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Keir Starmer says he wants a better Brexit trade deal

Keir Starmer says he wants a better Brexit trade deal

The new U.K. prime minister told Northern Ireland’s government in Belfast existing rules must be enforced before he could seek further changes.

July 8, 2024 4:26 pm CET
6 things UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to fix in his first month
Keir Starmer: I didn’t believe the exit poll
Labour’s top policy priorities

Labour’s top policy priorities

July 6, 2024 3:40 pm CET
Nigel Farage storms the UK parliament. Cue the Jaws music.
Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s new prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved
Nigel Farage elected to UK parliament — on his eighth attempt
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Kylian Mbappé fears ‘these people’ running France as far right shoots for election win

French football captain calls first-round results ‘catastrophic’ after Marine Le Pen’s big victory.

July 4, 2024 6:44 pm CET

Trump’s plan for NATO is emerging

Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET

Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain

Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET

‘Build a wall’ in the English Channel to deal with migrants, says Conservative darling

Uber-Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg takes page from Donald Trump’s playbook.

July 2, 2024 12:29 pm CET

Labour energy chief Ed Miliband faces local solar backlash

Labour’s energy secretary has big goals for ramping up U.K. solar power. But first he has to deal with protests in his own backyard.

July 1, 2024 2:57 pm CET

The sleepy corner of England battling China

In an unlikely U.K. political battleground, politicians all want a piece of the lithium boom.

June 30, 2024 10:00 am CET

Liz Truss battles to save her skin at UK election

She struggled to defeat a lettuce and now Britain’s shortest serving prime minister is fighting for her political life in her Norfolk constituency.

June 30, 2024 4:00 am CET

What Nigel Farage learned from the American right

The U.K. Brexit champion hopes to emulate his friend Donald Trump’s destruction of the center right.

June 27, 2024 4:01 am CET

Nigel Farage ‘parroting Putin’s lies’ on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

Two leading Brexiteers throw around words like ‘liar’ and ‘nauseating’ after Farage says EU provoked Ukraine war.

June 24, 2024 2:21 pm CET

The crisis Britain’s politicians are too scared to discuss

Voters may want social care to be on the ballot at the UK general election, but no one seems to be listening.

June 21, 2024 4:01 am CET

Betting scandal engulfs UK election

Conservative figures are accused of betting on the timing of the snap election. The scandal couldn’t come at a worse moment for Rishi Sunak.

June 20, 2024 2:13 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s California escape hatch: His $7.2M beach home

The UK leader’s luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.

June 19, 2024 7:07 am CET
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We read Nigel Farage’s manifesto so you don’t have to

The key eyebrow-raising pledges in the Reform UK ‘contract’ with the public.

June 17, 2024 3:47 pm CET

How Brexit’s fallout doomed climate action in Northern Ireland

Politicians shut down the Stormont Assembly for two years. Among the casualties: Northern Ireland’s hopes of greening its economy.

June 16, 2024 6:00 pm CET

Fully updated: Our Labour policy tracker

Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

June 13, 2024 7:44 pm CET

5 takeaways from Labour’s ‘Captain Caution’ manifesto

Keir Starmer is promising change from 14 years of Tory government. In fiscal terms, it’s not so much — for now.

June 13, 2024 7:34 pm CET

German cops fear clash of ‘high-risk’ English and Serbian hooligans at Euro 2024

Beer sales and alcohol content will be limited at Gelsenkirchen stadium.

June 12, 2024 4:16 pm CET

Sunak’s pitch? You might hate the Tories but we’ll cut your taxes.

Embattled prime minister bills himself as a man with a plan for the Tory faithful — and paints Keir Starmer as a risky bet.

June 11, 2024 5:39 pm CET

British troops get passports checked after parachuting into French D-Day event

Passports have been required for Brits to enter the European Union since the U.K.’s exit from the bloc in 2020.

June 6, 2024 1:08 pm CET

Mission Impossible? Tom Cruise tries to climb into UK prime minister’s car

The Hollywood a-lister mixed up his cars

June 4, 2024 11:48 am CET

Nigel Farage comeback is Sunak’s worst nightmare

The Conservatives could be facing a wipeout as the popular Brexiteer returns to U.K. politics.

June 4, 2024 4:01 am CET

UK Labour talks up nuclear weapons to banish Corbyn’s shadow

Keir Starmer says he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons, unlike his predecessor.

June 3, 2024 4:27 pm CET

Tories put trans rights row at heart of UK election campaign

Britain’s ailing Conservatives want to tweak the rules on single-sex spaces.

June 3, 2024 3:31 pm CET

Inside UK Labour’s push for a US special relationship — even with Trump

Keir Starmer could finally get his handshake with Joe Biden if he becomes prime minister, five days after taking the job.

June 2, 2024 5:13 pm CET
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