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The government is “working on operationalising” Rwanda flights, a minister has said – amid reports RAF planes could be used for the controversial deportation scheme. Laura...
New defeats for the government’s Rwanda bill in the House of Lords have set up a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday – forcing MPs to consider changes...
Locked out and not allowed back in. That was the rather extraordinary position Nigel Farage and some conservative politicians found themselves in today at a right-wing...
Nigel Farage has hit out at “cancel culture” after officers moved to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels. Local officials arrived as the former...
Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking ban has passed its first parliamentary hurdle despite opposition from within his cabinet – as Labour backed the bill. Mr Sunak wants...
“Absolutely nuts” was how Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking – banning anyone born since the start...
The UK economy is going to grow less than expected this year – with the International Monetary Fund warning the country will remain the second worst...
Rishi Sunak has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it is “a moment for calm heads to prevail” in the wake of Iran’s attack over...
People wanting to vote in next month’s local elections are being reminded to register by the end of the day. The deadline is fast approaching for...
From Rishi Sunak to Keir Starmer, to President Macron and President Biden, Western leaders on Monday appealed to Israel to exercise restraint following Iran’s drone and...
In the circumstances, the numbers could hardly look much better. A year or two ago, the conventional wisdom was that America was facing a terrific recession....
Lord David Cameron has urged Israel to “think with head as well as heart” and not retaliate to Iran’s missile attack. The foreign secretary said the...
At every level of the British diplomatic machine, the focus after Saturday night’s Iranian attack on Israel is now to do whatever possible to de-escalate tensions...
MPs return to Westminster today after two weeks away, to the possibility of dangerous escalation in the Middle East. But this is a week the prime...
UK jets shot down “a number of drones” launched by Iran in its unprecedented attack on Israel last night, Rishi Sunak has said. The prime minister...
Soul searching about the UK’s role in the world has broken out again following the publication of a pamphlet by senior diplomats including Mark Sedwill, a...
Liz Truss has revealed she considered abolishing the UK’s economic watchdog and replacing leaders at the Treasury and Bank of England, accusing the bodies of being...
A new British military laser could be used in Ukraine to shoot down Russian drones, the defence secretary has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which is expected...
We may have been in Easter recess the past couple of weeks, but on both sides of the party divide, there were those who did not...
Sir Keir Starmer will announce later today that the UK’s nuclear deterrent is the “bedrock” of his plan to keep Britain safe. If elected, the Labour...
Biden adding ‘fuel to fire’, Kremlin says – as Ukraine allowed to fire US missiles into Russia
Ukrainians mourn their dead after almost 1,000 days of war – but US move sparks hope
Sabotage suspected after Baltic Sea telecoms cable C-Lion1 suddenly stops working
Gisele Pelicot rape case: Sons face ‘devil’ father in court as they speak of disgust and ‘lost childhood’
Two British men killed in Spain after car crashes into suspected drug trafficking boat in dual carriageway pile-up
Post Office Horizon Scandal: Four suspects identified by police
Energy bills to rise again from January but spring falls to come, research firm Cornwall Insight forecasts
Grangemouth oil refinery owners reject US-led approach as closure looms
Cineworld owners screen plan for stock market comeback in New York
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