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Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmer’s announcement that British bases in the UK and in the Chagos Islands would be used by the US in their strikes in Iran. Their use is for ‘limited defensive purposes’ but is that enough to stop Britain being dragged...
MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says
Ipsa cites abuse and constituency workloads as reasons for above-inflation increase of 5% over next financial yearThe basic annual salary of MPs will rise to £110,000, the expenses watchdog has said, on the grounds of increased abuse and intimidation as well as...
Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP
Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliamentNigel Farage has been accused of Donald Trump-style election denial by the Green party’s new MP for Gorton and Denton, after he...
UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries
Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reducedUK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering swingeing budget cuts despite ministers’ promises, the...