland to help ministers tackle Neet problem

2 days ago

Nine in 10 parents back social media ban for children, says Technology Secretary

2 days ago

Sir Ian McKellen joins march against 'appalling' LGBTQ+ laws in Commonwealth

2 days ago

Aukus nations to produce cutting-edge underwater drone kit

2 days ago

Scotland has 'trust' in SNP, insists Swinney after Murrell embezzlement plea

2 days ago

Victims asked to 'suck it up' for benefit of attackers, says former minister

3 days ago

Swinney steps up calls to end 'Westminster rip-off' over energy

3 days ago

Jail transfer of Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell questioned in Congress

3 days ago

Labour reports alleged hack of Nigel Farage's phone and bank by Russia to police

3 days ago

Sturgeon: I didn't shut down people raising concerns about SNP finances

3 days ago

Trump holding meeting in White House situation room to decide on Iran deal

3 days ago

Greens take control of another London council as party forms coalition

4 days ago

Keir Starmer defends approach to AI and energy in response to Tony Blair's essay

3 days ago

300,000 NEW WORK PLACEMENTS PLEDGED 'TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BUILD LASTING CAREERS'

3 days ago

MPs urged to examine 'systemic failings Murrell exploited' to embezzle £400,000

3 days ago

'Serious violation': Keir Starmer condemns Russia attack on Romania

3 days ago

Tributes paid to 'proud' D-Day veteran Alec Penstone following death aged 101

3 days ago

Mayor consort at Reform London council axed by police for cocaine use

3 days ago

Up to 111 jobs could be lost at University of Aberdeen in £10m savings plan

4 days ago

Green Party by-election candidate apologises for 'rapey Indians' post

4 days ago

Razor wire at new Chinese super embassy site after security incident

4 days ago

All of Andy Burnham's U-turns explained

4 days ago

Darren Jones says Westminster must get better at governing for a world with AI

4 days ago

Any deal with Iran is 'going to be president's decision' – Scott Bessent

4 days ago

Starmer says he is 'vindicated' by change in rebuff to Blair criticism

4 days ago

Sturgeon says she was 'deceived, misled and betrayed' by ex-husband Murrell

4 days ago