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Evening Standard - Politics

Video shows pro-Palestine activists vandalising Glasgow insurance office

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Swinney 'not interested' in fight with UK Government over plan to cap food costs

9 minutes ago

Starmer did not lie and has not considered quitting over Mandelson row – Jones

16 minutes ago

'Unacceptable' to overrule Mandelson vetting recommendation – Darren Jones

1 hour ago

Mandelson row: Starmer 'won't resign' as he sacks Foreign Office chief

1 hour ago

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron to host Paris talks on opening Strait of Hormuz

2 hours ago

Top Foreign Office civil servant to leave post after Starmer loses confidence

10 hours ago

Starmer to say opening Strait of Hormuz 'global responsibility' at Paris meeting

10 hours ago

Starmer orders Foreign Office to explain after overruling Mandelson vetting

11 hours ago

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

14 hours ago

Starmer faces calls to quit after revelation Mandelson failed vetting

13 hours ago

Chancellor would 'prefer not' to hike tax again, amid calls for defence cash

13 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

16 hours ago

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

16 hours ago

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

16 hours ago

Fact check: No evidence Zack Polanski made border statement

18 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

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

19 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

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

20 hours ago

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

21 hours ago

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

21 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

22 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day 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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Heathrow migrant hotel among 11 closed by Home Office

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Reform urged to ditch London candidate who shared Islamophobic posts

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

Liverpool manager 'surprised' Hillsborough Law not yet passed

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Neo-fascists back Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Labour slips to fourth in poll as pressure mounts on Starmer

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

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