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Aletha Adu

Aletha Adu is a political correspondent for the Guardian. Twitter @alethaadu

14 October 2024

  • Dovid Efune, pictured in 2022

    New York Sun owner begins exclusive talks to take over Telegraph

    Exclusive: talks will trigger six-week process of due diligence to ensure Dovid Efune is suitable to acquire the Daily and Sunday papers

10 October 2024

  • Angela Rayner outside Downing Street

    Ministers urged to introduce rent caps to tackle housing crisis in England

    Exclusive: Letter from union leaders and renters’ groups urges government to tackle root cause of unaffordable rents

9 October 2024

  • A worker walks past the HS2 construction site at Euston station in London

    Transport secretary ‘seriously looking’ at extending HS2 rail line to Euston

    Lisa Nandy indicates Louise Haigh considering plan for high-speed route to terminate in central London

6 October 2024

  • Children play around a blue football in a school playground

    At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

    Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe
  • Two men embracing

    Starmer urges unity at home and reiterates call for ceasefire in Middle East

    Prime minister says UK should ‘unequivocally stand with Jewish community’ and reflects on deaths in Israel

    • Keir Starmer reshuffles top team after Sue Gray ousted

    • Sue Gray resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

    • UK urges Israel to show restraint amid fears Middle East conflict could spread

4 October 2024

  • Keir Starmer

    Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism

    PM says deal has secured future of US-UK military base as Conservative leadership hopefuls play blame game
  • Keir Starmer chairing his first cabinet meeting

    What have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?

    The government is remaining neutral in the vote, meaning ministers will be allowed to follow their consciences
  • A nurse holding a patient's hand

    Cabinet set for split over support for England and Wales assisted dying bill

    Some senior ministers expected to vote against measure in free vote, while others are still undecided

2 October 2024

  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria watching Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium on 21 June 2024,

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Keir Starmer tells Brussels press conference it was ‘right’ for him to repay £6,000 worth of gifts – as it happened

  • Tory leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat on stage

    Bad jokes, war stories and rehashed rhetoric: key takeaways from the Tory leadership speeches

September 2024

  • Kemi Badenoch.

    Badenoch to dish out ‘hard truths’ in attempt to revive Tory leadership bid

  • Conservative leadership contenders Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat

    What are the four candidates’ pitches to become next Tory leader?

  • Kemi Badenoch being interviewed on TV

    Kemi Badenoch faces backlash as Tory rivals seize on maternity pay comments

  • Kemi Badenoch.

    Maternity pay is ‘excessive’, says Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch

  • ‘Not all cultures equally valid’ when it comes to immigration, says Badenoch

  • Much to celebrate in Liverpool – but too soon to joke about ‘Dressgate’

  • Labour leadership loses conference vote on winter fuel payments

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