Category: X

Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – UK politics live

PM responds to criticism from former Bank of England chief economistWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy Burnham’s meeting with the Nato secretary general Mark Rutte later.Today I...

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Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ but no risks will be taken with economy or living standards – UK politics live

‘It’s going to be challenging because the picture around the world is challenging and particularly the situation in the Middle East,’ says PMWes Streeting, the defence secretary, has posted this on social media ahead of Andy...

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Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from USMore than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in...

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‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media curfew but will be able to...

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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he...

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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns

Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riotsThe attorney general has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop...

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