Category: Chagos Islands

Reeves says hasty response to Trump tariffs could put ‘prize’ of economic deal at risk – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can follow Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement live in our US colleagues’ live blogThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs. At around 12.30pm a Foreign Office...

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Reeves says hasty response to Trump tariffs could put ‘prize’ of economic deal at risk – UK politics live

Chancellor says UK will respond calmly to US tariffs as Keir Starmer attempts to play down fears of trade warThere will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs. At around 12.30pm a Foreign Office minister will respond...

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Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubtDonald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way...

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Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – as it happened

Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of seriesRichard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving...

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Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – UK politics live

Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of seriesRichard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving...

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Starmer defends aid cuts but praises Annaliese Dodds after resignation – as it happened

PM tells former minister ‘you will have more to contribute’ but says reduction in aid spending is part of ‘protecting our national security’Anneliese Dodds has posted the text of her resignation letter on...

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Starmer defends aid cuts but praises Annaliese Dodds after resignation – UK politics live

PM tells former minister ‘you will have more to contribute’ but says reduction in aid spending is part of ‘protecting our national security’Anneliese Dodds has posted the text of her resignation letter on...

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Trump praises Starmer’s ‘hard’ lobbying as he again suggests UK will be exempt from US tariffs – live

Trump calls Starmer meeting ‘tremendously productive’ and says ‘we have a very good chance at arriving at a very good deal’Trump-Starmer visit: the key takeawaysEuropean Commission president Ursula von...

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Donald Trump greets Keir Starmer at White House – follow live

The two leaders will hold talks, followed by a joint press conferenceEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European security, the...

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White House ‘very pleased’ with UK’s increase in defence spending ahead of Starmer-Trump meeting – live

The two leaders will hold talks later, followed by a joint press conferenceEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European...

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Trump says US won’t give Ukraine security guarantees ‘beyond very much’ ahead of Starmer meeting – UK politics live

Starmer said he wants Trump to agree that, in the event of a peace settlement in Ukraine, US will offer security guarantees that make it durableEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday...

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Starmer ‘not telling truth’ over Gaza family asylum decision, claims Badenoch, after PMQs clash – UK politics live

Opposition leader says PM was wrong when he said that the decision was taken under the last governmentAfter PMQs there will be an urgent question in the Commons, tabled by the Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, on “the...

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