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The Home Office announced that as many as 21,000 asylum applicants who have been waiting a year for their cases to be decided may be permitted to join the labour market to sustain themselves, within a suite of proposals to be unveiled on Thursday. While the administration aims to

A senior minister has rejected former President Donald Trump’s assertion that Keir Starmer is “no Winston Churchill”, saying the prime minister handled the Middle‑East crisis with composure, clear purpose and a resolve to act in Britain’s best interests. Trump, in a fresh tirade, complained that the United

Keir Starmer’s attempts to overhaul the United Kingdom’s ties with the European Union are being criticised for a lack of “direction, definition and drive”, the House of Commons foreign affairs committee said. The committee’s report, drawn from months of testimony from specialists, noted that the Lancaster House

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