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Westminster honey trap scandal: Will Wragg quits Tory whip after leaking numbers

Move comes after Hazel Grove MP leaked the personal phone numbers of a number of MPs in widening WhatsApp scandal.

April 9, 2024 8:00 pm CET

UK not banning Israel arms sales, says David Cameron

Top U.K. diplomat says “ultimate judgment” of government legal advice is that export licenses “will continue” amid calls for change back home.

April 9, 2024 7:21 pm CET

Fresh from Trump meeting, UK’s Cameron gives Ukraine aid the hard sell

U.K.’s top diplomat says meeting with the Republican presidential candidate is “entirely in line with precedent.”

April 9, 2024 7:09 pm CET

Westminster honey trap scandal: Man contacts police over stolen photos

POLITICO confirmed four images from man’s Facebook account were used as profile pictures by someone calling themselves “Charlie.”

April 9, 2024 3:30 pm CET

Nigel Farage ‘can’t remember’ if Donald Trump has offered him a job

The Brexiteer hinted that he could work with Trump in the U.S.

April 8, 2024 2:52 pm CET

Ex-minister urges UK to ‘flush out extremists’ in government who back Israeli settlements

Conservative Alan Duncan placed under Tory investigation after accusing colleagues of “exercising the interests of another country.”

April 4, 2024 2:45 pm CET

Nigel Farage owns the libs … by gorging on Easter eggs

Health warnings are too woke for Britain’s Brexiteers.

March 28, 2024 4:22 pm CET

Boris Johnson was right, say UK Labour opponents

The former prime minister receives an unexpected compliment from the likely next wielders of power.

March 28, 2024 12:11 pm CET

Rishi Sunak laughs off Liz Truss’ claim the ‘deep state’ killed her premiership

Truss reckons left-wingers embedded in the ‘administrative state’ ended her time as British prime minister.

March 26, 2024 5:05 pm CET

UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy

Britain rolls out sanctions and summons Chinese ambassador as it points finger at ‘Chinese state-affiliated actors.’

March 25, 2024 4:59 pm CET

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer flag issues with a football kit

Nike’s “playful update” of the England kit has proved controversial

March 22, 2024 6:32 pm CET

The secrets of the pollsters

Host Sascha O’Sullivan delves into the secrets of the polling industry and asks — if the polls were wrong before, could they be wrong again? David Cameron’s …

March 22, 2024 4:00 am CET
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PMQs scorecard: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer squabble about Rwanda

Keir Starmer hit out at the government’s stalled asylum policy

March 20, 2024 2:07 pm CET

Leak inquiry: What happens when Westminster’s secrets are spilled

This week, Aggie Chambre looks at the art of the leak and asks — why do people do it, and what happens when your political secrets are exposed? …

March 15, 2024 6:06 am CET

PMQs scorecard: Rishi Sunak struggles to deflect questions over Tory donor’s “racist” comments

Keir Starmer went in hard on comments from Frank Hester.

March 13, 2024 1:53 pm CET

Nigel Farage’s new right-wing party bags its first Tory defector

Lee Anderson has joined Reform U.K.

March 11, 2024 11:59 am CET

How Westminster fell in love with Australian politics

New host Sascha O’Sullivan explores Westminster’s obsession with all things Australia — and considers the lessons British politics might learn from down under. From the U.K. Tory …

March 8, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK to Germany: Sending Taurus missiles won’t escalate Ukraine war

David Cameron uses trip to Berlin to lay out ‘the test for politicians of this generation.’

March 7, 2024 7:05 pm CET

Liz Truss’ massive in-flight food and booze bill revealed

Taxpayers picked up tab for catering worth more than £1,000-a-head during flight to Australia when former U.K. PM was foreign secretary.

March 7, 2024 5:50 pm CET

UK Budget 2024: All the highlights

POLITICO watched Jeremy Hunt’s big fiscal event so you didn’t have to.

March 6, 2024 6:25 pm CET

Jeremy Corbyn vows to sue Brexiteer Nigel Farage

The former Labour leader could lock horns in court with the former Brexit Party leader.

March 4, 2024 6:24 pm CET

Make Rochdale great again: Britain’s new pro-Gaza MP George Galloway channels Trump

Galloway’s return to the House of Commons comes after his victory in the Rochdale by-election.

March 4, 2024 4:11 pm CET

Pro-Palestinian firebrand Galloway wins Rochdale by-election in blow for UK Labour

Labour says sorry as veteran left-winger who ran a stridently pro-Palestine campaign grabs seat.

March 1, 2024 8:25 am CET

How to prepare for opposition

By now, surely everyone in Westminster knows how to get ready for government — but have enough considered how to prepare for opposition? In this week’s episode, …

March 1, 2024 4:10 am CET
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