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Burnham claims he is ‘completely committed’ to his Greater Manchester mayoral job – UK politics live | Politics
Burnham claims he is ‘completely committed’ to his Greater Manchester mayoral job Q: What would you do if an MP offered to make a parliamentary seat available to you? Burnham said he would not answer a hypothetical question. He went back to his point about wanting to see a plan for the government, and about […]
Royal Parks say no evidence to back Nigel Farage’s claim that migrants are eating their swans – UK politics live | Politics
Royal Parks says there’s no evidence to back Farage’s claim their swans being eaten by migrants The Royal Parks have rejected a claim from Nigel Farage that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds. The Reform UK leader made the assertion in his LBC interview this morning as he deflected a question about […]
‘Don’t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicine’, Wes Streeting tells Britons – UK politics live | Politics
Wes Streeting tells Britons ‘don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Trump says about medicine’ Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has urged pregnant women to ignore Donald Trump’s bogus claims about a link between taking paracetamol and autism. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Streeting said: I trust doctors over President Trump, frankly, on this. Streeting explained: […]
Reform branded ‘threat to democracy’ over Farage plan to remove thousands of migrants with leave to be in UK – politics live | Politics
Reform branded ‘threat to democracy’ over Farage plan to remove thousands of migrants with leave to be in UK Good morning. Last month Reform UK unveiled its “Operation Restoring Justice” plan for the mass deportation of people living in Britain without permission to be here. It was aimed at illegal immigrants, but Nigel Farage, the […]
Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan | Gatwick airport
Gatwick airport’s £2.2bn second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander. With the privately financed project, the West Sussex hub is aiming to increase its capacity by 100,000 flights a year. Gatwick will move its emergency runway 12 metres north, enabling it to be used for departures of narrow-bodied […]
How will recognition of Palestinian statehood be greeted in the UK? | Politics
1. How will the decision be met within the Labour party? The Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 were met with horror across the British political spectrum. Yet soon after, concern began to mount around the scale of Israel’s response. As the death toll rose, and the situation on the ground in Gaza […]
Lammy hints at U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring children to UK | Immigration and asylum
David Lammy has hinted that the UK government could U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring their children to the UK. A group of 34 Palestinian students, including Chevening scholars, with places at British universities have been given permission to continue their studies in Britain. But nearly all have been told by the Foreign Office […]
Tulip Siddiq fears plans to use ‘fake’ documents to secure conviction in corruption trial | Politics
The former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said she fears prosecutors could be planning to use “fake” documents to secure her conviction in her trial in Bangladesh on corruption charges. The Labour MP, who is being tried in absentia, spoke out after images of a Bangladeshi national identity card and a passport said to be […]
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king | Labour
When Andy Burnham addressed a gala dinner this week, he was as coy as he could have been in a week when speculation about his future ambitions were in overdrive. “I love this job,” the mayor of Greater Manchester said. “I am very happy where I am. I have no ambition to be … ambassador […]
Peter Mandelson unlikely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer says – UK politics live | Politics
Mandelson not likely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer suggests Peter Mandelson is not likely to remain a Labour peer if he returns to the House of Lords, a senior member of the party has predicted. Lord Foulkes, a former MP and minister who has been a member of the […]