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  Civil servants, advisers, MPs, you name it – there is, not for the first time this year, a swirl of chat within government and beyond that the prime minister might be about to call a general election, or at least have something to say about it. Cards on the table: I am usually not that excitable about this kind ...

The Home Office said it had “streamlined” its returns agreement with Bangladesh Plans to speed up the deportation of Bangladeshis who are in Britain illegally were announced by the Home Office on Thursday. The government said a “streamlined” returns agreement between the UK and Bangladesh will remove the need for mandatory interviews in cases where there is “good supporting evidence” ...

    UK’s Minister for Health and Secondary Care Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP called on Bangladesh Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen at the House of Commons on Wednesday. During the meeting, Minister Sen emphasized the need to bolster Bangladesh-UK health sector collaboration, especially on digitisation of Bangladesh’s health sector, skill development of Bangladeshi young doctors, reintroduction of ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been challenged over the early release of dangerous criminals under a scheme aimed at easing overcrowding in jails. During PMQs, Sir Keir Starmer asked for a guarantee that no criminals considered high risk were freed early. The PM insisted no-one deemed a threat to public safety would be eligible. But the Labour leader pointed to ...

A UK ban on selling arms to Israel would only strengthen Hamas, the foreign secretary has told the BBC. Lord Cameron said while he would not support a major ground offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah, the UK would not copy US plans to stop some arms sales. He said the UK supplies just 1% of Israel’s weapons and warned ...

Keir Starmer’s success was sketched across the map of England at the local elections last week. The Labour leadership is bouncing from nabbing another of the Tories’ MPs, Natalie Elphicke – and polling since the council results puts him further ahead than ever. What could possibly go wrong for him? A lot, actually. The general election is still months away ...

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to scrap the government’s Rwanda scheme “straight away” if his party wins the election. The Labour leader said he would use money saved to hire specialist investigators to tackle small boats crossing the Channel. He also wants to use counter-terror powers to “smash” people smuggling gangs. Rishi Sunak said ditching his Rwanda plan would “open ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that it will “take time” for people to “really feel better” as figures revealed the UK had emerged from recession. The economy grew by 0.6% between January and March after shrinking in the second half of last year. Mr Sunak told that the UK economy has “real momentum” but admitted there was “more work ...

Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party, saying the Tories “have become a byword for incompetence and division”. In a statement released just as PMQs was starting, the MP for Dover said the key factors for her decision were housing and border security. She accused Rishi Sunak of “broken promises” and abandoning key pledges. It is the ...

Babgla Mirror Desk:   Minister for the Indo-Pacific visit will strengthen UK-Bangladesh modern economic, security and migration partnership UK will back economic development efforts with launch of new trade policy project in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh New UK funding of £12 million ($15 million) announced will provide vital humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s ...