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PMQs scorecard: Sunak and Starmer shout about pensions to woo the gray vote

With local elections looming, the PM and Labour leader clashed over tax cuts and the state pension.

May 1, 2024 2:12 pm CET

Sunak the Swiftie? 9 times UK politicians ruined music

From Taylor Swift to Skepta, artists have long had to contend with cringe politicians pretending to like them.

April 30, 2024 6:43 pm CET

How Humza Yousaf’s short Scotland stint compares to Liz ‘Lettuce’ Truss

Yousaf managed 8.1 Liz Trusses in the job.

April 29, 2024 6:57 pm CET

Scotland’s leader just quit. Here’s who could replace him.

POLITICO lists the runners and riders as the divided SNP faces its second leadership contest in two years.

April 29, 2024 1:18 pm CET

The king’s health: After annus horribilis, finally some good news

British royals Kate Middleton and King Charles continue to battle cancer.

April 26, 2024 7:34 pm CET

Tory star Kemi Badenoch blasts David Cameron’s Brexit ‘dereliction of duty’

The business secretary continues the Conservative forever war on Brexit.

April 26, 2024 11:55 am CET

UK polling guru expects new Brexit referendum by 2040

Top political scientist John Curtice “wouldn’t be surprised if it happens before 2040.”

April 25, 2024 11:56 am CET

Juncker’s chain-smoking made Theresa May ‘croak,’ Brexit book reveals

New book says the former UK PM was too polite to complain about EU Commission chief’s habit.

April 25, 2024 4:00 am CET

Nigel Farage just ruined Adidas Gazelles

The Brexiteer broadcaster dug his heels in about his choice of footwear.

April 24, 2024 2:20 pm CET

PMQs scorecard: Angela Rayner brands Rishi Sunak a ‘pint-sized loser’

The Labour second-in-command was pressed by deputy PM Oliver Dowden on the row about her tax affairs.

April 24, 2024 1:57 pm CET

Blood covered royal horses rampage through London

The Household Cavalry horses caused havoc in central London but are now accounted for, said police.

April 24, 2024 12:25 pm CET

UK wants NATO defense target upped to 2.5 percent

Defense Secretary Grant Shapps says meeting that target would make a ‘real difference.’

April 24, 2024 11:02 am CET
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UK Tories set for total wipeout — if Brits can finally grasp tactical voting

Slick campaigns promise to help voters boot out Conservative MPs. But will they really work?

April 22, 2024 5:02 am CET

‘Evasive’ Boris Johnson broke lobbying rules in Venezuela trip

Former prime minister failed to disclose links to hedge fund which organized a visit to Venezuela.

April 19, 2024 1:15 pm CET

Liz Truss broke UK rules with book revealing queen’s advice

Former prime minister gets rap on the knuckles for sharing private chats.

April 19, 2024 11:13 am CET

Britain’s smoking ban just another blow for parliament’s Pipe and Cigar Club

As the government seeks to ban tobacco sales to younger generations, parliament’s pipe and cigar enthusiasts are feeling nostalgic.

April 19, 2024 4:00 am CET

Tory MP accused of using campaign funds to pay ‘bad people’

Mark Menzies — who ‘strongly’ disputes allegation — joins a growing list of Tories now sitting as independents in the House of Commons.

April 18, 2024 12:54 pm CET

PMQs: Sunak and Starmer fight over who dislikes Liz Truss more

Liz Truss bore the brunt at prime minister’s questions

April 17, 2024 2:00 pm CET

Britain just agreed the world’s toughest smoking ban. Conservatives hate it.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to stub out cigarettes for future generations — but a chunk of his own MPs are railing against it.

April 16, 2024 8:45 pm CET

Liz Truss on Trump, Brexit and … fleas? 9 things we learned reading her new book.

Lettuce read the new tome by Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister so you don’t have to.

April 16, 2024 4:00 am CET

Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’

Ex-PM laments the fact her predecessor Theresa May wasn’t more ‘hard­headed.’

April 16, 2024 4:00 am CET

Europe argues — and prays — for a measured response from Israel

The U.K. and France are joining forces to call on Israel to show restraint.

April 15, 2024 6:41 pm CET

Liz Truss says Donald Trump ‘has to’ win

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister gives Republican hopeful her backing.

April 15, 2024 1:21 pm CET

Downing Street was ‘infested with fleas,’ Liz Truss says in new memoir

Boris Johnson’s dog Dilyn may have been the cause, Truss charges in excerpts in the Daily Mail.

April 13, 2024 11:21 am CET
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