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Labour steals Tory playbook for financial blame game
Labour, with an eye on the next election, wants voters to hear that the public finances are worse than they thought — so blame the Tories for higher taxes.
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UK drops objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
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A £2M Brexit border post has performed just two checks
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Germany wants a Brexit mega deal
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Labour’s climate plan: build, baby, build
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The great Tory beauty pageant
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Former MEP set to become first minister of Wales
Britain and Germany team up on defense as fears grow Trump will ditch Ukraine
Britain’s new Labour government is seeking deeper military ties with Germany and France.
PMQs scorecard: Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak play nice
Keir Starmer faced awkward questions at PMQs — but not from Rishi Sunak.
Uniformed British soldier stabbed multiple times in street attack
Prime Minister Keir Starmer ‘shocked’ by attack which police say they do not believe was terror-related.
The time Kamala Harris upset the Brits
The probable Democratic presidential candidate ruffled feathers when she visited Britain back in November.
Starmer says UK will work with whoever wins US election, declines to back Harris
“It’s for the American people to decide who they want for their president.”
The UK has a new government — let the lobbying commence
British lobbyists have launched a schmooze offensive as they try to capture the attention of Labour’s greenhorn contingent.
Zelenskyy calls on Starmer to approve missiles
Ukraine leader is first to address a U.K. Cabinet meeting since Bill Clinton.
Sorry, Boris — Nigel Farage is still Britain’s Trump Whisperer
In Milwaukee, the battle for Donald Trump’s attention is heating up and Brits want in.
Starmer and Macron: New allies heading in different directions
A U.K. Foreign Office aide said the French president was pleased by how the Brits handled his brainchild summit.
Britain’s Keir Starmer vows: I’ll never leave ECHR
The European Political Community is gathering in Blenheim, Oxfordshire.
Me and J.D. Vance are just the same, says Britain’s left-wing foreign secretary
David Lammy insists he “gets on” with Donald Trump’s controversial new running mate.
UK ‘nowhere near’ renegotiating trade deal with EU, says David Lammy
The British foreign secretary’s comments come as leaders descend on Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire for a meeting of the European Political Community.
UK’s Labour to reintroduce tobacco ban
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ban anyone born after January 2009 from buying cigarettes.
The 7 gaping holes in Keir Starmer’s plan for government
The king’s speech set out UK Labour’s plan for government. Here’s what’s not in it.
King’s Speech: What Labourism will look like
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are here with their guide to the day ahead in politics. Today is the first King’s …
‘Is that it?’ UK Labour’s cautious entry to government
Few surprises are expected when Keir Starmer sets out his program in the king’s speech.
Trump adviser Fiona Hill to lead UK defense review
Former NATO boss George Robertson will head the project to consider how and when to boost military spending.
What JD Vance really thinks about Europe
Donald Trump’s pick for vice president is an Orbán fan who thinks Germany is “idiotic” and the U.K. may be an “Islamist” state.
Welsh leader Vaughan Gething quits after four months
The Labour first minister’s short leadership of Wales was a turbulent one
Trump’s VP pick J.D. Vance called U.K. ‘Islamist country’
New Labour government figures had made overtures to Donald Trump’s running mate — and have rejected his suggestion.
Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts
Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.
Von der Leyen will skip Britain’s biggest European summit in years
New U.K. leader Keir Starmer is hosting the European Political Community this week. EU officials wish he weren’t.
What Washington thinks of Keir Starmer
After years of Conservative turmoil, the new British prime minister has been welcomed by Democrats and Republicans alike.
Ukraine’s former top general starts new gig as UK envoy
General Valeriy Zaluzhny is a household name in Ukraine.