Category: UK Politics

Asylum seekers who break law to have support removed [unable to retrieve full-text content]The home secretary will say in a speech the move is required to restore “trust” to the asylum system.Published at Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:00:23 +0000

Partner of Labour MP arrested on suspicion of spying for China, BBC told [unable to retrieve full-text content]He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.Published at Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:12:02 +0000

Trump says Starmer is ‘no Winston Churchill’ over Iran strikes [unable to retrieve full-text content]Sir Keir Starmer had refused to grant the US permission to use the Diego Garcia military base.Published at Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:12:03 +0000

UK still working closely with US, minister insists after Trump criticism [unable to retrieve full-text content]The minister defends the UK’s stance on Iran, as the US president says the relationship is “obviously not what it was”.Published at Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:26:13 +0000

Starmer criticises Trump over Iran strikes, as he defends UK position [unable to retrieve full-text content]The PM told MPs that Trump had expressed his disagreement with the decision not to get involved in the initial strikes.Published at Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:22:19 +0000

UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, PM says [unable to retrieve full-text content]The prime minister says it remains the case that the UK will “not join offensive action now”.Published at Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:38 +0000

UK troops and civilians being put at risk by Iran strikes, Healey says [unable to retrieve full-text content]British military personnel at a base in Bahrain were “within several hundred yards” of a strike, the defence secretary says.Published at Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:01:05 +0000

Starmer says he will fight on after by-election defeat to Greens [unable to retrieve full-text content]The result – in a seat Labour has held for nearly 100 years – has renewed criticism of Sir Keir’s leadership from Labour MPs.Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:34:25 +0000

Chris Mason: Green win will prompt soul searching within Labour and questions for PM [unable to retrieve full-text content]The prime minister is facing questions about whether Labour’s focus on Reform left them exposed among some of their regular supporters.Published at Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:06:17 +0000