Category: Northern Irish politics

Post Office campaigner Alan Bates says he’s been waiting a month for reply from PM about compensation delays – as it happened

Former post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandalTom Tugendhat is one of two Conservative leadership candidates not in the...

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Lammy defends Chagos Islands deal as Tories claim it puts UK security at risk – UK politics live

Shadow foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, says David Cameron and James Cleverly would not have agreed such a dealSophie Linden, London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, is stepping down after eight years working with...

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UK politics: Starmer accused of ‘hiding’ assessment of winter fuel payment cut on pensioners – as it happened

Rishi Sunak asks PM over previous Labour analysis linking the policy to 4,000 extra deaths a yearA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...

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Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs she is ‘not immune’ to concerns over winter fuel allowance plans – UK politics live

Chancellor tells meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party there will be more difficult decisions to come Like the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Government plan to cut winter fuel payments could push 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, thinktank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension credit will increase poverty levelsLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory...

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Government plan to means-test winter fuel payments could push extra 100,000 pensioners into poverty, thintank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension creditLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Rachel Reeves says new government has inherited ‘worst set of circumstances since second world war’ – UK politics live

New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’Rachel Reeves has finished the speech, in which she confirmed a range of...

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‘Rachel Reeves becomes UK’s first female chancellor; former Tory chair says party faces ‘oblivion’ – election live

Rachel Reeves becomes first woman to hold post in 800-years as Angela Rayner named secretary of state for levelling upUK general election results 2024: live trackerHow Labour did it: inside the campaign that led to...

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Sinn Féin becomes Northern Ireland’s biggest Westminster party

Voters turn against DUP which loses North Antrim seat held for over 50 years by Ian Paisley and his late fatherGeneral election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerSinn Féin has become Northern...

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Rachel Reeves becomes UK’s first female chancellor with Angela Rayner deputy PM as Keir Starmer names cabinet – election live

Rachel Reeves becomes first woman to hold post in 800-years as Angela Rayner named secretary of state for levelling upUK general election results 2024: live tracker‘We’re not all Labour, but everyone was...

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