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Trump says he is “very sad” that the UK‑US partnership “is not what it was” Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. President Donald Trump said he feels “very sad” to observe that the UK‑US partnership “is not what it was” after he criticised

Perhaps the episode should have ended in December. Rather than issuing a courteous objection, each Western nation could have dispatched an official delegation to Norway, urging the Nobel Committee to grant Donald Trump the peace prize. Collectively we might have contributed billions to increase the prize’s appeal. If that

The basic annual remuneration for MPs is set to climb to £110,000, the parliamentary expenses regulator has announced, citing a rise in abuse, intimidation and expanding constituency duties. From April, MPs’ base pay will increase by nearly £5,000 to £98,599 – a 5 % rise – and is projected to

Nigel Farage was charged with a Trump‑like refusal to accept the result by the Green Party’s freshly elected MP for Gorton and Denton, after he asserted that her Reform opponent had led among voters born in Britain in the recent by‑election. Hannah Spencer, a plumber and local

Keir Starmer announced that Britain will not take part in the offensive raids planned by Israel and the United States against Iran, stating that the UK rejects any notion of “regime change from the skies”. Nevertheless, the prime minister defended the employment of British bases for defensive missions, describing it

Just under twelve months ago, Keir Starmer addressed a gathering of senior officials and business executives representing sixty nations in London, proclaiming that climate action was “embedded in the DNA of my government”. Promising to go “all‑out” for net‑zero and to “speed up” as others lagged, his Lancaster