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Keir Starmer faces a second-year nightmare, too

Keir Starmer faces a second-year nightmare, too

It’s not just the welfare rebellion — Keir Starmer goes into his second year with a host of challenges to confront.

July 2, 2025 4:01 am CET
Donald Trump will make UK state visit this year, Buckingham Palace confirms
Assisted dying takes a huge leap forward in the UK — but it’s not over yet
What the EU can learn from Starmer’s tariff win
Declassified

What the EU can learn from Starmer’s tariff win

June 20, 2025 4:03 am CET
Crucial North Sea emissions decision expected Thursday
Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither
PMQs: Badenoch wins by cornering Starmer on trans ruling
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Thousands of British oil workers are set to lose their jobs. No one has told them.

Government advisers north and south of the border worry workers are being failed by shifting policies and poor communication.

April 17, 2025 4:40 am CET

UK Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ means biological female

Judgment is a victory for gender-critical feminist campaigners — and a blow for transgender rights activists.

April 16, 2025 11:48 am CET

Michael Gove gets seat in UK’s House of Lords as Rishi Sunak hands out honors

Tory grandee-turned-magazine-editor will sit in Britain’s unelected chamber after serving as a prominent government minister.

April 11, 2025 3:31 pm CET

Scotland’s pro-independence warriors are shifting on nuclear weapons … slowly

The SNP has long objected to Britain’s nuclear deterrent being based in Scotland. Geopolitics — and domestic politics — are changing the calculus.

April 1, 2025 6:35 pm CET

How to launch a backbench rebellion

With the stench of rebellion hanging around the tearooms of SW1 after ministers announced fresh welfare cuts, this week host Patrick Baker explores the backbench revolts of years past, …

March 21, 2025 4:00 am CET

Nicola Sturgeon cleared in police probe of SNP’s finances

Criminal inquiry into former Scottish first minister has now concluded, Police Scotland said.

March 20, 2025 3:21 pm CET

Scottish Labour’s Keir Starmer problem

The Scottish party hopes crucial elections won’t be a referendum on Keir Starmer’s faltering start as UK prime minister.

February 24, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK minister met Chinese turbine company amid security concerns

The U.K. Home Office warned last month about foreign states seeking to “gain control of supply chains through investment or monopolisation.”

February 21, 2025 2:43 pm CET

Meet the UK party that thinks Trump-bashing is a vote-winner

The centrist Lib Dems hope standing up to the U.S. president will shore up support from progressive Brits.

February 19, 2025 4:00 am CET

Labour’s (finally) taking on Nigel Farage

The Brexiteer’s Reform UK party is climbing in the polls — but fighting him on his terms could fracture Labour’s own coalition.

February 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

How to survive a phone call with Donald Trump

Former Downing Street officials tell POLITICO how U.K. prime ministers tried to play the TV show host at his own game … without getting fired.

January 24, 2025 4:00 am CET

13 times Elon Musk meddled in politics

The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting — governments be damned.

January 8, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Musk or no Musk, Farage has a plan to capture Britain

The Reform UK leader has broken with Musk over a far-right activist. But it’s his plan to win big that’ll keep Keir Starmer up at night.

January 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

PMQs: Badenoch wins by punching Starmer on pensioners

Winter fuel payments took center stage in the final PMQs of 2024 — with Starmer’s defense getting a frosty reception.

December 18, 2024 2:32 pm CET

Scotland bans WhatsApp on government phones

Scottish politicians faced scrutiny for their use of the app during the pandemic.

December 17, 2024 4:31 pm CET

Inside Keir Starmer’s election night whirlwind 

From Waheed Alli’s sofa to the Cabinet Room inside No. 10: a new book details the tumultuous 24 hours that propelled the Labour leader into power.

November 22, 2024 4:02 am CET

Donald Trump to visit Scotland for golf course opening, Eric Trump says

U.S. president-elect’s son adds it was “nasty” for Scottish First Minister John Swinney to endorse Democrat Kamala Harris before the election.

November 20, 2024 10:52 am CET

Europe’s leaders congratulated Trump. But here’s what they said about him before.

“Divisive.” “Sociopath.” “False and dangerous.” Europe’s leaders haven’t been shy about criticizing Trump in the past.

November 7, 2024 6:10 pm CET

17 wild facts about Kemi Badenoch’s new Tory team

From spilling wine on Queen Elizabeth’s carpets to branding colleagues “lazy,” the new Conservative leader has an eclectic shadow Cabinet.

November 5, 2024 5:37 pm CET

How Brexit helped Britain lose the Chagos Islands

After more than half a century, the U.K. is passing sovereignty of the disputed territory back to Mauritius. Why now?

November 1, 2024 4:20 am CET

UK and Germany: Europe must take responsibility for its own security

Comments from top defense ministers come as U.K. and Germany sign new pact — with one eye on a Trump win.

October 23, 2024 2:33 pm CET

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond dies at 69

Salmond dominated the campaign for an independent Scotland and secured an ultimately unsuccessful 2014 referendum to break away from the U.K.

October 12, 2024 7:10 pm CET

100 days of Starmer: How Labour’s big win went off the rails

After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.

October 11, 2024 4:00 am CET

British parliament to get historic vote on assisted dying

PM Keir Starmer previously said he was “personally committed” to changing the law.

October 4, 2024 12:04 pm CET
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