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Independent UK - Politics

Judgement day for Starmer over Mandelson vetting scandal

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Trump thought being 'unstable' in posts would encourage Iran war deal: report

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Watchdog launches scheme to tackle AI deepfakes ahead of May elections

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Rachel Reeves backs further North Sea drilling

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Reopening Strait of Hormuz is a 'global responsibility', Starmer says

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Foreign Office chief to leave role after Mandelson vetting row

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Trump slams UK North Sea policy: 'Windmills put you out of business'

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Mandelson failed US ambassador vetting – but was given the job anyway

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Reeves vows to break link between cost of gas and electricity prices

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Lack of trust in government 'fuelled disinformation during Covid'

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UK 'badly exposed' and 'needs 10 years to rebuild its defence'

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Labour civil war as Streeting enters defence versus welfare row

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England lags behind rest of world by allowing greyhound racing

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Trump posts 'My Way' in late night Truth Social spree – and people are concerned

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Trump called 'delusional' after making bizarre claim about his age

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Joe Rogan labelled a 'sellout' for appearing at the White House just weeks after calling MAGA 'dorks'

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Trump is now boasting about being able to sign his own name

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Risks to children on social media 'can't go on like this', PM tells tech bosses

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UK economy grew faster than expected before Iran war

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Rachel Reeves steps in to support businesses amid Iran war

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MPs reject social media ban for under-16s a second time

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'Social media companies must step up' on child safety, Starmer says

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PM summons TikTok, Meta, X bosses to No 10 to push for children's online safety

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British lawmakers are in a jam over changes to the definition of marmalade

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Starmer spends £30,000 of taxpayer money on Downing Street flat refurb

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Reeves: Trump's Iran war is a mistake and has not made the world safer

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Support collapsing for Reform as Tories close gap, poll shows

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UK to send £752m and 120,000 drones to Ukraine

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What is in the UK-US trade deal – and has it benefitted the UK?

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Ex-Labour councillor pleads not guilty to 'honeytrap' allegations

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Labour accused of 'fiddling while Rome burns' after sex toy pledge

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Labour MP calls for 2026 to be 'summer of sex'

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Reeves digs heels in over defence boost despite fears over UK security

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Reeves 'not sorry' for PMQs tears – but will stay in office next time

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Reeves to meet with US counterpart after criticism of Iran war

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Hundreds of asylum seekers moved to army barracks as more hotels close

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Trump's Iran war could trigger global recession, IMF warns

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The criminal law changes backed by MPs including pornography and theft

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Trump demands Starmer 'drill, baby, drill' in the North Sea

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Chancellor slams Trump's Iran war 'folly' as threat of recession looms

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Poll shows Labour in fourth place behind Greens weeks before elections

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Robertson's damning indictment will set alarm bells ringing in No 10

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Ex-Nato chief says Starmer's 'complacency' is putting UK 'in peril'

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Minister refuses to rule out banning doctors from striking

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'With Trump, it's not madman theory – it's madman practice'

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Starmer and Macron to hold summit in bid to reopen Strait of Hormuz

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Rogue landlords to be hit with £40,000 fines in new council crackdown

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Councils warned they will lose funding if they fail to tackle potholes

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Reeves hands Rolls-Royce £600m to develop UK's first mini-nukes

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Starmer refuses to back Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade

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Hundreds of UK council staff earning more than the prime minister

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Reeves to urge allies to co-operate amid Iran War economic turmoil

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Minister laments 'regrettable delay' in Chagos Islands bill

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Britain needs closer EU ties, PM says, as UK to adopt bloc's rules

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There may be no NHS if Farage becomes prime minister, warns Streeting

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Farage makes £2m bitcoin purchase as he backs Kwarteng's crypto firm

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Home Office expected to close down another 11 asylum hotels

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Farage under increasing pressure to sack Tice over tax allegations

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Discussions on resettling Chagos Islands after Mauritius deal paused

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Wes Streeting: 'I cannot solve doctors' problems in just two years'

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'It's time for China and India to really start providing foreign aid'

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Streeting brands Trump 'incendiary, provocative, outrageous'

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Sending Navy to help reopen Hormuz 'a fantasy', warns Ben Wallace

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Police to review complaint over Farage's free energy bills competition

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