UK to recognise Palestinian state unless Israel ends Gaza crisis
Israel must take ‘substantive steps’ to end ‘appalling’ situation in Gaza, says Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer
Western liberalism at a political crossroads
Lack of conviction and intolerance are character defects that augur badly for centrist and centre-left parties
Donald Trump tells Moscow to reach peace deal with Kyiv in 10-12 days or face severe tariffs
US president’s patience with Kremlin wearing thin at lack of progress in ending Europe’s largest armed conflict since 1945
Trump, Starmer to meet in Scotland, with trade and Gaza on agenda
Talks come as hunger crisis in Palestinian enclave worsens and US strikes tariff deal with EU
Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’
Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’
‘Get your act together’: Donald Trump tells Europe to address immigration
Hundreds of protesters gather in Edinburgh and Aberdeen to voice their opposition to US president
Trump arrives in Scotland for golf and bilateral talks that could yield trade deal with EU
US president to meet Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen during trip
British families ‘sent wrong remains’ after loved ones killed in Air India crash
Victims’ remains misidentified and ‘commingled’ parts of more than one person placed in one casket, says lawyer
Trump’s threats against Russia are a charade meant to buy Putin time
Worldview: Trump basically gave Putin 50 days’ protection from new sanctions, says Phillips Payson O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland
Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, police say
The trio led festival crowds in chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ during late June appearance
Afghan data leak: Panic, a press gag and a secret relocation scheme
In the News podcast: UK taxpayers learn of multi-billion pound bill for massive Afghan relocation
German and UK leaders sign mutual defence pact as US steps back
Treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other
UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections
First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age
New rows over old divisions in Labour before Westminster MPs take summer break
British prime minister Keir Starmer attempts to reassert authority but risks reopening wounds by suspending rebel MPs
Starmer and Martin to hold talks following Labour revolt over plan to abort Troubles Legacy Act
British prime minister was reminded that he ‘looked victims’ families in the eye’ and made them a promise
Labour accuses Tories of ‘total incompetence’ over injunction and secret Afghan resettlement scheme
In 2022 the UK’s ministry of defence accidentally leaked names of 18,700 Afghans who had helped British forces
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy Act
Veterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and others
September dates for Donald Trump’s UK state visit confirmed
Trump will be hosted by King Charles at banquet during three-day visit, but address to parliament unlikely
Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel
There is something rotten about leveraging an expression of long-standing culture and tradition to deliver a contemporary declaration of racist hate
Ireland’s €156bn tax windfall: Where has it gone?
Most of the excess receipts from corporate tax have disappeared into the budgetary ether, in some cases to overruns in Health
Kneecap concert advertisement is banned from London Underground
Transport for London rejects poster featuring likeness of a balaclava, deeming advert as ‘likely to cause offence’
UK and France agree one in, one out migrant returns scheme
French president blames Brexit for making it harder to tackle illegal migration
Starmer pokes fun at Farage’s expense, but Reform leader may have the last laugh as migration looms large in UK-France summit
Britain’s prime minister badly needs an asylum seeker returns deal with France
Oasis: You can’t write. You don’t care. No wonder you’ve gone a long way
Politics will age you faster than even the most rock’n’roll lifestyle
Breaking down in tears at the scene was mortifying. It was also the only sane response
Rachel Reeves has been castigated for crying, but sometimes tears are the only way to react rationally
Small boat migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and US trade dominate discussion as Emmanuel Macron visits UK
French president begins three-day state visit by meeting King Charles and addressing MPs
The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity
UK desperate to stay inside fiscal rules, Ireland couldn’t care less
After big U-turns, Starmer and Reeves have boxed themselves into a corner
Do we like it when our political and business leaders appear human or cry in public?
Admissions of overwhelm show humanity, if people in charge are strategic with their weaknesses
Piers Morgan: ‘My DNA is predominantly Irish whether Ireland wants that or not’
Broadcaster on his famous friends, future of media, ‘pathetic’ Kneecap and why his Offaly roots don’t make him a Biffo
Jeremy Corbyn confirms plans to form new party
Former Labour leader says he will build ‘real alternative’ to Starmer together with MP Zarah Sultana
‘Worst of any prime minister’: Ten moments that defined Labour’s first year in power in the UK
From a ‘loveless landslide’ to excessive gloom and a climbdown forced by his own MPs, the UK prime minister has endured a torrid first 12 months in office
Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan sympathises with Rachel Reeves
Prime minister says tears were as a result of a ‘purely personal’ matter
How to work smarter: get up early, do your work diligently, have a long lunch, go home
In the summer heat – when your colleagues are away – sneak out of the office at 1pm and put your email settings to ‘busy’
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