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Check a claimReform UK Reports Green Leader Zack Polanski to Police Over Deleted Farage Instagram Post
Burnham Warns NHS 'Will Collapse' Without Social Care Reform
Labour Overtakes Reform UK in More in Common Poll for First Time in 16 Months
OpenAI's Sam Altman Says World Has Entered the Technological Singularity
Israeli Settlers Set Fire to Mosques, Cars and Farmland in West Bank
Lewisham Council Passes Motion to Refuse Assistance to Home Office Immigration Raids
Politics
MORE →Met Police Investigating £500,000 in Reform UK Donations Routed Through Richard Tice's Company
The Metropolitan police are investigating two £250,000 donations made to Reform UK through Britain Means Business, a company controlled by deputy leader Richard Tice, the Guardian reported. The firm received £1m from Fiona Cottrell in June 2024, about half of which went to the party. The inquiry, launched in February 2025, covers four donations. Tice called reports a "politically motivated smear campaign".
Burnham Says He Would Publicly Disagree With Trump if Right for Britain
Andy Burnham Becomes UK Prime Minister, Appoints John Healey as Chancellor
Trump administration to award $12 million to organisations founded by UK Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
State pension age could rise to 68 seven years earlier than planned
Man arrested over social media post allegedly threatening to shoot Nigel Farage
NHS
MORE →NHS to Launch Walking Challenge With Rewards for Daily Exercise
Andy Burnham is expected to block Palantir from the NHS if he becomes Prime Minister.
NHS Digital warns critical Cisco ISE flaws could allow remote code execution
Cyber attack alert: NHS says hackers can take control of networks
Government withdraws planned 1,000 resident doctor training posts as six-day strike goes ahead
NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally
Elections
MORE →Nigel Farage Resigns as Clacton MP and Vows to Contest By-Election Amid Funding Inquiries
Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton-on-Sea and confirmed he will stand in the by-election his departure triggers. He said he had "not broken the law in any way at all" and had not misused public money. His resignation comes amid a standards inquiry into a £5 million gift from Christopher Harborne and separate reported claims regarding benefits from George Cottrell.
Reform UK defends Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon after sexist posts linked to him resurface
Reform UK candidate who won a seat in Sunderland beat his girlfriend black and blue and allegedly abused a child
Behind Politics UK: the "impartial" platform owned by a Reform councillor
Reform UK takes Chorley East from Labour in first declared result as counts begin across Britain
From county halls to devolved parliaments, Britain’s 7 May elections will test a fractured political map
Middle East
MORE →UN inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
Iranian air defences activated in Tehran as explosions reported in Bandar Abbas and Minab
Congress nears 60-day Iran war deadline without vote to approve Trump’s conflict
Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire in Lebanon as U.S.-Iran talks stall
Foreign Office Closes Israel War Monitoring Unit, Cutting Key Evidence Used in UK Arms Decisions
Pope Leo criticises linking Christianity to military force as Hegseth invokes faith over Iran war
World
MORE →Trump administration to award $12 million to organisations founded by UK Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
The Egyptian Football Association has called on FIFA to remove the officials who oversaw Egypt’s World Cup last 16 defeat to Argentina
Panama Papers at 10: Leak linked to $1.3bn in tax recoveries; campaigners say loopholes remain
Email attributed to Ghislaine Maxwell says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor & Virginia Giuffre photo was taken at her London home
Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify under oath in House Epstein inquiry ahead of expected contempt vote
Starmer begins China visit for Xi talks on trade, investment and security
UK
MORE →Trump administration to award $12 million to organisations founded by UK Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young