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Evening Standard - Politics

Ex-Tory Iceland boss Richard Walker set to become Labour peer

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Bluetongue suspected in second herd in Co Down

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Tory peer defects to Reform and launches campaign for Holyrood

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The Liz Truss Show: Key points from first episode

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Lib Dems call for probe into claims test touts are paying driving instructors

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Starmer to meet Zelensky in Downing Street as Ukraine peace talks continue

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Farage due in Falkirk as Reform UK gears up for Holyrood campaign

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DUP seeks to block Sinn Fein bid for European Parliament 'observer status'

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Rayner and Streeting deny claims of Labour leadership pact

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Labour loses further London councillors amid wave of defections

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Builders downed tools amid Reeves Budget fears in blow to London homes

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Putin's Russia 'waging conflict' on streets of London

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Putin spies went through London Waterloo station with deadly Novichok

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Starmer sets out plans to cut child poverty by 550,000

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Northern Irish leaders use Council Summit to push Starmer on budget

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Starmer clarifies position on EU after Lammy talks up customs union

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Younger people wanting an assisted death could face stronger assessments

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Scotland's energy industry facing 'existential threat', Swinney warns PM

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Reeves will not face ministerial standards probe over Budget briefings

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Delivery drivers arrested in London for illegal working

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Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK 'living heritage' list

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Holocaust survivors demand apology from Farage for 'racist abuse'

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Sarwar's fingerprints 'all over the Budget', says Starmer

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Child poverty strategy 'will give every child a good start in life'

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Cycle lanes have slowed London bus journeys, says transport minister

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Number 10 rejects 'dictator' claims amid row over mayoral election delay

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UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

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SNP has damaged rather than improved Scotland, says Starmer

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Swinney 'waiting with expectation' for UK ministers to secure whisky tariff deal

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Nigel Farage's comments on Glasgow schoolchildren 'simply racist' – John Swinney

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Military families to benefit from funding for Christmas return leave – Starmer

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Putin directed Novichok poisoning as 'show of Russian power' - inquiry

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Minister: I'll strengthen child safety after 'sickening' nursery case

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Prison population set to hit 100,000 a year later than projected – figures

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Phillipson asked to consider mandating CCTV in nurseries after paedophile case

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Who is Christopher Harborne? The businessman who donated £9m to Reform

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UK sanctions GRU after Putin found 'morally responsible' for Novichok death

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UK and Norway sign defence pact to hunt Russian submarines

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Mayoral elections delay confirmed by minister amid 'affront to democracy' claims

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Nigel Farage's Reform UK gifted record £9million donation

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Government will look at 'full details' in case of paedophile nursery worker

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Wes Streeting launches review into ADHD, autism and mental health services

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MI5 left Sergei Skripal 'alarmingly accessible' to Putin's assassins

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Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

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Starmer to visit RAF base with Norwegian PM as he heads to Scotland

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Business minister to announce Scotland's space strategy will be refreshed

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Officials lost opportunities to influence US on Dunn suspect's immunity – review

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Treasury minister: inquiry into pre-Budget leaks under way

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Labour's neutrality on assisted dying questioned amid leaked report

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Labour MP has whip suspended after rebelling on farming inheritance tax vote

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Labour MPs rebel against Reeves increasing taxes on family farms

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Parents queue for water for children in historic London commuter town

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Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, No 10 claims

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Planning for any future pandemic must include impact on economy – Diane Dodds

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Government has spent more than £100m so far responding to Covid inquiry

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Badenoch: Reeves could be prosecuted for market abuse over claims before Budget

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Father of man accused of spying for Russia says arrest 'hard to take in'

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Security concerns over new Chinese embassy addressed amid Starmer trip rumours

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'Aggressor' Putin does not want to reach a deal, Sir Keir Starmer says

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