Category: Iain Duncan Smith

Starmer twice declines to directly condemn jailing of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures

UK prime minister was condemned by Iain Duncan Smith, who is on Beijing’s sanctions listKeir Starmer has twice declined to directly condemn the jailing of dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures,...

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Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom

Allwyn parent company says deal to buy 3% stake in Czech gas facility will cut final link with Kremlin-controlled energy firmThe billionaire owner of Allwyn, the company that runs the national lottery, will sever his last...

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Sunak faces new calls to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards after Israel attack

PM under pressure to designate IRGC as terrorist group as former Tory leader calls government reasoning ‘absurd’Middle East crisis – live updatesRishi Sunak is facing cross-party pressure to proscribe...

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Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardshipKeir Starmer is facing new calls to end the controversial two-child limit on benefits if Labour...

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Braverman suggests support for immigration is a ‘luxury belief’ and claims ‘hurricane’ of mass migration is coming – as it happened

Home secretary says Tories were ‘too squeamish’ in past to deal with immigration properly from fear of being called racist. This live blog is closedThe proceeedings in the main hall at the Conservative conference...

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Suella Braverman addresses Tory conference after Nigel Farage rules out rejoining party – UK politics live

Home secretary speaks at conference after PM suggests he might allow former Ukip leader to rejoin partyThe proceeedings in the main hall at the Conservative conference opened this morning with a speech from a member praising the...

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Rishi Sunak announces ban on ‘zombie-style’ knives and says there is no reason for them to be on streets – UK politics live

Prime minister says he will give police more powers to confiscate knives and will make it illegal to possess certain weaponsRishi Sunak has said a crackdown on zombie-style knives, with new powers for police, would make a...

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James Cleverly says he has ‘raised human rights’ in conversations with China amid criticism from Tories – UK politics live

Foreign secretary says he ‘will continue’ to raise human rights issues as Tory MPs say he needs to do more to pressure Chinese governmentThe outgoing head of the UK’s leading race equality thinktank has said...

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