Category: John Swinney

No 10 suggests UK would not vote for UN security council resolution condemning US arrest of Maduro – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN voteSpeaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was...

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No 10 suggests UK would not vote for UN security council resolution condemning US arrest of Maduro – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson did not contest report claiming that the UK will abstain on a possible UN voteSpeaking to reporters this morning, Keir Starmer said Nicolás Maduro, who was president of Venezuela until he was...

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Scottish Labour urges Starmer to stay out of Holyrood race as UK woes hit party ratings

Anas Sarwar says prime minister’s missteps have left party clear underdogs in run-up to May electionUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer and senior ministers have been urged by Scottish Labour to “stay...

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No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – as it happened

US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthratesBadenoch is now taking questions.Q: [From Sky News] You said you did not want to leave any stones...

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No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – UK politics live

US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthratesBadenoch is now taking questions.Q: [From Sky News] You said you did not want to leave any stones...

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Farage criticises BBC over racism allegations and claims one fellow pupil said he was ‘offensive’ but not racist – UK politics live

Reform leader claims he has had letters of support over racism allegations, but that those letters also described some of his comments as offensiveNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said that in Essex county council elections...

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Keir Starmer says deportation policies touted by Reform UK ‘would tear our country apart’ – UK politics live

Prime minister says Britain may not survive as ‘tolerant, diverse country’ if Nigel Farage takes powerNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said that in Essex county council elections were postponed. He said district...

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OBR says its inadvertent release of budget report is ‘worst failure’ in its 15-year history – UK politics live

Office for Budget Responsibility says Rachel Reeves ‘had every right to expect that the [report] would not be publicly available until she sat down at the end of her budget speech’Q: Yesterday you said Rachel Reeves...

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Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge and scrapping two-child benefit cap was ‘long-standing ambition’ – live

PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new...

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Uk politics: Streeting defends asylum policy, but says he’s not ‘comfortable’ with forced removal of children – as it happened

Health secretary still maintains that forced removals are ‘right thing to do for the country’Healey is now taking questions.Q: How close are are we to war?It is Labour that is the party of defence. Continue...

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