Politics

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Rayner’s £800,000 Hove flat sparks accusations of tax avoidance and hypocrisy
Angela Rayner put down a whopping £150,000 deposit on her lavish new seaside pad, it has been revealed - as backlash continues to grow over her housing affairs.
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Controversy over Rayner’s seaside property intensifies amid £40,000 stamp duty allegations
Recently, fellow cabinet members and political allies have defended the Housing Secretary’s home purchase after she spent £800,000 on a seafront property in East Sussex.
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Police investigate secret camera claim at Scottish Parliament
A Labour politician has been charged over allegations a secret camera was placed in toilets inside the Scottish Parliament.
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Reform UK council leader bans councillors from speaking to local newspaper
A Reform UK council leader has prohibited his councillors from speaking to a local newspaper.
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Farage’s 600,000 deportation threat draws Starmer fury
Keir Starmer has responded to Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader announced significant plans for mass deportations of migrants.
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‘Nothing to hide’: Rayner defends £700k Brighton pad
Angela Rayner has admitted to a council tax controversy involving her three homes. The Deputy Prime Minister has recently purchased a seaside apartment near Brighton for over £700,000.
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Farage accuses Starmer of betraying Britain for ‘outdated treaties’
Nigel Farage launched a fierce critique of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of aligning with international courts against the British populace as he revealed his dramatic plans for mass deportations of illegal migrants.
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Labour MP Anna Dixon accuses Tory’s Robbie Moore of spreading misinformation in grooming gangs row
Anna Dixon accuses fellow West Yorkshire MP Robbie Moore of spreading misinformation
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David Lammy given official warning for fishing without license with JD Vance
Foreign secretary referred himself to Environment Agency after hosting Vance at Chevening country retreat
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Kemi Badenoch accused of ‘desperate hypocrisy’ over asylum hotel row
Kemi Badenoch has been accused of spouting ’desperate and hypocritical nonsense’ after calling on Tory councils to launch legal challenges over a problem her party caused
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Scottish Labour’s Colin Smith suspended after arrest over indecent images possession
A Scottish Labour MSP has been suspended by the party after being arrested and charged by police over alleged possession of indecent images.
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UK to offer troops for Ukraine security but rules out frontline combat with Russia
The head of the British armed forces will inform his American counterparts that the UK is prepared to deploy troops to defend Ukraine’s skies and seas, but not to the frontline with Russia, as planning intensifies for a postwar settlement.
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Labour accused of trying to bury Abbott inquiry amid succession talks
Reports that Labour figures have been informally canvassing possible replacements for Diane Abbott in Hackney North and Stoke Newington have provoked criticism that the party is deciding her fate before...
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Afzal Khan quits as UK trade envoy after uproar over visit to Turkish-occupied Cyprus
Afzal Khan had said visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus was in personal capacity but resigned after furore
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Reform adviser sparks fury by saying UK should not have fought Nazi Germany
Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
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Starmer: Trump has brought end of Ukraine war ‘closer than ever before’ despite no Alaska ceasefire deal
US President Donald Trump’s actions have brought the end of the war in Ukraine "closer than ever before", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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Putin invites Trump to Moscow: US president urges Ukraine to “make a deal”
After his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump said the talks went “ten out of ten” and confirmed that he has “a great relationship” with the Russian president.
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Trump reveals ‘no deal’ with Putin after grinning through Alaska summit and letting Russian leader take the lead
US President Donald Trump revealed that ‘no deal’ was made on Ukraine but beamed at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and let him speak first in a historic joint news briefing.
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Labour councillor cleared after calling to ‘cut throats’ of far-right activists
A Labour councillor who called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder by a jury.
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JD Vance meets Robert Jenrick during Cotswolds holiday, skips in-person meeting with Kemi Badenoch
Conservative spokesperson says scheduling meeting of US vice-president and party leader had been difficult
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Foreign criminals in Britain to be deported immediately after sentencing
Foreign criminals will be sent "packing" and deported immediately when they receive a custodial sentence, the Justice Secretary has pledged.
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Scottish Secretary brands Edinburgh council’s remarks about Oasis fans ‘snobby and classist’
Remarks by Edinburgh council officials suggesting Oasis fans are old, raucous and overweight were “snobby”, the Scottish Secretary has said.
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Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns after evicting tenants and hiking rent by £700
Labour’s homelessness minister has stepped down following allegations that she ’evicted tenants’ from her property in East London before increasing the rent by £700 a month.
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Trump seeks joint meeting with Putin and Zelensky to push for Ukraine war talks
US President Donald Trump reportedly plans to meet with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, simultaneously as soon as next week.
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Iran requested a “kill list” of British Ministry of Defence leaks from the Taliban to track MI6 agents
Iran has reportedly requested the Taliban for the ’kill list’ of Afghans leaked during a major data breach at the Ministry of Defence, so the Tehran regime can identify MI6 spies.