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Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey speak to Angela Rayner about Labour’s first year in government and the challenges ahead. The deputy prime minister reveals the issue…

Truth, the progressive California politician Hiram Johnson once said, is the first casualty of war. His oft-cited remark was supposedly made in 1918 in reference to…

John Swinney has pledged to raise “the unimaginable suffering we are witnessing in Gaza” when he meets Donald Trump over the weekend.The leader of the Scottish…

Ukrainian leader came under domestic and international pressure after signing law critics say curbs the powers of the country’s anitcorruption agencies.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted…

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have reached agreement over the launch of a new leftwing party after weeks of discussions, sending out a joint statement encouraging…

UK-India trade deal biggest since Brexit, says StarmerKeir Starmer said the UK-India agreement was “the biggest and most economically significant” trade deal Britain has made since…

Cleverly says Starmer has a ‘disconnect from reality’ over housing asylum seekersHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Newly-appointed shadow housing secretary James Cleverly has…

Labour announces review of state pension ageLiz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, has announced the next statutory government review into the retirement age as she…

Minister calls for Abbott suspension to be ‘resolved as swiftly as possible’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but…

Starmer says 16-year-olds should be able to vote because they’re ‘old enough to pay taxes’Keir Starmer has defended giving 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in UK…