All news on the topic: UK Government

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Three UK nations unite to demand right to leave the UK
The leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales on Monday signed a landmark memorandum of understanding, urging the UK government to prepare for constitutional change.
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"Protecting pedophiles": US secretly extracts London diplomat after alleged child porn discovery, sparking UK fury
US officials secretly flew an American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children out of the UK without telling British police, according to reports.
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Ed Miliband accused of "Jew hate" by Trump’s envoy after Gaza medicines claim
Ed Miliband has been accused of ’Jew hate’ by one of Donald Trump’s key ambassadors today after he claimed medicines had been blocked from entering Gaza.
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Jonathan Reynolds clashes with Camilla Tominey over John Healey’s "hypocritical" defence spending U-turn
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has been shut down in a fiery clash over Chancellor John Healey’s "hypocritical" U-turn on defence spending.
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Labour warned it could lose 50 seats to Greens over Andy Burnham’s North Sea drilling plans
Andy Burnham has been told Labour risks losing 50 seats to the Green Party if he pushes ahead with new drilling in the North Sea.
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Government sues Covid contractor Uniserve over £90m PPE deal after 11 million gowns were destroyed
Documents obtained by Byline Times reveal how a Conservative MP whose office is housed in a building owned by the firm, lobbied officials to push through the deal
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Wildfire emergency alert sparks backlash as Britons seek ways to block future warnings
The Government’s emergency alert system has backfired following the wildfire warning as thousands of Britons have begun looking into ways to block all emergency warnings.
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Britain’s £400m super-prison leaves 344 cells empty as overcrowding crisis deepens
Nearly 350 cells at Britain’s most expensive new prison sit unused despite the UK facing a severe capacity crisis.
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Andy Burnham "explores every option" to stop killers of PC Andrew Harper being freed early as 780,000 sign petition
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is ’exploring every option’ to block the early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, according to reports.
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UK hits Russian banks and shadow fleet with major new sanctions to back Ukraine
The UK government continues to demonstrate unwavering support for Ukraine as Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband unleashes his first major Russia sanctions package.
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Suicide forum linked to 130 deaths still accessible in UK despite Ofcom ban
A suicide forum linked to more than 130 deaths is still easily accessible despite Ofcom saying it is blocked to UK users.
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Starmer’s inner circle exposed as Mandelson email raises new questions
As political post-mortems on Keir Starmer gather pace, new details are emerging about the network of behind-the-scenes figures who helped shape his rise — and whose internal dynamics may have ultimately contributed to his downfall.
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Britain refuses to give up Brexit freedoms in return for EU single market access
Most Britons do not want to undo Brexit powers, a poll has revealed.
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UK pays £181m for tourists’ medical treatment in Europe as EHIC claims hit 102,000
Medical bills for British tourists cost the government more than £181 million in 2025, Metro can exclusively reveal.
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Chinese spies using LinkedIn to target UK officials in aggressive recruitment campaign, MI5 warns
Chinese spies are targeting UK government and military staff on job websites including LinkedIn to try to get access to classified or sensitive information, MI5 has warned.
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Government caught between keeping lights on and cutting Drax emissions
Drax, the UK’s largest carbon emitter, is planning to bypass UK Government climate regulations to power a hyperscale AI data centre – facing opposition from MPs across all three major parties.
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UK sanctions crypto exchanges and firms accused of helping Russia fund war in Ukraine
Britain has announced a new sanctions package targeting cryptocurrency and financial entities that help Russia bypass Western restrictions and finance its war against Ukraine, according to a statement published on the UK government’s website earlier today.
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UK intelligence figures involved in drafting controversial Troubles amnesty legislation, documents show
The British security services were involved in formulating the controversial Legacy Act, which offered an amnesty to soldiers and paramilitaries despite MI5’s role in many killings during the Northern Ireland Troubles, it can be revealed.
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British Council staff prepare strikes in Rome over sweeping cuts and closures
Staff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.
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James Roscoe abruptly exits Washington post amid UK national security leak probe
Britain’s second most senior diplomat in Washington, who stood in as interim ambassador after the sacking of Peter Mandelson, has abruptly left his post.
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Britain urged to reverse Brexit-era pesticide rules amid health fears
The UK Government is considering a new report calling on the UK to match the EU’s tough rules limiting harmful pesticides from farmland.
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Wealthy landowners cash in millions from Scotland’s wind farms funded by public energy bills
Wealthy landowners — including a Swedish aristocrat, relatives of a former prime minister, and a Tory donor — are reportedly earning millions in rent from wind farms subsidised through public energy bills.
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Scotland’s political funding exposed: billionaires and business elites bankroll parties
You probably haven’t heard of him, but one out of every five pounds banked by Scottish parties came from his fortune. Robin MacGeachy’s wealth was made in the obscure business of gas generators for science labs, and he’s used it to become the biggest money man ahead of this election.
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Nuclear power push by Starmer triggers constitutional clash with Edinburgh over regulation
The prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to reform the regulation of nuclear power and weapons to make new developments easier have provoked “serious concerns”.
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Israeli airstrike kills journalist as reports highlight mounting deaths of media workers in Gaza war
On Wednesday, journalist Amal Khalil and photographer Zeinab Faraj were reporting from southern Lebanon when an Israeli airstrike reportedly hit a car in front of them.