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7 times UK politicians’ holidays were totally ruined
Keir Starmer’s just the latest prime minister to kill off his vacation plans.
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Britain’s £1 billion chip investment at risk as Reeves tightens the belt
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Keir Starmer’s worst nightmare? Becoming Margaret Thatcher.
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Former MEP set to become first minister of Wales
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‘Is that it?’ UK Labour’s cautious entry to government
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Welsh leader Vaughan Gething quits after four months
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Keir Starmer says he wants a better Brexit trade deal
NATO’s decade-long battle to boost defense spending
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The next king of Scotland
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A summer of fun in the sun? Nope.
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UK Tories pretend they’re not Tories to win
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Brexit Britain wants to be the snooping capital of the West
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UK Conservatives polling below 100 seats, survey shows
New analysis suggests Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party would win just 98 seats in next election.
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Politicians have condemned the conspiracy theories and internet gossip surrounding the princess’s health.
Kate Middleton: I have cancer
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Vaughan Gething — meet Europe’s first Black head of government
Vaughan Gething’s election will be a key test of relations with Westminster — and unity in his own ranks.
Wales is getting the first Black leader in Europe
Vaughan Gething set to become First Minister after winning Welsh Labour leadership contest.
‘Postcode lottery’ warning as UK energy chief weighs bills shake-up
“There are an awful lot of questions that need to be answered before we go for this,” says one Conservative MP.
British banks want Big Tech to pay up when people are scammed online
British banks are fed up with footing the bill for a tidal wave of fraud that originates online. They want tech platforms to cough up.
Forget the Red Wall. These are the UK election battlegrounds to watch.
Analysis by POLITICO shows a fracturing of the British political map — and the scale of the challenge facing the Tories.
‘Everyone should be scared as hell’: Democrats call for Trump-proofing NATO
Trump would be barred from pulling the U.S. out of the alliance as president. But there are other ways he could undermine it.
King Charles has cancer. So what happens next?
Britain’s ‘unwritten’ constitution is unusually clear on the political arrangements if a monarch is too sick to work.