Category: Chagos Islands

UK government to extend controversial Palantir NHS contract as it draws up plan for British alternative – UK politics live

Health secretary Yvette Cooper has faced calls to axe US tech firm’s contract to deliver the flagship government AI system, report saysAndy Burnham has joked that he was a bad driver after getting a quiz for primary-age children...

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Burnham to force employers to publish salaries on job ads in latest government ‘small fix’ – UK politics live

Prime minister said his government would bring in legal requirement for companies to say what they pay when listing new jobsHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Employers will be forced to publish salaries on job...

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Burnham tells Zelenskyy’s UK’s support for Ukraine ‘will not change’ – as it happened

Zelenskyy says he will be discussing intelligence sharing ‘difficulties’ and Starlink access with BurnhamPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.After @genevieve_holl reported this last night,...

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Burnham tells Zelenskyy’s UK’s support for Ukraine ‘will not change’ – UK politics live

Burnham said Zelenskyy was ‘prepared to sit down and discuss’ the energy ceasefire proposed by TrumpPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.After @genevieve_holl reported this last night, various...

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Andy Burnham hosts Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street – UK politics live

Burnham welcomes Ukraine’s president to No 10 for the first time since he became PMPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.After @genevieve_holl reported this last night, various sources in the...

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Burnham rules out deal with Greens as he condemns ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as ‘antisemitic’– UK politics live

Prime minister tells PMQs that the Green party motion was ‘wrong’ and says no way Labour would make a dealPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.After @genevieve_holl reported this last night,...

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Manchester City did not raise Premier League charges with me, Burnham tells PMQs – UK politics live

Prime minister is taking questions from leader of the opposition and other MPs at PMQsPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.After @genevieve_holl reported this last night, various sources in the...

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Badenoch and Farage in spat over Chagos Islands, as she calls his offer to Trump ‘humiliating’ – UK politics live

Nigel Farage says Kemi Badenoch misinterpreted his suggestion for a deal with Donald TrumpHere are more comments from Kemi Badenoch on what Nigel Farage told a US podcast about wanting to make an offer to President Trump in...

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No signs Chagos deal can be adapted to suit Trump, say UK officials

Agreement with Mauritius over Diego Garcia unlikely to be revived unless president changes his mind, insiders believeThe Chagos Islands deal is on hold for as long as Donald Trump objects to it, UK officials believe, with no...

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UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened

Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’The former Labour minister leading the government’s review into youth unemployment has written to...

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PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – UK politics live

Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’The former Labour minister leading the government’s review into youth unemployment has written to...

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