Politics

London’s mayor has warned that the Gorton and Denton by‑election has revealed a “wide‑reaching shift and division” in British politics and that Labour must abandon its “defective approach” of assuming liberal progressives will stay loyal. In what reads as a rebuke of Keir Starmer, Sadiq Khan disputed

The home secretary’s choice to reinforce strict immigration measures after Labour’s by‑election loss to the Greens is “disappointing”, says Labour peer Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs, who escaped Nazi‑occupied Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport in 1939, had earlier charged Shabana Mahmood with “pulling up the drawbridge” on child

Keir Starmer is confronting an ultimatum from his own party: alter course or risk a leadership contest within months after the Greens dealt Labour a stunning defeat in the Gorton and Denton by‑election. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, overturned a 13,000‑vote Labour majority from

Ministers are re‑examining a ruling that permitted a UK firm to ship advanced machinery to Armenia after CuriosityNews revealed connections to the Russian defence supply network. Cygnet Texkimp, operating out of Cheshire, was only weeks from sending two units that manufacture carbon‑fibre “prepreg”, a light‑weight composite employed

When you think of the politician Donald Trump isn’t, when you consider the convention he shattered, the prototype he upended, you might picture a man who resembles Gavin Newsom. Tall and attractive, hair neatly styled, with a blonde spouse and four picture‑perfect children, Newsom—governor of California since

Tony Blair will not take a leading role in Donald Trump’s proposed advisory group on Gaza, following objections from Arab and Muslim nations against the former UK prime minister’s inclusion. Citing sources, the Financial Times (FT) reported that Blair had been excluded from consideration for Trump’s advisory