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Labour’s Josh Simons to stand down as Makerfield MP to free up seat for BurnhamJosh Simons, the former Cabinet Office minister who is MP for Makerfield,…

Some pro-Palestinian demonstrations could be stopped, the prime minister has warned, as the UK’s most senior police officer said the threat to the Jewish ­community was…

Donald Trump’s announcement that he will lift punishing US tariffs on scotch whisky has been overshadowed by a row between rival Scottish party leaders over claiming…

Swinney says SNP would set maximum prices for essential food items, using public health powers, on nutrition groundsSwinney says people are struggling to afford food. That…

Reeves condemns Trump’s decision to launch war against Iran as ‘folly’Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has described Donald Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran as…

Shabana Mahmood says Southport inquiry report has exposed ‘systematic failures across multiple public sector organisations’In the Commons Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, is making a statement…

This week, despite securing a temporary ceasefire with Iran, there were calls from both the left and the right to invoke the 25th amendment of the…

Greens urge Streeting to ‘get serious’ about concerns of resident doctors who are on strikeThe Green party is backing resident doctors who are on strike. This…

Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers’ union Greens oppose academisation and would abolish ‘toxic, failed’ OfstedThe Green party would abolish Ofsted because they view it as a…

Trump claims UK’s aircraft carriers are just ‘toys’ as he renews his attack on Nato allies for doing ‘nothing’ over IranDonald Trump has claimed that the…