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Streeting has ‘total confidence’ UK will hit defense spending target

There is also concern that adding another member would dilute the amount of work being done by companies from the three original countries, something Streeting said he was aware of. German officials also worry that…

Reform council leader quits after staff comments leaked

He said he had made the decision after taking advice from senior Reform colleagues, and added deputy council leader Kevin Crook had taken over as acting leader. It comes after Harrison had apologised after being recorded…

Labour councillors will no longer be in coalition with the Greens in areas including Sheffield, Warwick and Lewes. Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson said: "Labour has been clear from the start that the "Zionism is…

A decade of magical thinking since Brexit has taught me that it’s always OK to hope for better | Zoe Williams

All such nonsense, all delivered with such conviction, by such a wide variety of sources, many of them self-describing as impartial, that in the end you just surrender to it. None of it magically becomes true, don't be…

Rachel Reeves and the Starmerites are back – and they’re pointing out how little has changed | Gaby Hinsliff

She would also like to mention that she "absolutely" got all the big calls right as chancellor, even if there were a few things she would have done differently, and that John Healey's budget last week would have been far…

EHRC raises concern with Reform about ‘racial and sexual remarks’ in documentary

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had written to Nigel Farage's party in the wake of revelations in ITV's Undercover: A Year in Reform, which was broadcast in October. While Farage has said the…

No10 defends flight to Manchester to collect Andy Burnham

The Airbus A321neo departed London Stansted Airport for Saint John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, at about 06:00 on Monday without the prime minister on board. Half an hour later it landed in Manchester to…

Nigel Farage’s regular column for the Telegraph to end

The Reform UK leader wrote for the broadsheet as recently as last week, condemning the first budget of Andy Burnham's premiership and pledging to "scrap benefits for foreigners, abolish net zero targets" and "slash…

Des mid-terms US lourdes d’impacts pour les Européens

Deux ans après sa réélection triomphale, Donald Trump subira-t-il le revers électoral que lui prédisent les sondages ? Si oui, quelles pourraient en être les conséquences pour les 27 qui subissent de plein fouet les…

Labour to end cooperation with Greens in 11 councils over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy

A statement from Labour said coalitions or other deals with Greens would stop in all local authorities where they had refused to condemn the policy motion passed at their party conference last month, which also called…