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Evening Standard - Politics

Trump and Starmer in Iran war crisis talks on opening Strait of Hormuz

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Starmer and Trump discuss 'importance' of reopening Strait of Hormuz

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It took 'too long' for Celtic and Rangers to condemn fan disorder – Swinney

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Ed Davey calls for 'new Magna Carta' to protect British rights and commitments

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Britons who fled Gulf desperate to avoid tax bills after London return

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Government 'standing by British people' Miliband says amid fuel duty questions

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Keir Starmer must decouple nuclear deterrent from US, says Ed Davey

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Military chiefs mulling use of minehunter drones amid Iran oil blockade

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Ministers accused of using 'hugely inflated' jobs figures for data centres

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Donald Trump urges UK to send warships to help secure Strait of Hormuz

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John Swinney promises 'transformational' help with childcare if SNP re-elected

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Militaries involved in illegal wars 'would be banned from independent Scotland'

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Swinney announces £11m support for Glasgow fire impact

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New Labour era minister Phil Woolas dies aged 66, family announce

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SNP 'within touching distance' of winning Holyrood majority in May, Flynn says

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Reeves drawing up plans to help with energy costs as Iran war continues

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Iranian regime 'in its death throes', says bishop who left after revolution

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Better future possible for Scotland away from Westminster, John Swinney to say

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I would not take my son to an Old Firm game, says Swinney after latest disorder

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Cheapest petrol station in London sells unleaded for LESS than £1.30

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'Illegal delivery riders' arrested in dawn raid in London

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Swinney to pledge end to 'rent trap' with £10,000 first time deposit support

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Iran war increases need for good relations between UK and Ireland, says Starmer

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Fact check: No reliable data exist to compare incomes of homes with heat pumps

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Fuel row explodes as Reeves 'incites abuse of petrol station staff'

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Fact check: Fake 'captured US forces' images – and is Cyprus in Nato?

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Fears of 'Tehran plot' for London violence led to ban on Al Quds march

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Alexander vows to honour memory of Dunblane victims by upholding gun controls

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Ireland and UK enhance defence co-operation

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Schools strikes suspended after 'landmark investment' from Scottish Government

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Assisted dying Bill contains 'Trojan horse' for upending NHS, says former chief

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UK calls for allies to keep pressure on Russia after US eases oil sanctions

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Russia and Iran trying to 'hijack global economy', says Cooper

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UK-Ireland summit held in Cork

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Brits face arrest if caught smoking in public on Caribbean holidays

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Crackdown on 'rip-off' fuel prices launched amid wartime profiteering

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UK economy flatlined ahead of Iran war in blow to Rachel Reeves

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Speaker berates ministers over 'unacceptable behaviour' towards staff

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Yvette Cooper continues Saudi visit as Iran threatens to block key oil route

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Tories call on Starmer's ethics adviser to investigate Mandelson 'cover-up'

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Need for close Anglo-Irish ties has never been greater, Martin tells Starmer

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Brit tourist among 21 charged in Dubai for sharing drone strike videos

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Keir Starmer and Micheal Martin meet with business leaders in Cork

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Report finds 84 cases of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at Holyrood

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Terrorists 'threatening to target Brits in Gulf' as Iran war rages

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British troops came under attack at Iraqi base on Wednesday – defence chiefs

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Fire-ravaged remains of historic Glasgow building will be demolished

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UK special forces shot down drones as Iraq base hit injuring US troops

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UK asylum appeals backlog at record high

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More plumbers and plasterers should become MPs says Green in maiden speech

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Axing Winston Churchill from banknotes is 'erasing our history' – Kemi Badenoch

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Putin's 'hidden hands' may be behind Iran tactics – John Healey

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'We'll make money,' says Trump as oil price jumps raising petrol cost

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Starmer admits Mandelson his 'mistake' as No10 denies cover up

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Keir Starmer 'working to de-escalate the war' as Iran vows to avenge its dead

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Who is Peter Mandelson?The Labour grandee who was Epstein's 'best pal'

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We will support action against Iran for as long as it takes, says minister

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Scotland's political leaders pay tribute to Dunblane victims

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UK ministers urge Scottish Government to match funding for defence colleges

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Cooper flies to Gulf in show of solidarity amid Iranian bombardment

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