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Kemi Badenoch claims Labour plans May 2027 election despite Burnham's denials

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is preparing for a May 2027 general election,...

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Coroner warns more patients may die at Newham Mental Health Centre

Senior Coroner Graeme Irvi warns that staffing and supervision failures at Newham Mental Health Centre...

16 hours ago Politics

Ministers consider removing key disability benefit for under-25s

Government ministers are weighing the removal of a key disability benefit for under-25s to encourage...

16 hours ago Politics ✓

Healey pledges fiscal rules before the Budget, Mahmood softens settlement plans, five bailed over Fairford

Downing Street briefed that Burnham will announce a publicly owned Great British Grid, and Trump...

3 days ago UK ✓

Privacy policies facing one UK family in a single day run to 83 hours of reading, study claims

A Web3 Foundation study says a modelled UK family's daily digital services carry 257 policy documents...

4 days ago Politics

News Corp funds Kemi Badenoch's trip to meet Rupert Murdoch in Athens

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and shadow minister Alex Burghart visited Rupert Murdoch in Athens on a...

7 days ago

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Palantir hires Tom Watson as UK vice-president amid NHS contract review...

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Labour picks Camden leader Sagal Abdi-Wali to fight Starmer's old seat

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Die Linke wins Berlin election with 25.7%, putting Elif Eralp in line for mayor

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